First Nations News

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 02, 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 19, 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 17, 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 16, 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 21, 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 16, 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 10, 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 09, 2021

First Nations Receives Generous Grant to Help More Native Communities

LONGMONT, Colorado (January 27, 2021) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) is pleased to announce that more funding will soon be directed to Indian Country to counter the disproportio...

January 26, 2021

4 Things to Know about the Nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland

What does the nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM) for interior secretary mean for Native communities? If confirmed, Haaland, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo, will become the nation’s first N...

January 24, 2021