Helping Native people create the future they envision.
NACDI’s work is founded on the belief that all American Indian people have a place, purpose, and a future strengthened by sustainable asset-based community development. Since 2007, NACDI’s work facilitates systems change through our integrated pathways of Community Engagement, Community Organizing, Community Development, and Indigenous Arts and Culture.
Focus Areas
NACDI’s key projects include: All My Relations Arts, Four Sisters Farmers Market and Urban Farm, and Make Voting A Tradition (MVAT). NACDI is building a vibrant future for all of our relations.
All My Relations Arts
Make Voting A Tradition
Four Sister's Market
Cultural Corridor
Upcoming Events
May 9, 2024 | 6:00–08:00pmOpening Reception: “Frank Buffalo Hyde: AL·TER·NA·TIVE” – 1414 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55404Join All My Relations Arts and the Native American Community Development Institute Thursday, May 9th for an evening celebrating the opening reception for AL·TER·NA·TIVE. This solo exhibition features a collection of paintings and sculptures from artist Frank Buffalo Hyde (Onondaga/Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)). The night will feature food and refreshments by Trickster Tacos and a DJ […] Learn More
May 18, 2024 | 11:00am–03:00pmSeedling Giveaway: Four Sisters Food Sovereignty and EPIC Spring Welcoming Event – 2839 17th S Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407-1405, United StatesJoin Four Sisters Food Sovereignty and EPIC for our second annual Spring Welcoming event at the Four Sisters Urban Farm! We will celebrate the upcoming growing season with food from Las Cuatro Milpas food truck, music, fun activities from several other community organizations, and seedlings to give away grown in partnership with Dream of Wild […] Learn More
May 21, 2024 | 11:30–11:30amOpen House – NACDI, AICDC, and Pow Wow Grounds American Indian MonthAICDC, Pow Wow Grounds and NACDI’s open house is on May 21st from 11:30 am – 2 pm. May is American Indian Month in Mni Sota. Many Native led organizations host open houses to visit with community and share information about the services and programs the organizations provide. Learn More
News
NACDI Joins the Good Relatives Collaborative
We are excited to announce that we have joined the Good Relatives Collaborative (GRC). The collaborative is made up of the Sacred Pipe Resource Center, Four Bands Community Fund, and Black Hills Community Loan Fund. … Read More
Community Health Conversations: Okizi – Using Art as Tool for Healing
Angela Two Stars and Juleana Enright both share their passion for the arts and how it is a tool for healing. In this episode, they share the inside scoop with us behind the latest exhibition at the All My Relations Arts Gallery called Okizi which means healing one’s self. Read More
Frank Buffalo Hyde: AL·TER·NA·TIVE
AL·TER·NA·TIVE is a solo exhibition featuring a collection of paintings and sculptures from artist Frank Buffalo Hyde (Onondaga/Niimíipuu (Nez Perce). Vivid and pop-culture saturated, his work reflects on the commodification of American Indian culture, and the assertive roles for Native American identity in the contemporary world. Self-proclaimed as consciously, culturally non-transactional, Frank’s work comments on cultural appropriation and societal disruption through his uncompromising satirical eye. A defiant take on the skewed perceptions of Native American art and culture tourism, Frank’s allegorical work is geared towards Native people first and disarms through banter while making references to antiquated technology in conversation with the metaverse; and provides a layered commentary on the collective unconscious of the 21st century.