2024 Cohort to Perpetuate Native Knowledge and Continue Strengthening Native Communities LONGMONT, Colo. (February 16, 2024) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today announced the 1...
February 16, 2024
Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska to be featured at Wild & Scenic Film Festival LONGMONT, Colorado (February 16, 2024) – Through a series of mini-documentaries produced by Spruce Tone Films, First Nati...
February 16, 2024
Guest Blogger Lauren Elizabeth Roberts Reflects on her Revolutionary Great-Great-Great Aunt, Elizabeth Peratrovich Lauren Elizabeth Roberts is a second-year student at the University of Denver studyin...
February 07, 2024
N. Scott Momaday, 1934-2024 This week, the staff and board of First Nations were saddened to learn of the passing of N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa), a novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and poet who se...
January 31, 2024
LONGMONT, Colorado (December 7, 2023) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today announced the awarding of 40 Native Agriculture & Food Systems Scholarships. The scholarships, whi...
December 07, 2023
First Nations’ Supporter Locklear Thomas Invests in First Nations and Native Communities A few months ago, Alex Locklear (Lumbee) reached out to First Nations to ask if we would be interested in...
December 04, 2023
First Nations has always recognized that the strongest solutions for Indian Country come from Native communities themselves. That is why, in 2021, after receiving a $5 million grant from the Bezos Ear...
November 30, 2023
Three newly released publications explore Native knowledge and practices in addressing climate change and environmental justice LONGMONT, Colorado (November 30, 2023) – First Nations Development Insti...
November 30, 2023
First Nations awards $450k in grants to 11 California-based tribes and tribally controlled nonprofits LONGMONT, Colorado (November 17, 2023) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) toda...
November 17, 2023
Trisha Kehaulani Watson, JD, PhD Honua Consulting, LLC This summer, the world watched as devastating fires overtook Maui. The reports from our community partners were heartbreaking, and First Nations ...
October 18, 2023