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GRANTEES, SOUTH DAKOTA


Alliance of Tribal Tourism Advocates
ESF - Seed / tourism
Kate Ratliff Tel: (605)245-2327 Fax: (605)245-2266
[Regional. 10/19/1994. $5,000]
To develop a Native-run, culturally and environmentally sensitive tourism program.

ESF Start up / tourism
Kate Ratliff Tel: (605)245-2327 Fax: (605)245-2266
[Regional. 12/10/1996. $24,000]
To market Native tourism to travel agents, government agencies and individuals, nationally and internationally. Also, to create cultural tourism programs that include guidance from elders and spiritual leaders for both economic and environmental benefit.

Bear Soldier Resident Organization
ESF - Seed / Agriculture, farming and ranching
Sandra Welch Tel: (605)823-2381 Fax: (605)823-2307
[Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota. 4/13/1995. $5,000]
Requesting 5000. seed grant to develop a green house to produce bedding plants, flowers and vegetables.

Cangleska, Inc.
ESF - Seed / Business development
Karen Artichoker Tel: (605)455-2244 Fax: (605)455-1245
[Oglala Sioux Tribe. 11/7/2000. $5,000]
To contract with a consultant to develop a comprehensive business plan for a small clinical lab that conducts drug and breath alcohol testing on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Cheyenne River Youth Project, Inc.
ESF - Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative / Community Food Systems
Julie Garreau Tel: (605) 964-8200 Fax: (605) 964-8201 / themain@lakotanetwork.com
[Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe www.lakotayouth.org 12/17/2003. $8,000]
Children's Organic Gardening Project, to fully utilize a 2-acre garden site for organic food production through raised bed and drip irrigation. Food will supply the elder feeding program, youth center meals and surplus food sales for program support.

Dacotah Tipis HFH
ESF - Seed / Housing
Barbara Longcrow Tel: (605)245-2450
[Regional. 12/18/1995. $2,500]
Request $4,500 to enable three board members and staff to travel to an HFH affiliate in WV to learn how to set up a 'work camp' component to their present program.

Four Bands Community Fund, Inc.
ESF - Seed / Banking
Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy Tel: (605)964-4000 Fax: (605)964-1180 / kiksapa2@sat.net
[Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. 11/21/2000. $5,000]
To support fund-raising and marketing efforts. The grant supports the purchase of computer equipment to design marketing information and materials.

Little Eagle Staff Fund / Native Community Development Financial Institutions
Tanya Fiddler Tel: (605)964-3687 Fax: (605)964-3687 / tanyafiddler@fourbands.org
[Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. 1/31/2002. $15,000]
To build management capacity to use more effectively the finanical resources of this Native CDFI. The project will leverage additional CDFI funding for operations.

Indigenous Diabetes Education Alliance
ESF - Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative / Community Food Systems
Susan Ricci Tel: (605) 642-3041 / ricci@rapidnet.com
[Regional www.geocities.com/aaninin/idea.html 5/31/2002. $52,964]
Utilizing Native nutritional practices to change diets of diabetics living on reservations, allowing them to live prolonged and healthier lives.

Indigenous Stewardship Systems
ESF - Seed / General economic development
Richard Sherman Tel: (605)867-1598
[Regional. 6/12/1997. $5,000]
To establish a nonprofit organization to work with the local community to build economic development projects that are culturally and environmentally based.

ESF Start up / Environment
Richard Sherman Tel: (605)867-1598
[Regional. 6/10/1998. $60,000]
To link craftspeople with locally produced raw materials from plants and animals,to study the barter system's impact on the economic conditions of the community, and to introduce a traditional natural resource management model to other tribes.

Intertribal Bison Cooperative
ESF Start up / Business development
Sherman T Wapato Tel: (605)394-9730 Fax: (605)394-7742
[Inter-Tribal. 9/13/1996. $50,000]
To support their Tribal Business Management Program. The Program will employ a part-time business facilitator to help create a business plan.

