Helping Native people create the future they envision.

NACDI’s work is founded on the belief that all American Indian people have a place, purpose, and a future strengthened by sustainable asset-based community development. Since 2007, NACDI’s work facilitates systems change through our integrated pathways of Community Engagement, Community Organizing, Community Development, and Indigenous Arts and Culture.

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Focus Areas

NACDI’s key projects include: All My Relations Arts, Four Sisters Farmers Market and Urban Farm, and Make Voting A Tradition (MVAT). NACDI is building a vibrant future for all of our relations.

Arts & Culture

All My Relations Arts

All My Relations Arts presents four exhibits throughout the year, as well as hosting tours, presentations, and programs like the Native Authors Program, Consulting Projects and We Are Still Here Cohort.
Civic Engagement

Make Voting A Tradition

Make Voting A Tradition (MVAT) is a culturally specific, year-round, multi-generational approach to increase voter turnout and civic engagement now in its eighth year of operation.
Food Sovereignty

Four Sister's Market

Four Sisters works to restore health and well-being in the Urban Indian and Phillips communities by recovering knowledge and access to Indigenous food, medicine, and traditions through our Farmers Market and Urban Farm.
Community Engagement

Cultural Corridor

NACDI works in the densest Urban Indian population in the country. Our programs are contributing to the health and vitality for American Indian people by advancing equitable opportunities and promoting racial equity and inclusion.

Upcoming Events

  • Nov 7, 2024–Jan 18, 2025 | 12:00–12:00amNiimiwin All My Relations Arts ExhibitionNiimiwin is a group exhibition curated by 2023-24 Emerging Curators Institute fellow Josie Hoffman. Inspired by dance and powwow, Niimiwin (Everyone’s Dance) is a multimedia showcase of contemporary Indigenous artists connected to Minnesota who work within the theme of kinetic movement and how it relates to the body, land, and community. This exhibition features artists […] Learn More

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News

Go to NACDI Open House 2024 – Thank You
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NACDI Open House 2024 – Thank You

We want to give a heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended our Open House with Pow Wow Grounds and AICDC last Thursday, and to everyone who made it possible. By combining with our regularly scheduled Four Sisters Farmers Market, we hosted a huge event both in… Read More

Go to Pride is Indigenous: Featuring Nick Metcalf
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Pride is Indigenous: Featuring Nick Metcalf

Pride in our LGBTQA2+ community members lasts for more than just June at NACDI. This is especially true this year, with the annual Minneapolis Two Spirit Reclaiming Our Identities Powwow happening this Saturday, July 13th! To round out our series of writings from Two Spirit… Read More

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All My Relations Arts Gallery Presents

Niimiwin: Bijiinag igo ingii-azhegiiwe gaa-niimi’iding

All My Relations Arts, the Emerging Curators Institute and the Native American Community Development Institute are pleased to present Niimiwin: Bijiinag igo ingii-azhegiiwe gaa-niimi’iding curated by 2023-2024 Emerging Curators Fellow, Josie Hoffman

Niimiwin is a dynamic multimedia exhibition which explores the profound relationship between movement and identity within contemporary Indigenous art. Inspired by the vibrant traditions of dance and powwow, this showcase features a diverse array of Minnesota-based Indigenous artists whose work delves into the theme of kinetic movement—both in its physical form and its metaphorical resonance.

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