NDN Collective Stories

Among the many amendments proposed in BIA’s draft is a significant change in the way “Indian product” is defined, one that would bring regulation of agricultural products under the umbrella of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act for the first time in the Act’s 88-year history.

"One thing that I like to say about my process is that when I am in the clearest alignment with myself, then my writing is more a record of what I'm listening to. I'm listening for the voices of my ancestors. I'm listening for the sounds."

"To be able to access that clay, those materials, and use them in a way that helps us survive, that lets us have that vision to go to the next step where our people are going, wherever that direction is. We have the ancestors behind us and we're holding on to our relatives as we move forward."

"We know that every young person, every little kid, every child that is growing up, they are receiving the energy that they get through their blood, through their genes. It's a millinery-like charge that's really rooted and connected to our worldview that's existed for a thousand years."

NDN Fund’s Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) invests $1.57M loan capital in the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township in Maine to build sustainable infrastructure for traditional eel harvesting, leaving a ripple effect of economic and cultural healing.

"My inspiration is always going to be tied to the community, salmon, water and really, it’s part of my identity, versus what motivates and inspires me."

"In South Dakota, from 2001-2023 there have been 79 police-involved shootings statewide, 0 convictions of police officers, additionally, 75% of the fatal shooting victims were Indigenous people." 

"We cannot fight racism alone, as Indigenous People, and as the ones who are experiencing it, we need everyone to be a part of the solution. That is why we broadened the campaign and called it Rapid City vs. Racism because it is going to take all of us. It is going to take the whole community to end racism and discrimination."

Hoy, los invitamos a conocer más sobre estos maravillosos visionarios, que continúan promulgando cambios revolucionarios y construyendo poder Indígena.

Learn more about these phenomenal visionaries who continue to enact revolutionary change and build Indigenous power.