Indigenous Peoples Organizations

The Arctic Athabaskan Council was founded in 2000. At that time it represented approximately 32,000 indigenous peoples of Athabaskan descent. Today there are council members in Alaska (including fifteen traditional villages)...

Coastal First Nations is a unique alliance of nine Nations living on British Columbia’s North and Central Coast and Haida Gwaii. Each Nation has its own distinct culture, governance and territory.

Founded in 1987, FOIRN represents 23 indigenous peoples from the Rio Negro, in an area that encompasses the municipalities of Barcelos, Santa Isabel do Rio Negro and São Gabriel da Cachoeira, in Amazonas.

The IPCB is organized to assist indigenous peoples in the protection of their genetic resources, indigenous knowledge, cultural and human rights from the negative effects of biotechnology. The IPCB provides educational and...

Founded in 1977 by the late Eben Hopson of Barrow, Alaska, the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has flourished and grown into a major international non-government organization representing approximately 180,000 Inuit of Alaska...

They are an indigenous and peasant community organizations achieve sustainable development and responsible governance in their region. They contribute to the strengthening and empowerment of members of community organizations...

Soul Fire Farm is an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm committed to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system. We raise and distribute life-giving food as a means to end food apartheid.

The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) provides natural resource management expertise, conservation enforcement, legal and policy analysis, and public information services in support of the exercise of...