Environment
An Indigenous Systems Approach to the Climate Crisis
Climate justice means centering the Indigenous communities who have been on the ground implementing regenerative solutions.
Tag: Indigenous Populations
Environment
Partnering to Save a Biodiversity Hotspot
An American funding collaborative is on a mission to help environmental advocates in Southeast Asia protect the Mekong River. Can it do so while navigating the tide of regional politics?
Philanthropy & Funding
A Call-In to Grow Indigenous Power
Telling the truth about philanthropy is the first step to transforming it for generations to come.
Philanthropy & Funding
Building Indigenous Power in Philanthropy
While allies and advisors are important in our work, it’s more important to support and develop our own Indigenous power, leadership, and decision-making.
Human Rights
Stolen Land, Stolen Bodies, and Stolen Stories
When real Native people are invisible in the media, false narratives and toxic stereotypes are the average American’s only exposure to Native realities.
Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights as a Minimum Standard for Corporate Practice
By building strategic alliances with investors and shareholders, Indigenous Peoples are proactively protecting their rights by urging corporate respect of those rights in routine operations.
Leadership
Indigenous Feminism Is Our Culture
A call to bring back matriarchy in Indigenous communities to rebuild and decolonize the foundation of Native community life.
Impact Investing
Bridging the Divide Between Impact Investing and Native America
Indigenous intermediaries are crucial to overcoming asymmetries between impact investors and Native America through the building of relationships of trust, creation of an ecosystem for impact investing in Indigenous communities, and performance of the due diligence investors need to manage risk.
Economic Development
Using New Markets Tax Credits to Build a Home for Healing for the Coquille Indian Tribe
Twenty years ago, New Markets Tax Credits began transforming America’s underserved communities. While some question the federal program’s impact, one rural Oregon tribe has made them a cornerstone of better health and cultural restoration.
Philanthropy & Funding
Building Indigenous Power and Investing in Indigenous Self-Determination
To solve the most pressing issues for Indigenous communities—and for the world at large—power and autonomy must be given to Indigenous people themselves.