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GRANTEES, CALIFORNIA


Bishop Paiute Development Corporation
ESF Working Capital / General economic development
Mark Webb Tel: (760)872-5000 Fax: (760)872-5001
[Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community. 12/9/1995. $80,000]
For the implementation and marketing of a telework center.

California Indian Basketweavers Association
ESF Start up / Policy
[Regional www.ciba.org 7/11/1995. $24,000]
To continue the strategy to stop the use of pesticides where they affect Native American gatherers in California.

Native Youth and Culture Fund / Culture
Deborah E. McConnell Tel: (530) 478-5660 Fax: (530) 479-5662 / demcconnell@ciba.org
[Regional www.ciba.org 12/12/2002. $20,000]
To teach tribal values and instill cultural pride through traditional basketweaving.

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
Rose Community Gardens / Community development and empowerment
David Chavez Tel: (760)858-4219 Fax: (760)858-1189
[Chemehuevi Indian Tribe. 2/25/2000. $1,500]
The Tribe is requesting $1,500 to reestablish a community garden on 1.5 acreas of tribal land which served as a community garden site years ago.

Fort Bidwell Indian Community Council
Sustainable Forestry Fund / Forest Management Assessment
Frances Benally Tel: (530)279-6310 Fax: (530)279-2233
[Fort Bidwell Indian Community. 6/28/2000. $10,000]
To develop a forest mangement plan.

Sustainable Forestry Fund / Training & Capacity Building
Frances Benally Tel: (530)279-6310 Fax: (530)279-2233
[Fort Bidwell Indian Community. 8/22/2001. $1,276]
To enable attendance at the Certified Forest Products Council International Conference and Showcase.

Sustainable Forestry Fund / Technical Assistance
Frances Benally Tel: (530)279-6310 Fax: (530)279-2233
[Fort Bidwell Indian Community. 7/9/2001. $5,000]
To complete the '638' process in moving toward independently managing their forestry resources.

Sustainable Forestry Fund / Forest Management Assessment
Ceola Norton Tel: (530) 279-6310 Fax: (530) 279-2233
[Fort Bidwell Indian Community. 12/12/2002. $9,190]
To support forest management assessment, pursuant to recommendations from the IFMAT II process that the tribe pursue certification of the tribal forest.

Hoopa Valley Tribe
Sustainable Forestry Fund / Training & Capacity Building
Nolan C Colgrove Tel: (530)625-4284 Fax: (530)625-4230
[Hoopa Valley Tribe. 7/22/1998. $3,600]
To assist the Tribe in achieving forest certification. Training was provided in the process of certification and the attributes of a certified forest management program.

Sustainable Forestry Fund / Technical Assistance
Nolan C Colgrove Tel: (530)625-4284 Fax: (530)625-4230
[Hoopa Valley Tribe. 8/24/2000. $3,200]
To support the first-year audit of their SmartWood certification.

ESF - Individual Development Accounts / Individual Development Accounts
Nolan C Colgrove Tel: (530)625-4284 Fax: (530)625-4230
IDA Research project Hoopa Valley Tribe. 5/1/1998. $4,622]

Indian Dispute Resolution Services, Inc.
ESF Start up / Institutional capacity
Steven Haberfeld Tel: (916)447-4800 Fax: (916)447-4808
[National. 4/29/1996. $50,000]
To complete a business plan to market their dispute resolution, mediation and technical services to Native communities, building the communities' capacity for economic development.

Indigenous Peoples' Restoration Network
Sustainable Forestry Fund / Training & Capacity Building
Dennis Martinez Tel: (530) 623-5056 / Tab@pcweb.net
[Regional. 10/29/2002. $1,227]
To participate in the Indigenous Assessors Training, November 2002, San Carlos Apache Reservation. Dennis Martinez.

Karuk Tribe of California
ESF Start up / Business development
Tom Waddell Tel: (530) 493-5376 Fax: (530) 493-5378 / twaddell@karukcdc.com
[Karuk Tribe of California. 8/23/2000. $64,000]
To market rustic forest furniture products.

ESF - Meehan / Marketing
John Martinez Tel: (530)493-5376 Fax: (530)493-5378
[Karuk Tribe of California. 5/5/2000. $5,000]
To identify and research three cluster groups of Tribes, develop products that display the respective tribal imagery, and provide promotional product-line gifts to Tribal leaders.

ESF Start up / Business development
John Martinez Tel: (530)493-5376 Fax: (530)493-5378
[Karuk Tribe of California. 12/16/1998. $65,000]
To continue the development of their forest products business.

ESF Start up / Business development
John Martinez Tel: (530)493-5376 Fax: (530)493-5378
[Karuk Tribe of California. 1/23/1996. $30,000]
To test the marketing phase of development for prototype products of Karuk Rustic Furniture Manufacturing.

