ACTIVATING RESEARCH TO BUILD NATIVE POWER

Conducted in 2023 and 2024, the Native Visibility + Power-Building Project (NVP) sought to assess how perceptions about Native people had changed since Reclaiming Native Truth (2018).
This project encompassed qualitative and quantitative analyses across eight different categories and sectors: visibility, mascots, discrimination and stereotypes, TV, film and media, K-12 education, judicial and political institutions, social media, and allies.
NVP culminated in a gathering of Native organizations, community leaders, researchers, and allies in June 2024 to review the preliminary findings and strategize around the next phase of movement building in Indian Country.

RESOURCES

Presentation and Q+A with Nielsen

Presentation and Q+A with Lake Research Partners

Unfiltered.Media Social Listening

Tribal Sovereignty: Natives and the Courts with Attorney Mary Kathryn Nagle

Political Research Presentation and Q+A from The Angle

Panel – Native Visibility & Power: Progress since 2018 w/ Rep. Davids, Lt. Gov. Flanagan & Crystal Echo Hawk

Panel – Narrative and Culture Change

Panel – Looking Ahead: How can we use this research to drive strategy, advocacy, and power building?

Panel- Native Visibility and Power Convening: Closing Panel w/ reflections and calls to action

OUR PARTNERS

For this project, we partnered with an extraordinary team including Nielsen, Lake Research Partners, Unfiltered Media, The Angle, and Nagle Law.