American Indian Programs  

Programs for Community Leaders

AMERICAN INDIAN AMBASSADORS PROGRAM
The Ambassadors Program is the only leadership initiative in the United States encouraging participants to weave their respective traditional tribal values into a contemporary reality. The Ambassadors Program provides a creative combination of mentorship, personal reflection, dialogue with national decision-makers, community involvement, communications training, and a discovery process into tribal values.
http://www.aio.org/ambass.html
(505) 867-0278

KELLOGG LEADERSHIP FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE
The Kellogg Leadership for Community Change program seeks to capitalize on a variety of social, economic, cultural and experiential criteria during the process of defining and identifying leaders. The Foundation’s goal is to strengthen communities by helping individuals who are already engaged in community stewardship to recognize themselves and others as leaders, and then develop the shared leadership expertise that allows them to work across a range of backgrounds and perspectives.
info@klccleadership.org
http://www.klccleadership.org
(269) 968-1611

SEVENTH GENERATION FUND
The Seventh Generation Fund is a Native American intermediary foundation and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and maintaining the uniqueness of Native Peoples and their nations.
of7gen@pacbell.net
http://www.7genfund.org/
(707) 825-7640

NATIVE NATIONS INSTITUTE
NNI's mission is to assist in the building of capable Native nations that can effectively pursue and ultimately realize their own political, economic, and community development objectives. This national building effort is the central focus of NNI's programs.
nni@u.arizona.edu
http://www.nni.arizona.edu
(520) 626-0NNI

HORIZONS PROGRAM: INDIAN RESERVATION-BASED COMMUNITIES
The purpose of the Horizons project is reduction in poverty (in the areas including financial, traditional values, physical, spiritual, mental, relationships, social system, and role models) in small rural communities confronting economic decline and demographic change.
horizons@nwaf.org
http://www.nwaf.org/Programs.aspx?pg=Programs/Horizons.htm
(877) 852-4293

CHEROKEE NATION LEADERSHIP CURRICULUM (in development)
The purpose of the Leadership Curriculum is to develop a leadership pipeline for the Cherokee Nation that begins with pre-school and continues through college and adult education.
http://www.cherokee.org/
(918) 456-0671 ext. 2645