ESF Organizational Effectiveness / Organizational Effectiveness
Sherman T Wapato Tel: (605)394-9730 Fax: (605)394-7742
[Inter-Tribal. 10/21/1998. $75,000]
To assess and improve the current organizational structure (i.e., operations, policies, capabilities, systemic components, and internal/external communications), in order to better serve their 45 member tribes.

ESF Start up / Marketing
Sherman T Wapato Tel: (605)394-9730 Fax: (605)394-7742
[Inter-Tribal. 10/19/1994. $17,000]
To create a bison products marketing plan that will begin to return economic benfits to several reservation communities.

Knife Chief Community Buffalo Project
Rose Community Revitalization / Jonathan Rose Grants
Edward Iron Cloud Tel: (605)455-2666
[Yankton Sioux Tribe. 7/29/1997. $1,000]
To purchase fencing materials for their buffalo project.

The Lakota Fund
ESF Start up / Land Trust
Monica Drapeaux Tel: (605)455-2500 ext. 12 Fax: (605)455-2585 / drapeaux@rapidnet.com
[Oglala Sioux Tribe. 11/24/1999. $45,360]
To conduct planning and development of a land acquisition loan fund.

ESF Organizational Effectiveness / Banking
Monica Drapeaux Tel: (605)455-2500 ext. 12 Fax: (605)455-2585 / drapeaux@rapidnet.com
[Oglala Sioux Tribe. 3/8/2001. $75,000]
To assist the operations during the transition of Executive Directors.

ESF Start up / Opportunity Fund Grants
Monica Drapeaux Tel: (605)455-2500 ext. 12 Fax: (605)455-2585 / drapeaux@rapidnet.com
[Oglala Sioux Tribe. 12/1/1998. $30,000]
To assist in stabilizing operations.

ESF - Native Nonprofit Capacity Building - Carnegie / Organizational Effectiveness
Karlene Hunter Tel: (605)455-2187 Fax: (605)455-2019 / khunter@lakotamall.com
[Oglala Sioux Tribe. 12/12/2002. $44,608]
To address resource development as well as strengthen its existing lending practices.

Lakota Landowner's Association
ESF - Individual Indian Money Accounts / Land Trust
Darwin Apple Tel: (605)867-2144
[Oglala Sioux Tribe. 9/30/1998. $20,000]
To support data collection activities for the IIM account reconciliation project.

MNI-SOSE Intertribal Water Rights Coalition
ESF Working Capital / Environment
Woody Corbine Tel: (605)343-6054 Fax: (605)343-4722
[Inter-Tribal. 12/5/1994. $200,000]
To assist tribes in accessing low-cost hydro power from the Pick-Sloan Project utilizing the mechanisms of the Department of Energy and Western Area Power Authority.

Native American Community Board
Native American Hunger Program / Native American Hunger Program - Philip Morris
Charon Asetoyer Tel: (605)487-7072 Fax: (605)487-7964 / charon@charles-mix.com
[Yankton Sioux Tribe. 3/1/2000. $15,000]
To maintain food distribution, serve both mini and regular meals, increase their buying power for fresh produce, meat and poultry, and the capacity to freeze food.

ESF - Native Nonprofit Capacity Building - Carnegie / Organizational Effectiveness
Charon Asetoyer Tel: (605)487-7072 Fax: (605)487-7964 / charon@charles-mix.com
[Yankton Sioux Tribe. 7/26/2002. $30,000]
To leverage greater productivity from the executive director, hiring a consultant to audit current workloads and time management. The long-term test is the bringing in of new resources to the organization, including efficiency of time and sustainability.

ESF - Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative / Community Food Systems
Charon Asetoyer Tel: (605)487-7072 Fax: (605)487-7964 / charon@charles-mix.com
[Yankton Sioux Tribe. 1/31/2002. $30,635]
Retaining traditional agricultural cultivation and harvesting practices, while at the same time increasing subsistence food sources for tribal members on the Yankton reservation.

Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center
ESF Start up / General economic development
Charon Asetoyer Tel: (605)487-7072 Fax: (605)487-7964
[Yankton Sioux Tribe. 4/13/1995. $30,000]
To expand a clearinghouse that is selling materials related to women's health issues to health clinics, schools, community colleges, tribal health depts. etc.

