List of Resources:
- Land Acknowledgement Toolkit
- The Center for Effective Philanthropy: Foundation Support for Native American Leaders and Communities
- Native Americans in Philanthropy: Philanthropy Self-Assessment for Working with Tribal Communities
- Van Ness Feldman, LLP: Understanding the Indigenous Perspective: Foundational Principles for Non-Native Organizations and Projects Engaging with Tribal Nations
- Intersectional Indigenous Identities: Afro-Indigenous and Black Indigenous Peoples (A Starting Guide of Terminology)
- Information on the Federal Recognition of Tribes and a List of Tribal Nations
- Information Regarding “Native American” as a Racial vs. Political Distinction for Grant Funding
Additional Reading and Learning Resources
(Please note that the links provided here are links to purchase books from a Native owned and operated bookstore.)
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer
- An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Voices from the Field and Helpful Organizations:
- Center for Disaster Philanthropy Blog: Wanderings of a Wacicu in Foreign Nations
- Center for Disaster Philanthropy Blog: We are all Native funders
- Native Voices Rising
- Diversify Your Feed: 6 More Indigenous Environmental Organizations You Should Follow
Native Response Funds:
- NDN COVID-19 Response Project
- First Nations Development Institute’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund
- Together Towards Tomorrow (T3) Fund from Advancing Indigenous People in STEM
If you have suggestions of resources to add to this list, please send them to Devon Dunbar at devon@nyfunders.org.