The 2024 – 2026 Changemaker Fellowship is Now Open!
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The NDN Changemaker Fellowship is a two-year fellowship designed to invest ($150,000 USD) in the visions, leadership, and personal and professional development of 21 Indigenous Changemakers working in their communities.
We believe that our people have the creativity, innovation, and determination to build healthy, resilient futures; defending our homelands and rights, developing model regenerative Nations, and decolonizing and healing our communities and families.
This opportunity is open to individual Indigenous Peoples over the age of 18 across the continental United States, Canada, Mexico, Islands of Hawaii, Borikén/Puerto Rico, and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Be sure to register by 3pm US Central Standard Time (CST) on June 26, 2024 to ensure a timely submission. Full applications are due by 5pm US CST on July 1, 2024.
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Protect The Hesapa | Tell USFS: No Golden Crest Drilling!
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Take Action Now:📱Call and Let USFS Know #NoGoldenCrestDrilling!
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➡️Mike Rounds, Pierre Office – (605) 224-1379, Rapid City Office – (605) 343-5035, Sioux Falls Office – (605) 336-0486, Aberdeen Office – (605) 225-0366
➡️Dusty Johnson, Aberdeen District Office – (605) 622-1060, Rapid City District Office – (605) 646-6454, Sioux Falls District Office – (605) 275-2868
➡️John Thune, Aberdeen Office – (605) 225-8823, Rapid City Office – (605) 348-7751, Sioux Falls Office – (605) 334-9596
➡️Shawn Cochran, Forest Supervisor, Black Hills National Forest – (605) 673-9201, [email protected]
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👀 Watch Taylor Gunhammer, Oglala Sioux Tribe citizen and Organizer at NDN Collective speak out against the approval of the drilling permit for the Solitario Resources Golden Crest gold exploration project.
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The Protect the Hesapa Campaign fights to protect the land, water, and people of our Sacred Black Hills. In Lakota, the Black Hills are known as The Center of Everything That Is. Hesapa is connected to our origins as Lakota people, we emerged from the sacred site of Wind Cave is the place where we emerged into the world. ________________________________________________________
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Rapid City vs. Racism | WIČAKTEPI, Remembrance Garden LAUNCHES MAY 22, 2024
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‘Wičaktepi’ (Wee-chan-kteh-pee) in the Lakota language means, ‘they were killed.’ The WIČAKTEPI, Remembrance Garden will be a memorial space dedicated to honoring and bringing attention to the many Indigenous lives taken at the hands of law enforcement in Rapid City, South Dakota.
From 2001 – 2023 there have been 79 police-involved shootings statewide with 0 convictions of police officers. 75% of the fatal shooting victims were Indigenous People. Pattern or practice by law enforcement used to target our communities and kill our Indigenous relatives must stop now.
The WIČAKTEPI, Remembrance Garden project follows community efforts across Turtle Island to remember our loved ones while holding systems of law enforcement accountable and was inspired by the Say Their Names memorial erected after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of police.
The WIČAKTEPI Remembrance Garden launch is set for May 23, 2024 at 6:00pm with a community reception at NDN Collective headquarters (408 Knollwood Drive, Rapid City, SD.
This project is a part of our Rapid City V.S. Racism Campaign, which seeks to address the root of these harms through advocacy, policy change, police oversight, and the creation of community spaces to address the systemic racism and discrimination against Native Americans by local law enforcement.
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If you would like for your relatives or loved ones to be included in the WIČAKTEPI Remembrance Garden, please contact [email protected] or call (605) 791-3999 and ask for Andy, Sunny, or Hermus. _______________________________________________
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NDN Headquarters | Community Meeting
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Join NDN Collective every month for a community meeting where Local Organizers share updates on their campaigns, host events, and continue to connect and build our local base in Mni Luzahan. The next community meeting on May 22nd at the NDN HQ. We will also be hosting the WIČAKTEPI, Remembrance Garden launch and reception, on Thursday, May 23, at 6pm.
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