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Native-Founded & Native-Led Nonprofit

Our ancestors
are watching. Let's show them
our future.

Native youth deserve more than basic exposure to technology.
They deserve learning that connects skill-building with history, sovereignty, identity, and future opportunity.

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Our Focus Areas

Our Mission

Where Tradition Meets Technology

Relentless Feather is a Native-led 501(c)3 nonprofit. We're creating pathways for Native youth to see themselves in tech by blending culturally grounded education with Native-centered CS learning units.

Our work is at the intersection of education, community development, and tech empowerment. We create learning experiences that help schools and organizations bring this work to life.

Along the way, we're building confidence, strengthening our connection to our Native history, and reminding ourselves that we belong in these spaces.

Native student learning to code
250+
Youth Introduced to RF Learning Units
35+
Units Built
7
Schools or Organizations Reached

This is Our Why

Native students are being shut out of computer science. This is what they are being shut out of.

0.6%
Only 0.6 percent of bachelor's degrees in computer science were conferred to Native students, and only 1.7 percent of registered tech apprentices identify as Native.
Kapor Center & AISES 2024
67%
Only 67 percent of Native American students attend a school that offers computer science, the lowest percentage of any demographic group.
Hechinger Report 2023
<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native students represented 1 percent of total high school enrollment, but fewer than 1 percent of students enrolled in AP math, AP science, and AP computer science courses.
U.S. Department of Education
92%
92 percent of job postings now require digital skills, including 95 percent of entry-level jobs. Retail, manufacturing, and construction all sit above 90 percent.
National Skills Coalition & Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 2023
51%
51 percent of jobs requiring AI skills are outside technology and computer science. Those jobs pay 28 percent more, nearly $18,000 a year.
Lightcast 2025
10-14%
Students who take one computer science course in high school earn 8 percent more by age 24. For underrepresented communities, the gain runs 10 to 14 percent.
University of Maryland 2024

What We Teach

This is not random project-based work. It is a coherent model connecting skill-building with history, sovereignty, identity, and future opportunity.

Native History and Tribal Knowledge

Treaties, federal Indian policy, post-settler history, Tribal histories, and civic understanding.

Web Design and Digital Creation

HTML, CSS, layout, storytelling, design choices, and building real websites.

Computer Science Foundations

Problem solving, logic, sequencing, patterns, data, and computational thinking.

AI and Emerging Technology

How AI works, where it shows up, what it can and cannot do, and how Native youth can shape its future.

Sovereignty and Community Leadership

Using digital tools to understand history, tell community stories, protect knowledge, and support Native futures.

Soft Skills Through Coding

Communication, persistence, planning, creativity, collaboration, attention to detail, and presentation skills.

The Platform

Built for Teachers and Students

Teachers can create classes and add students in minutes. Our dashboards help both teachers and students to track progress and support everyone's needs.

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The Relentless Feather teacher dashboard showing each student's live progress across the unit
Native students learning to code

Ready to Start Your Coding Journey?

Native youth belong in tech. Build websites. Explore AI. Connect with your history. Learn skills that open doors. The first three units are free. No signup required. Start now.

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News & Updates

Exciting things are in motion at Relentless Feather. Here's a look at what we're working on.

Division of Indian Work summer coding program
Workshop

Summer 2026

Summer Coding Camp with Division of Indian Work

Relentless Feather is partnering with Division of Indian Work in Minneapolis to offer a multi-week coding summer camp for Native youth. Students will build real websites using the Relentless Feather curriculum, grounded in Native history and culture. We're excited to bring this work directly into the community.

Working with South Dakota educators
Workshop

Summer 2026

Working with South Dakota Educators

This July, Relentless Feather heads to South Dakota to work directly with educators and teachers. The session will walk through how we approach building and creating Native-centered curriculum, from the first idea to the finished lesson. We're looking forward to connecting with educators who are ready to bring this work into their classrooms.

Co-presenting at the 2026 CSTA Conference
Speaking

Summer 2026

Co-Presenting Twice at the 2026 CSTA Conference

Relentless Feather will be co-presenting two sessions with Northern Lights Collaborative at the 2026 Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) Conference. We're excited to bring our approach to Native-centered CS education to one of the largest CS educator conferences in the country. Links to the agenda coming soon.