Mauna Kea Education and Awareness (MKEA) was founded in 2015 by a group of predominantly Native Hawaiian women in the Waimea community on the island of Hawai'i, who were united... read more →
Salmon Returns builds the financial and governance infrastructure that allows Indigenous and community-led stewardship of land and water to become the foundation of durable, locally rooted economies. Their work supports... read more →
Movement Rights, founded in 2014, is an Indigenous and women-led organization focusing on climate justice, Indigenous Rights, and the Rights of Nature. Movement Rights works in partnership with Tribal Nations,... read more →
Salish School of Spokane (SSOS) is a Native-led nonprofit organization founded in 2009 by five Interior Salish women. Its mission is to revitalize the four Southern Interior Salish languages while... read more →
Founded in 2018 by Lakota chef Sean Sherman, NATIFS is dedicated to promoting Indigenous foodways education and facilitating Indigenous food access. They are building a North American food system that... read more →
Over 3,000 acres of oak woodland, conifer forest, and grasslands known as The Folsom Ranch are being returned to the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians, the Cahto Tribe at... read more →
Land is Life is a global coalition dedicated to advancing the self-determination and collective rights of Indigenous Peoples across the world's seven socio-cultural regions. It promotes dialogue and strategic action... read more →
Based in San Francisco, California, Friendship House promotes healing, wellness and community resilience in the Native American community by providing residential recovery programs; workforce and business development opportunities; and youth,... read more →
REDCO is the economic development arm of the Sicangu Oyate and serves 25,000 Tribal citizens across the nearly one-million-acre Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Its mission is to revitalize the... read more →
Niweskok, which translates to “dried seeds for planting,” “essence of life,” and “spirit” in the Penobscot language (one of five languages of the Wabanaki Confederacy), is a collaboration of Wabanaki food... read more →
For more than 20 years Community First Development has backed the aspirations of First Peoples in Australia through community-led solutions. They have worked with hundreds of First Nations communities on... read more →
Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) is a global, Indigenous-led organization established in 2019 to support Indigenous peoples across the globe who are increasingly subjected to violence, criminalization and violations of... read more →
Native Conservancy was established more than 20 years ago after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill that devastated Alaska’s Prince William Sound. Since then, the organization has worked to preserve,... read more →
Based out of the He Sapa (Black Hills) on Oceti Sakowin Territory, NDN Collective builds the collective power of Indigenous Peoples, communities, and Nations to exercise their inherent right to... read more →
The Tule River Indian Tribe of California has a 150-year history of proud sovereignty over 55,000 acres in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Its 2,000 members are descended... read more →
The Klamath River Fund works to advance climate resilience, community resilience, and restorative justice within the Klamath River Basin, which stretches from Klamath Lake in eastern Oregon to the Northern... read more →
The Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe created the California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP) in 2014 to preserve, protect, and perpetuate Nisenan culture. The Nisenan, whose name means “from among... read more →
In Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range, Ofrenda A’bunna is working to recuperate the ancestral lands surrounding the Arhuaco Reservation by buying the land back one parcel at... read more →
International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) is a global community of funders who are advancing a budding movement in philanthropy that deeply values, supports and partners with Indigenous Peoples and... read more →
Sawalmem, which translates roughly to “sacred water” in the Winnemem Wintu language, is restoring the ecosystem of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe’s traditional lands along the Lower McCloud River in Northern... read more →
Washiw Zulshish Goom Than-Nu supports and promotes healthy lifestyles for the Washoe people and their families, instilling respect for the land, the water and the animals who dwell on the... read more →
Fundación Cotococha is assembling and testing a prototype of an affordable solar-powered canoe and recharging station for the Curaray river in the Ecuadorian Amazon, home to Indigenous Waorani communities. This... read more →
The Covenant of Nations is revitalizing the original strong and respectful relationship between the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Anishinaabeg Nation, and affiliated nations, to better respond to current-day challenges to... read more →
ʻOhana Waʻa, meaning family of voyaging canoes, convened as a hui (group) in 2006 to promote the collective health and life of Pacific voyaging traditions. ‘Ohana Wa’a’s guiding philosophy, He... read more →
The Haudenosaunee Nationals Lacrosse program (HNL), a project of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora Nations), works to keep the tradition of lacrosse alive across generations.... read more →
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