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When Indigenous organizations struggle with grant requirements versus traditional governance

My business partner and I got a federal grant for our Indigenous-led nonprofit, but the reporting requirements and restrictions feel like they're forcing us to operate in ways that contradict our traditional governance and decision-making processes.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Funding structures impose Western institutional frameworks that conflict with Indigenous decision-making processes and collective leadership models.

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