First Nations is happy to share news from 2025 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellow Lynn Mad Plume. As part of her fellowship, Dr. Mad Plume has been working toward a vision of building a global Indigenou...
May 11, 2026
Recently published research confirms that around the world, non-forest ecosystems, including grasslands, are being converted for agricultural purposes at nearly four times the rate of forests, making ...
May 07, 2026
Protecting Resources, Uplifting Alaska Native Communities in the Bering Sea Spanning 878,000 square miles, the Bering Sea is one of the largest bodies of water in the world, providing habitat for an a...
May 06, 2026
Last week, First Nations 2022 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellow Mariah Gladstone (Blackfeet, Cherokee) competed in the Food Network’s first-ever Indigenous-inspired episode of “Chopped.” Gladstone and ...
April 29, 2026
In November 2025, First Nations’ Native Agriculture and Food Systems Investments program sponsored the first-ever Young Women’s Buffalo Harvest at the DuBray Buffalo Ranch in Mobridge, South Dakota, i...
April 13, 2026
LONGMONT, Colo. (July 2, 2025) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) has announced the 10 Native American leaders selected for the 2025 cohort of the Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowsh...
July 02, 2025
Charitable giving in any way is valuable. Whether it’s your time, talent, or treasure, giving to others is an opportunity to be part of something greater than oneself. It also provides immediate and i...
June 19, 2025
As part of First Nations’ “Language is Life” campaign, we are honored to welcome this guest blog post from Kcheyonkote (Burton W. Warrington), co-founder and executive director of Menomini yoU, Inc., ...
June 05, 2025
May 16 is Native Nonprofit Day! First Nations is excited to join Native Ways Federation in celebration of the fifth annual Native Nonprofit Day. Happening May 16, 2025, Native Nonprofit Day is a givi...
May 08, 2025
Every year on May 5th, red dresses sway silently in the wind; tobacco, sage, sweetgrass, and cedar fill the air; and communities come together to honor the lives of relatives who never came home. Toda...
May 05, 2025