First Nations News

Apply Now for the 2022 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship

Applications Due July 13, 2021 Apply Now for the 2022 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship LONGMONT, Colorado (June 8, 2022) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) and The Henry Luce Fo...

June 08, 2021

First Nations Introduces 2021 Cohort for the Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship

13 Native Leaders Selected for their Passion and Ingenuity in Perpetuating Indigenous Knowledge and Strengthening Native Communities LONGMONT, Colo. (June 3, 2021) – First Nations Development Institu...

June 03, 2021

First Nations to Provide More COVID-19 Relief to Native Communities Thanks to Grant from May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust

LONGMONT, Colo. (May 20, 2021) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) is honored to announce the receipt of a $300,000 grant from the May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust. The grant...

May 20, 2021

$6.5 Million in Grants Awarded to 427 Native Communities in 2020

First Nations Development Institute Releases Latest Impact Report Showing Increasing Support to Native Communities Throughout the Pandemic LONGMONT, Colo. (May 18, 2021) – First Nations Development In...

May 18, 2021

Extended Deadline, Travel Scholarships, Cash Prizes!

Apply Now for the Native Youth Business Plan Competition You may have heard: For the second year, the Native Youth Business Plan Competition is making it possible for Native youth to develop skills, c...

May 17, 2021

Support Continues for Indigenous-Led Environmental Justice Efforts

LONGMONT, Colo. (February 22, 2021) – Multiple Native American communities and organizations will receive support from First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) to preserve and protect Nativ...

February 22, 2021

First Nations Receives Funding to Build Native American Assets through Racial Wealth Gap Research and Philanthropic Equity

LONGMONT, Colo. (February 17, 2021) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) is honored to announce the receipt of funding from the Target Foundation, which will be used over the next two...

February 17, 2021

First Nations Receives Grant to Bolster Strategies to Educate, Advocate, and Capitalize

First Nations Receives Grant to Bolster Strategies to Educate, Advocate, and Capitalize Funding from The Schmidt Family Foundation/The 11th Hour Project to help advance Native communities LONGMONT, Co...

February 11, 2021

Celebrating Native Civil Rights Activist Elizabeth Peratrovich

First Nations Celebrates Native Civil Rights Activist Elizabeth Peratrovich Elizabeth Peratrovich LONGMONT, Colo. (February 10, 2021) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) will be clo...

February 10, 2021

Press Release

First Nations Awards Scholarships to 25 Students to Advance Native Food Sovereignty

Two additional students named First Nations Policy Scholars LONGMONT, Colorado (February 26, 2021) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today announced the awarding of 25 GATHER Nativ...

February 04, 2021