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“The Indigenous Futures Survey is a way for the stories of Indian Country to be given a voice”

It is for my relatives that have come before me and my relatives who will come after me that I am proud of my Indigeneity and who I am. I am St. Lawrence Island Siberian Yupik and Kenaitze Indian. “The Indigenous Futures Survey is a way for the stories of Indian country to be given […]

“This survey gave me a chance to reach out to loved ones and check up on them during these difficult times. “

The Indigenous Futures Survey is one of a kind and the first I have taken that focused its questions on tackling important matters impacting Native communities. As a Native youth, I am happy to help promote this survey because personally, I found the survey to be full of questions that are important for us to […]

“I’ve taken other surveys before, but they never felt meant for Native people like this one”

My grandparents live on the Navajo Nation and in their rural community, they do not have access to broadband internet. This reality in many Native communities, combined with the challenges created by the current pandemic, make it difficult for many of our relatives, especially our elders, to access and complete the Indigenous Futures Survey. Yet, […]

We demand concrete policy changes. SCOTUS decision is, I hope and expect, just one of many to follow.

Photo credit: Bridget Badore Hesci, my name is Isabel Coronado, my tribal town is Thlopthlocco and I’m from the Wind clan. I am a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation from Okmulgee, Oklahoma. I am currently a Policy Entrepreneur at the Next100 where I focus on criminal justice reform policy impacting Indian Country. When I […]