First Peoples Worldwide addresses the unique social and environmental impacts of development in Indigenous communities, while preparing current and future leaders to meet the pressing social responsibility challenges facing today's businesses.
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First Peoples Worldwide 2022-2023 Annual Report
Indigenous Leaders Urge Investor Action for UNDRIP Implementation, Share Expertise and Experiences
Self-Determination and Creative Capital: Keys to Realizing Indigenous Economic Success
Building the Business Case for Respect for Indigenous Peoples
Indigenizing Catalytic Capital
Drawing from interviews with investors, Native intermediaries and Native entrepreneurs, research demonstrates how catalytic capital in Indian Country enables long-term, culturally-aligned success.
FPIC Due Diligence Questionnaire
This questionnaire provides a list of considerations for investors seeking to implement best practices to solicit the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples.
Supply Chains & Sovereignty: Native-Led Food Systems Solutions
Though community-driven applied research, this report examines the current state of Native food supply chains and collates recommendations towards strengthening and expanding these chains from Native perspectives.
Social Cost and Material Loss: The Dakota Access Pipeline
This case study examines the numerous impacts attendant to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) project to highlight the costs faced by failing to account for the human rights of indigenous peoples.
Securing Indigenous Peoples' Right to Self-Determination: A Guide on Free, Prior and Informed Consent
A guide to support Indigenous leaders in developing protocols and processes for FPIC priorities. Published with Cultural Surivial and the SIRGE Coalition.
Top Background Image: Neenowuxootei'i ("They Face to The North") – Arapho name for the Flatiron Mountain west of the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. Photo under license via.
Bottom Background Image: Iizhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit ("The Sacred Place Where Life Begins") – the coastal plain in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which is land sacred to the Gwich'in and the calving grounds of the Porcupine Caribou Herd. Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS in the public domain.