Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples (SGF) is the first Indigenous-led philanthropic organization in the United States, and is dedicated to promoting Indigenous self-determination and sovereignty. Deriving their name from a precept in the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace—which emphasizes consideration of the impact of decisions on the seventh generation yet to come—the work of SGF throughout the Americas is based on holistic ecological stewardship and recognizes the direct relationship between a healthy environment, social justice, and community well-being. SGF works at grassroots and international policy levels, and supports Indigenous communities through grantmaking, technical support and gatherings.
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous People’s Native community evaluation toolkit, the Rivers to Re-Indigenization Model, is designed for Native community-based organizations and Native-led projects to self-evaluate, measure ongoing outcomes, and track successes in order to better equip and foster their movement-building.
The Power of Native Nonprofits is a collaborative Red Paper by Seventh Generation Fund and Hopa Mountain. It reflects and reports on work created and implemented as individual organizations and also our work together in this field.
Indigenous Peoples have many answers to that question. Over many campaigns, many generations, for more than 500 years they have tried to tell, to teach, to model cooperative relations in their work and in their agreements and relations with settlers.