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The Department of Human Services Provides Five Community Organizations the Ability to Expand Their Outreach Services
Funding Bolsters Minneapolis Native Community’s Rapid Response for Unhoused Community Members MINNEAPOLIS, April 15th 2025 — A funding allocation has brought increased resources to the Native community’s unsheltered relatives in Minneapolis. The money comes from the Department of Human Services (DHS) Human Services Response Contingency Account designed to… Read More
Robert Lilligren Joins the Walker Art Center’s Board of Trustees
We are excited to announce that Robert Lilligren (White Earth Nation) Native American Community Development Institute’s (NACDI) President and CEO has accepted an invitation to serve on the Walker Art Center’s board of trustees. Robert will also be serving on the board’s Acquisition Committee, which partners with Walker curators to… Read More
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
Pride is Indigenous: Featuring Penny Kagigebi
June is LGBTQA2+ PRIDE Month. NACDI recognizes the contributions of Two Spirit and queer people to our community with this series of writings from Two Spirit and allies. We embrace the traditional roles of our Two Spirit relatives. Boozhoo Indinawemaaganidook / Greetings Relatives – What I… Read More
Pride is Indigenous: Featuring Sharon Day
June is LGBTQA2+ PRIDE Month. NACDI recognizes the contributions of Two Spirit and queer people to our community with this series of writings from Two Spirit and allies. At NACDI a third of our staff identifies as Two Spirit, gender fluid, and queer. At NACDI we embrace the… Read More
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine: All My Relations Arts Opens New Exhibition by Frank Buffalo Hyde
The vibrant, satirical yet poignant showcase was created by the Indigenous artist, who belongs to the Onondaga Nation, Beaver Clan, and Nez Perce tribe. by Joey Erickson May 21, 2024 If you were to tell a young Frank Buffalo Hyde that he’d one day become a successful artist,… Read More
NACDI Joins the Good Relatives Collaborative
We are excited to announce that we have joined the Good Relatives Collaborative (GRC). The collaborative is made up of the Sacred Pipe Resource Center, Four Bands Community Fund, and Black Hills Community Loan Fund. … Read More
Community Health Conversations: Okizi – Using Art as Tool for Healing
Angela Two Stars and Juleana Enright both share their passion for the arts and how it is a tool for healing. In this episode, they share the inside scoop with us behind the latest exhibition at the All My Relations Arts Gallery called Okizi which means healing one’s self. Read More
End of Year Staff Reflections – Seedling Giveaway
This year, NACDI was growing and planting seeds in our community. With our Four Sisters Food Sovereignty programs, we are connecting our people back to the living world. We thought it would be an outstanding idea to work with our partners to grow some seedlings and have a plant giveaway… Read More
Storytelling Time: 2023 Highlights: Making is Medicine
We are approaching Give to the Max Day, Giving Tuesday and our Year End Appeal donor reach. We want to take this time to reflect on what was an incredibly busy and impactful past year. We’ve had so many joyous and fun moments. I want to highlight one… Read More
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