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Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Inc.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 5248, Eureka, California 95502
Phone: 707-825-7640
Fax: 707-825-7639
In Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council since 2017
Since its inception in 1992, Seventh Generation has been in support of the vision and purpose of the Peace and Dignity Journeys (PDJ). These journeys started as an effort to bring Indigenous Peoples together from the North and South. At its core this ceremonial run, which takes place every four years that preserves and revitalizes spiritual and cultural tradition while fostering intertribal relationships.
Many SGF staff in years past have helped organize the run, and some have also run themselves. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, runs were postponed until this year. As a grassroots organization, our steadfast commitment to the People has consistently guided our actions and priorities. Hosting the PDJ runners during their seven-month prayer run from Fairbanks, Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina the first year the run has happened since the pandemic was an honor.
Making sure runners were fed, hydrated, and had a place to rest comes from a place of love and understanding — an understanding that values the threads that bind us together as human beings, and Indigenous Peoples. It is important to always remember that the threads that bind us in the global North, also bind us in the global South; from the northernmost regions of Alaska, down to the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, in Argentina. The Indigenous Peoples movement is a global one, and thus requires us to come together to defend our sacred sites, defend our cultures, defend Mother Earth, and support our People on prayer runs like PDJ. We are honored that the runners accepted our hospitality, and blessed us with the prayer staffs that they carried.
We pray for their continued protection and safety of all the runners who will participate in the Peace and Dignity Journeys as they weave the prayers of Turtle Island together.
At Seventh Generation Fund, we recognize Indigenous women and girls’ inherent strength and capacity for healing, leadership, and regenerating positive futures. It is in this spirit that we designed the Eagle Feather Fellowship under the banner of our Thriving Women program. We are honored and excited to announce our 2024-2025 Eagle Feather Fellow Cohort of the Thriving Women Program. Thank you to all those who applied. We received the highest volume of applicants this year, many who had important aspects of their lives and work to share. We look forward to building community with the contributions of the young Native women who will participate in this year’s fellowship.
The Eagle Feather Fellows for Thriving Women provides unique mentorship opportunities for young Native women to build ties within the community, expand their knowledge, skills, and capacity, as well as empower them as future leaders. Those selected will engage in peer-centered conversations and gatherings (both virtual and in-person) that identify key priorities for Native young women and girls’ lives, dreams, and needs for healthy and safe futures.
Please join us in celebrating the Eagle Feather Fellows for Thriving Women and the Native communities they serve and represent. We are fortunate to support these wonderful leaders in their work.
- Angelina Serna, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
- Naya Anllo-Valdo, Acoma Pueblo
- Chase Baird-Iron Cloud, Lakota and Diné
- Kylie Cayedito, Diné
- Jada McCovey, Hupa Yurok and Karuk
Learn more about each of Fellow and follow along on their journey by following us on social media and subscribing to our newsletter.
“We’re expected to grow an economy, but reservation land is much too small for an economy to grow. We can’t support ourselves. And I think that was done, not by accident, but on purpose.” — Chris Peters (Puhlik-lah/Karuk)
Recognizing our collective responsibility of Decolonization, Self-determination, and Re-Indigenization, Seventh Generation Fund supports culturally-rooted and community-generated movement building that fortifies the inherent knowledge, power, and rights of Indigenous Peoples, communities, and nations. Our President, Chris Peters (Puhlik-lah/Karuk) recently joined fellow panelists Dr. Timothy Begaye (Diné) and Robert Odawi Porter (Seneca) for a webinar and panel discussion titled, “Towards Indigenous Sovereignty: Exploring Rights and Solidarity in Self-Governing Territories.”
The panel, which SGF co-sponsored alongside the G20 Interfaith Forum, G20 Social, International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation and United Religions Initiative, focused on different perspectives on what can and must be done to support Indigenous Peoples’ Self-Determination and Sovereignty. During the discussion, Chris shared how many federal programs and laws were created without input from Native Peoples and were ultimately designed with the goal of acculturation and assimilation of Indigenous Peoples into dominant society. You can hear Chris’ full remarks here and tune in for the full panel in the video below.