Native People’s Action Community Fund

Founding and History

In April 2016, a meeting of 25 Alaskan Native groups was held at Kotzebue in northwest Alaska, also known as Kikiktagruk. This meeting was comprised of various native community leaders as well as interested community members. The main object of the gathering was to organize the native community for political mobilization regarding economic interests, including regulations regarding environmentalism and the preservation of the native way of life. This led to the creation of Native Vision, which was later renamed Native Peoples Action Community Fund as a charitable organization and Native Peoples Action as a lobbying and electoral advocacy group. ⁵

Financials

In 2023, Native Peoples Action Community Fund reported $481,903 in revenue, of which nearly the entire amount, $481,165, was derived from contributions and grants. It reported $202,792 in expenses, of which $81,936 was spent on salaries and compensation, $13,251 for travel, and $6,449 for conferences and meetings. It ended the year with a surplus of $279,111 and net assets of $1,358,277. It did not report any government funding. ⁶

Partner Organization

Native Peoples Action Community Fund is the charitable partner to Native Peoples Action, a 501(c)(4) that works to mobilize Alaska Natives to become involved in commenting on the various regulatory bodies and commissions that deal with things such as hunting, fishing, and environmental issues. It also administers activist training programs and works to protect voting rights. ^{7 8 9 10 11}

Views

Native Peoples Action Community Fund along with its partner 501(c)(4), Native Peoples Action, holds left-of-center views on climate and sexuality issues. It claims that climate change is a major issue facing Alaska that requires a movement of climate justice and that native people can help the world move from an extractive economy to one that emphasizes harmony with nature. In its website copy, NPACF also used the term “womxn” rather than “women.” ^{2 12}

Projects and Initiatives

It appears that many of the Native Peoples Action Community Fund’s activities and focus areas are defunct or at least were not freshly updated on its website as of 2025. Its information on voting largely dated to the 2022 election; similarly, other events and activity webpages dated back to 2023 or earlier, with references to raising awareness about vaccination against COVID-19 and similar non-contemporary issues. ^{1 3 4}

The fund was involved in climate activism at the time, claiming that major changes are needed for the way the modern economy functions, with an emphasis on changing from an “extractive” economy to one where humans live more harmoniously with nature. The fund was asserted that traditional native Alaskan ways of living and philosophy can be instrumental in enacting this change. The exact stances and particular policies that it advocates on climate are not made clear. ²

Leadership

As of 2025, ‘Láaganaay Tsiits Git’Anee was listed as the interim executive director of Native Peoples Action and Native Peoples Action Community Fund. She has a law degree and has specialized in native law. She was previously the president and executive director of the First Alaskans Institute. ¹³