NDN Collective on Another Year of Impact and Building Indigenous Power

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In the four years since NDN Collective officially launched as a movement-building organization, we have been honored to build Indigenous power alongside our People and our communities. Since our inception as an organization, we have taken an ecosystem approach to build Indigenous power with different entities within the collective working in tandem to support and invest in Indigenous-led efforts, businesses, organizations, Tribal Nations, grassroots changemakers, and frontline efforts across the continent. We are honored to say that four years later, we have accomplished much of what we set out to do and so much more.

Today, while still amidst an enduring pandemic, we have also risen to the challenge, innovating in the ways we show up for our communities. We have learned an incredible amount in the past year, and we look forward to continuing to build power with more Indigenous communities across Turtle Island in the future. Here are some NDN Collective highlights from the past year:

FROM THE NDN FOUNDATION:

– Launched $7million Community Self-Determination Grant Program in 2021
– Deployed $10 million in COVID 19 Response Grants to Indigenous communities by year end 2020
– Built out the Foundation team, including Capacity Building programming
– Supported Radical Imagination Artists and Changemaker Fellows who are radically imagining and working toward new futures based on justice and equity for for their people and the planet
– Through the Community Action Fund, supported grassroots and frontline groups and organizations who are mobilizing in defense of Indigenous lands, water and peoples.

“We constantly ask ourselves how we can set ourselves apart from other funding sources, making it as accessible and simplistic as possible while still being able to learn, to support grass-roots efforts and community driven priorities, and to be accountable to our communities.” — Gaby Strong, NDN Foundation Managing Director.

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