Including Indigenous Perspectives in Your Organization (coco-net.org)

We were really excited to stumble on the Towards Braiding project.  The project looks at the troubled terrain of non-Indigenous people or organizations trying to develop relationships with Indigenous people.

Questions for Non-Indigenous Organizations

They have a worksheet for non-Indigenous organizations that includes reflections on a series of questions:

• What do you expect the Indigenous perspective to do for you?
• What kind of learning are you willing to do?
• What are the hidden costs and labor involved in your invitation to engage?
• Are you committed to addressing the individual and group conflicts and anxieties that will probably arise?

More Resources

You can find other resources on related topics on our website:

• The MMIW report and nonprofits
• Institutional indifference to MMIW
• Indigenous Ally Toolkit
• Land Acknowledgments
  
  

To access the First Page/Toolkit by Kira Page, please click here.

Please know the 4-page handout, Towards Braiding, is attached to this post.