Our priorities
Our priorities include several strategic topics: Udege people and the Bikin river, Indigenous peoples in the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples and Environment, Indigenous solidarity, Human rights advocacy, Financial sustainability of indigenous communities Udege people and the Bikin river Udege language revitalization Preservation of Udege culture…
Our programs
In cooperation with its partners, the Batani foundation develops today several strategic programs that help indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation to promote their human rights agenda, spread information about violations of their rights on lands, resources, and self-determination, and exchange experience with other…
Projects we support
Indigenous Russia information agency This is an independent media outlet of indigenous peoples of the Russian North, Siberia and the Far East. Batani foundation supports this project by providing funds and technical advice. Indigenous Tube channel This is a Russian YouTube channel that organizes…
Mining Energy-Transition Metals: National Aims, Local Conflicts
Many of the remaining untapped deposits of the metals critically needed for U.S. energy to transition from fossil fuels are located either near or within areas of cultural and environmental importance to Native Americans. Among these key energy-transition metals, 97% of nickel, 89% of…
Learn MoreAlaska activist and model Quannah Chasinghorse makes waves at Met Gala and New York Fashion Week
In a shining gold dress adorned with a family friend’s turquoise earrings, necklaces and bracelets made by Native artists, 19-year-old Quannah Chasinghorse turned heads at her first Met Gala — thestar-studded annual fundraiser and haute couture spectacle held Monday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in…
Learn MoreElon Musk drives through loophole by launching Tesla on tribal land
Tesla opened its first facility in New Mexico this week in partnership with the Nambé Pueblo. Electric car manufacturer Tesla opened up its first sales and service center in New Mexico this week thanks to a first-of-its-kind partnership with a tribal nation. New Mexico…
Learn MoreSHELL OIL LOOKS TO BE A LEADER IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
What exactly does the oil industry have in store for charging companies? It sounds like the perfect plot for a conspiracy thriller: the giant oil companies are buying up electric vehicle charging companies as fast as they can. Do they mean to shut ‘em…
Learn MoreIndigenous leaders seek an apology about the mass grave in Albuquerque
Stakeholders: The public park the city built on top of the site should be closed immediately to recreation Native American leaders in Albuquerque are shaping the response and reconciliation from the city for a park built over a mass grave site of children who…
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