IF4
INDIGENOUS FUTURES
4EVER
INDIGENOUS FUTURES 4EVER
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INDIGENOUS FUTURES 4EVER ✦
WHO WE ARE
INDIGENOUS FUTURES 4EVER FUND (IF4), IS AN EXTRAORDINARY INTIATIVE DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING OUR NEXT GENERATION OF INDIGENOUOS LEADERS AND CHANGE MAKERS. PRESENTED THROUGH A HORIZONTAL PLATFORM OF COMMUNITY, WE UPLIFT EVERY PERSON INVOLVED AND PRESENT ALL PERSONS ON AN EQUAL PLATFORM.
WE EMPOWER YOUNG INDIGENOUS ATHLETES AND CREATIVES BY PROVIDING EXPOSURE, COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES, AND RESOURCES ACROSS VARIOUS DISCIPLINES CULTIVATED INDIGENOUS FUTURISM. OUR FIELDS OF FOCUS INCLUDE: THE DINÉ SKATE GARDEN PROJECT, DANCE, MUSIC, DESIGN, AND ART.
IF4 FOSTERS INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES, INTERDISCIPLINARY CREATIVITY, FAIR COMPENSATION, AND HELPS PARTICIPANTS BUILD PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS.
BY SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS TALENT, WE ARE CREATING A SPACE FOR INDIGENOUS EXCELLENCE AND DRIVING POSITIVE CHANGE IN INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY EXCLUSIONARY.
MEET THE FOUNDER
AMY DENET DEAL, THE VISIONARY BEHIND THE INDIGENOUS-OWNED SUSTAINABLE UPCYCLING BRAND, 4KINSHIP, IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DINÉ (NAVAJO) TRIBE. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2015, 4KINSHIP STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO AMY’S UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO HER INDIGENIETY AND HER COMMUNITY. ADVOCATING FOR THE PROFOUOND IMPACT OF OUR CHOICES, AMY BELIEVES IN OUR COLLECTIVE POTENTIAL FOR POSITIVE CHANGE.
IN RESPONSE TO THE CHALLENGES POSED BY COVID-19 ON THE NAVAJO NATION, AMY SPEARHEADED EFFORTS THAT RAISED OVER $1 MILLION TO SUPPORT HER COMMUNITY. NOT STOPPING THERE, IN 2021 SHE INTRODUCED THE INSPIRING DINÉ SKATE GARDEN PROJECT, COLLABORATING WITH TONY HAWK’S THE SKATEPARK PROJECT AND THE TWO GREY HILLS COMMUNITY TO BRING A SKATE SPARK TO THE NAVAJO RESERVATION.
IN 2023, AMY LAUNCHED THE 4KINSHIP INDIGENOUS FUTURES 4EVER FUND (IF4). THIS GROUNDBREAKING INITIATIVE IS DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING AND HONORING INDIGENOUS ARTISTS IN THE CREATIVE REALMS OF PERFORMING ARTS, FASHION, AND ATHLETICISM, CHAMPIONING A FUTURE THAT IS VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE. THIS MOVEMENT IS A POWERFUL FORCE COMMITTED TO AMPLIFYING INDIGENOUS TALENT AND CREATIVITY, EMBRACING THE ESSENCE OF INDIGENOUS FUTURISM.
WHAT WE’VE DONE
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IF4: SKATE INITIATIVE
SKOSKATE
PROJECT: DINÉ SKATE GARDEN PROJECT
IN 2021 THE DINÉ SKATE GARDEN PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH TONY HAWK’S THE SKATEPARK PROJECT AND THE TWO GREY HILLS COMMUNITY WAS CREATED. THIS INITIATIVR HAS ALLOWED YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE REZ TO THRIVE AND EXPAND THROUGH SKATEBOARDING AND BEYOND.
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IF4: IN FILM
IF4: 2024 EVENTS
PROJECT: “HEALING WOUNDS & PAINTING THE SKIES”
IF4 PRODUCED SHORT FILMS “HEALING WOUNDS & PAINTING THE SKIES” FEATURING DANCER/ARTIST THAN POVI MARTINEZ AND “WE BELONG HERE” FEATURING DANCER/ARTIST RAVEN BRIGHT AND FILM MAKER WADE ADAKAI. BOTH SHORT FILMS WERE SELECTED FOR SAN FRANCISCO’S DANCE FILM FESTIVAL IN 2023 AND 2024.
ILLUMINATE (FASHION SHOW AND ARTIST SHOWCASE)
SHAWNSHINE SKATE SCHOOL
GO SKATE DAY REZ JAM
COMMUNITY CIRCLES SITE SANTA FE
++4++ (FASHION SHOW AND ARTIST SHOWCASE)
BABY2BABY DISTRIBUTION
SUMMER SESSIONS
IF4 FASHION SHOW
IF4 FASHION SUMMIT SANTA FE
IF4 SKATE JAM
NEXTGEN ARTISAN MARKET
MODERN MATRIARCH SKATE JAM 2
DINÉ SKATE GARDEN PROJECT WINDOW ROCK DISTRIBUTION
DINÉ SKATE GARDEN PROJECT SHIPROCK DISTRIBUTION
DINÉ SKATE GARDEN PROJECT TUBA CITY DISTRIBUTION
DINÉ SKATE GARDEN PROJECT TORREAN DISTRIBUTION/FINANCIAL LITERACY WORKSHOPS
IF4 FASHION SUMMIT AT F.I.T. NYC
IF4 NEXTGEN HOLIDAY MARKET
WE BELONG HERE
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WE BELONG HERE ✦
“We will celebrate the Indigenous future. The events are for them, for young people.”
- AMY DENET DEAL, SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN
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IT ALL BEGINS WITH AN IDEA
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