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.

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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.

Arts & Culture

All My Relations Arts

All My Relations Arts presents four exhibits throughout the year, as well as hosting tours, presentations, and programs like the Native Authors Program, Consulting Projects and We Are Still Here Cohort.
Civic Engagement

Make Voting A Tradition

Make Voting A Tradition (MVAT) is a culturally specific, year-round, multi-generational approach to increase voter turnout and civic engagement now in its eighth year of operation.
Food Sovereignty

Four Sister's Market

The Four Sisters Farmers Market is an Indigenous-focused farmers market that provides increased access to affordable, healthy, culturally appropriate local foods within the American Indian Cultural Corridor.
Food Sovereignty

Four Sisters Farm

Four Sisters Urban Farm brings the community together to improve healthy food access, and celebrate Indigenous heritage and culture. We seed opportunities to grow fresh and healthy food and heal land, bodies, and spirits.

Upcoming Events

  • Mar 27, 2026–Mar 28, 2026 | 11:00 AM–3:00 PMSpring Artist Market – Join our programs, Make Voting a Tradition and All My Relations Arts on Friday, March 27th, and Saturday, March 28th, for a two-day spring artist market featuring arts, crafts, jewelry, home goods, apparel, and more from 10+ local Native vendors. Stop by and grab a beverage from Pow Wow Grounds , shop the vendors, and […] Learn More

  • Apr 10, 2026 | 6:00 AM–8:00 AMUŋči Said So Opening Reception – Join All My Relations Arts and NACDI for the opening reception of “Uŋči Said So,” a solo exhibition from artist Danielle SeeWalker (Húŋkpapȟa Lakȟóta, Standing Rock Sioux Nation). This work showcases a diverse range of styles, from bright and humorous to serious and tender, with a nod to the matriarchal elders who have shaped our […] Learn More

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News

Go to Art as Activism in Times of Urgency: A Reflection by Artist Courtney Cochran
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Art as Activism in Times of Urgency: A Reflection by Artist Courtney Cochran

As our organization has turned our building into a safe gathering place for community members to find supplies, services, and resources, we want to uplift the voices of our staff and community members who are helping our front-line observers. These are the voices of those striving to hold All My… Read More

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Following the Seasons to Resistance

For several months in Minneapolis, Native people have been on the frontlines in response to a surge in the presence of ICE and border patrol. Being under attack by the federal government is very familiar territory for us. Native Americans have borne the brunt of federal aggression for… Read More

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