Kuiu Thlingit Nation
ESF Opportunity Fund / Culture
Rudy James Tel: (530)406-1030 Fax: (530)752-6655
[Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes. 8/18/1999. $25,500]
To restore a tribal fishing vessel which is used for gathering and harvesting traditional foods, such as seaweed, kelp, fish and shellfish for distribution to tribal members.

Laytonville Cahto Tribe
Rose Community Gardens / Jonathan Rose Grants
Patricia Smith Tel: (707)984-6197 Fax: (707)984-6201
[Cahto Indian Tibe of the Laytonville Rancheria. 5/6/1998. $1,000]
To purchase lumber, hardware, compost and fertilizer, plant starts and seeds, drip water system and tools for their community garden.

Manzanita Band of Mission Indians
Rose Community Gardens / Community development and empowerment
Leroy J Elliott Tel: (619)766-4930 Fax: (619)766-4957
[Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians. 2/25/2000. $1,300]
To expand their existing vegetable and herb community garden project from 25' X 25' to 25' X 60', and enclose a small greenhouse.

Native Media Resource Center
ESF Opportunity Fund / Conference/Workshop/Seminar
Peggy Berryhill Tel: (707) 884-9957 Fax: (707) 884-9957 / peggy@nativeamericanpublicradio.com
[National. 5/29/2001. $10,000]
To support and further post-conference activities resulting from NativeMedia's project: Inter-Tribal Radio Summit.

Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority
ESF Start up / Housing
Darlene Tooley Tel: (707)468-1336 Fax: (707)468-5615
[Regional. 4/29/1996. $30,000]
To further their work in developing alternative financing mechanisms to increase housing opportunities for Natives in a five-county area in Northern California.

ESF Start up / Housing
Darlene Tooley Tel: (707)468-1336 Fax: (707)468-5615
[Regional. 10/19/1994. $30,000]
To develop alternative financing mechanisms to increase housing opportunities for Native people in a 5-county area of Northern California.

ESF Start up / Housing
Darlene Tooley Tel: (707)468-1336 Fax: (707)468-5615
[Regional. 7/15/1997. $39,000]
A continuation grant to develop a homebuyers' program, implement a revolving loan fund, and expand development activities and strategies.

Pauma Band of Mission Indians
ESF Working Capital / Agriculture, farming and ranching
Stephen Peters Tel: (760) 742-3579 / sstephenone@aol.com
[Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians. 5/23/1997. $300,000]
To expand its reservation-based citrus and avocado operation while building the capacity of tribal members to manage and operate the business.

Redwood Valley Little River Band of Pomo Indians
ESF - Individual Development Accounts / Individual Development Accounts
Hailee Sun Tel: 707-485-0361 Fax: 707-485-5726 / sun@pacific.net
[Redwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians. 7/30/2001. $120,000]
To support the implementation of a youth educational IDA project.

Round Valley Indian Tribes
Rose Community Revitalization / Jonathan Rose Grants
Steven E Citron Tel: (707)983-6188 Fax: (707)983-8435
[Round Valley Indian Tribes. 7/29/1997. $1,000]
To improve a recreational area for tribal picnicking, rodeo, and baseball by painting and adding waste receptacles.

ESF - Seed / Housing
Steven E Citron Tel: (707)983-6188 Fax: (707)983-8435
[Round Valley Indian Tribes. 5/6/1998. $5,000]
To leverage funds for housing and community development on the reservation, the Tribe developed an investment plan for a $10 million HUD block grant.

Southern California Coalition of Tribes
ESF - Seed / Conference/Workshop/Seminar
Louis Guassac Tel: (619)478-9046 Fax: (619)478-5818
[Regional. 11/23/1994. $1,500]
To convene tribes to address issues surrounding military base closures.

The Tides Center
ESF Opportunity Fund / Education
Drummond Pike Tel: (415)561-6300 Fax: (415)561-6301
[National. 9/29/1999. $7,500]
To support the Native Scholars Forum.

Yurok Tribe
Sustainable Forestry Fund / Training & Capacity Building
Susan Masten Tel: (707)482-2841 Fax: (707)482-0384
[Yurok Tribe. 9/10/2001. $1,838]
To enable participation in the Certified Forest Products Council International Conference and Showcase.

Sustainable Forestry Fund / Training & Capacity Building
Shawn McMahon Tel: (707) 482-2841 Fax: 7074820384 / shawnm@northcoast.com
[Yurok Tribe. 10/29/2002. $2,861]
To participate in the Indigenous Assessors Training, November 2002, San Carlos Apache Reservation. Walt Lara, Sr. and Shawn McMahon.



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