Raymond Foxworth

New Food Regulations Should Not Proceed Without Tribal Consultation

There is a thriving movement in Indian country focused on food sovereignty and increased control of local food systems. Like other assets in Indian country, Native food systems have been colonized, altered and, in some cases, destroyed....

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May 25, 2013

Sarah EchoHawk Takes Over at AISES

Alysa Landry
May 01, 2013
Sarah EchoHawk got her start in nonprofit work more than 15 years ago when she took a part-time job answering phones at the American Indian College Fund...

Rebecca Adamson Has a Plan for Empowering Indigenous Peoples

Gale Courey Toensing
March 13, 2013
When Rebecca Adamson was 22 years old and had just started working for the Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards, she was sent to evaluate a school in Hammon, Oklahoma...

First Nations Development Institute Advances Food Sovereignty

Brian Daffron
August 28, 2012
One of the common problems in Indian Country—in both rural and urban areas—is the lack of nutritious food options available a short distance from home...

Nonprofit First Peoples Worldwide Surpassed $1 Million in Grants Directly to Indigenous Communities

ICTMN Staff
July 11, 2012
First Peoples Worldwide (FPW) has awarded more than $1.2 million in grants directly to Indigenous projects, programs and communities since its inception in 1997...

Last day for 'Cultures of Giving Donor Challenge' for Four Native Non-Profits

ICTMN Staff
April 26, 2012
SEATTLE— A unique donor campaign supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to benefit four Native nonprofits wraps up at midnight tonight (April 26)...

Control of Indian Agriculture Assets Is Essential

Mark Fogarty
November 07, 2011
SANDIA RESERVATION, New Mexico— Many American Indian tribes are losing a lot of money by letting their farming and ranching assets be exploited off-reservation, a conference on Ind...

Indian CDFIs Are Booming

Mark Fogarty
November 07, 2011
SANDIA RESERVATION, New Mexico— American Indian community development financial institutions (CDFIs) are booming, with 70 Native CDFIs now certified by the Treasury Department, 14 ...

First Nations Development Institute Awards Native Youth and Culture Fund Grants

ICTMN Staff
July 31, 2011
A total of 23 tribes and Native American nonprofits will share in $400,000 of Native Youth and Culture Fund (NYCF) grants awarded by the First Nations Development Institute (FNDI),...

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