Giving Staying Power to Solar Power
In 2022, First Nations launched the Green Jobs in Indian Country Project, awarding 10 grants averaging $100,000 each to eligible Native organizations developing a workforce to address the increasing e...
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STRONGER TOGETHER: The Value of Community and Storytelling in Native Fundraising
Storytelling captures the history, heart, and hope of tribal communities. These stories carry impact and help build relationships, understanding, and support for Native nonprofits and causes in the wo...
How a Mississippi Tribe is Inspiring Its Youth to Become Digital Entrepreneurs
Choctaw teens sold about $3,000 worth of merchandise at the Christmas Market and donated all proceeds to the tribe’s Boys & Girls Clubs. Over the holidays, a group of young members from the ...
‘Stay Curious About the World!’
Reflections of an Adventurous First Nations Supporter First Nations is grateful to philanthropist Jenifer Marx of Indialantic, Florida, who donates to many projects and Native causes. Some people were...
Ripple Effect of Support Advances Arts and Culture for BIPOC Communities
This image was created by Charity Upshaw, a Navajo artist, who participated in the 2017 Brea Foley Portrait Competition hosted by Soul of Nations. In our 2018 Annual Report, First Nations Board Chair ...
Digging Deep to Protect the Roots of Native Lands
In January, First Nations’ California Tribal Fund (CTF) hosted a Stewarding Ancestral Lands Gathering to strengthen connections and build capacity for California-based Native stewardship and pro...
Conservation Planning Builds Skills and Opportunities for Native Land Stewardship
Perspectives from First Nations’ Senior Program Officer Leiloni Begaye (Diné) Place-based learning is an essential component of First Nations’ conservation training sessions. With support from the USD...
Acorn Conference Sows Seeds of Pride and Love for Traditional Acorn Practices
Conference participant grinds acorns with a mortar and pestle. This November, Sherwood Valley Tribal Youth Program and Indigenous Community Initiatives hosted the first-ever Acorn Conference, supporte...
A Year of Advancement for Environmental Justice
Amplifying Native Strategies to Climate Change Climate change impacts for Native communities across the nation are already severe, and preserving lifeways, ceremonial practices, and subsistence will ...
Bringing People to GATHER in Support of Native Food Sovereignty
Bringing People to GATHER in Support of Native Food Sovereignty Andrew Williams and his wife, Sarita, are long-time supporters of First Nations, and their ongoing commitment to our work is recognized...
Amplifying Native Communities Through the Power of Digital Storytelling
Native peoples have always used words to weave relevant and meaningful stories. Historically, our stories and images have endured through spoken word, and our very cultures and lifeways have lived on ...
First Nations’ Donors Sojourn to the Southwest
Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as the scenic and cultural backdrops for a special tour that took nine enthusiastic First Nations supporters to the Pueblos of Jemez, Pojoaque, Santo Clara...