Language is born of land
By Sonja Swift, Co-director of the Windrose Fund, trustee for Swift Foundation and board member of International Funders for Indigenous Peoples, Community Agroecology Network and Oakland Institute. When my Danish…
The power of participatory video and digital dictionaries in preserving Indigenous languages
by Nick Lunch, co-founder at InsightShare “We need to have our language back as a matter of pride, because if we don’t have our language, we are forever dependent on…
?así horįsha dëne: Indigenous Languages the Key to Solving the Climate Crisis
At Indigenous Climate Action (ICA) we believe that Indigenous peoples are the keepers of valuable knowledge necessary to address the climate crisis and that by investing in our people, knowledge…
Indigenous Language, Climate Change & Forced Displacement
by Salote Soqo, Senior Partnership Officer, Climate Justice & Crisis Response, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) During the First Peoples Convening on Climate-Forced Displacement, which brought together over sixty First…
A Journey of Trust and Reciprocity: Philanthropy Voices for Equity
Photo Essay by Rucha Chitnis “The first step for philanthropists is to educate themselves and begin the process of decolonizing. There’s so much imposition of narratives and assumptions upon all…
Indigenous Funds Lead the Way to Decolonize Philanthropy
Story and photos by Rucha Chitnis. Note: This story was originally published in Cultural Survival Quarterly Institutional philanthropy, in a nutshell, is a Western construct. Often it can seem transactional, likened…
Staying on Track: Light Bulb Moments, Lessons Learned and Unlearned
By Ashley Hernandez IFIP’s strategic framework hopes to expand the sphere of funders and collaborative action among donors and Indigenous Peoples to advance issues of importance to Indigenous communities. The…
Reflections from the Global Conference: Bolstering Indigenous Philanthropy
By Lourdes Inga International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) plays a critical role in convening, educating, connecting and expanding collaborative action among funders and Indigenous Peoples to advance issues of…
IFIP Funder Briefs to Resource Indigenous Defenders
This year IFIP launched three briefs for funders on Indigenous defenders in Russia, Latin America and the Pacific Islands. We collaborated with advocacy groups and activists that have worked in…