ESF Start up / Business development
Charon Asetoyer Tel: (605)487-7072 Fax: (605)487-7964
[Yankton Sioux Tribe. 3/7/1997. $32,032]
To continue with their Clearinghouse project to disseminate materials related to women's health issues to clinics, schools, community coleges, tribal health.

ESF Start up / Health
Charon Asetoyer Tel: (605)487-7072 Fax: (605)487-7964
To continue with their Clearinghouse project to disseminate materials related to women's health issues to clinics, schools, community coleges, tribal health.
[Yankton Sioux Tribe. 3/11/1998. $47,350]

Native American Hunger Program / Native American Hunger Program - Philip Morris
Charon Asetoyer Tel: (605)487-7072 Fax: (605)487-7964
[Yankton Sioux Tribe. 1/31/1999. $0]
$15,000 paid directly to grantee by Philip Morris, above First Nations' regrant amount, in response to an overwhelming amount of requests.

The Native Prairie Gardens
ESF - Seed / Agriculture, farming and ranching
Wendell Yellow Bull Tel: (605)867-1328
[Oglala Sioux Tribe. 6/27/1994. $5,000]
To conduct a feasibility study to develop a market for organically grown products and to start the planning process of organizing and forming a not-for-profit co-operative for.

Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing, Inc.
Little Eagle Staff Fund / Banking
Emma Clifford Tel: (605) 867-1555 Fax: (605) 867-1522 / ostph@yahoo.com
[Oglala Sioux Tribe. 4/25/2003. $20,000]
To support the general operating needs of the institution in developing their CDFI program and achieving CDFI certification. The organization focuses on mortgage lending, homeownership counseling, and self-help construction.

Pine Ridge Development LLC
ESF Start up / Business development
Karlene Hunter Tel: (605)455-2187 Fax: (605)455-2019
[Oglala Sioux Tribe. 8/31/2001. $75,000]
To support the endeavors of Ho-Chunk, Inc. to expand the business operations of Lakota Express, a Lakota-owned enterprise

Porcupine Clinic Health Board
ESF Working Capital / Health
Ted Means Tel: (605)867-5655 Fax: (605)867-1208
[Oglala Sioux Tribe. 7/22/1994. $81,975]
To develop an aggressive fundraising campaign to assure long-term sustainability of the Porcupine Health Clinic.

Pte Hca Ka, Inc.
ESF - Seed / Agriculture, farming and ranching
Fred DuBray Tel: (605)733-2547 Fax: (605)733-2585
[Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. 4/13/1995. $5,000]
To hire a consultant to develop a comprehensive operating/business plan for the bison project.

ESF Start up / Culture
Fred DuBray Tel: (605)733-2547 Fax: (605)733-2585
[Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. 8/19/1998. $75,000]
To develop a bison meat inspection code which will exceed USDA standards.

Rosebud Sioux Tribe Forest Products Enterprise
Sustainable Forestry Fund / Training & Capacity Building
Edward Jordan Tel: (605) 747-2575 Fax: (605) 747-2809
[Rosebud Sioux Tribe. 3/27/2002. $1,276]
To enable two persons to attend the SmallWood 2002 Conference, Albuquerque, NM, April 11 - 13, 2002.

Roy D. Stone
ESF - Seed / General economic development
Roy D Stone Tel: (605)455-2059
[Regional. 4/28/1994. $3,800]
To conduct a comprehensive community needs assessment, and to develop a 'cultural calendar' of events, ceremonies to enhance traditional values, and encourage the community to use tradition as the basis for development.

Royal River Technologies, Inc.
ESF Start up / Environment
Joyce Doyle Tel: (605)997-2679 Fax: (605)997-2747
[Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. 10/21/1998. $75,000]
To create a tribal enterprise as a means to stimulate economic development and generate professional career opportunities for technically-skilled tribal members and other Native Americans.

Sicangu Enterprise Center
ESF Working Capital / Micro-enterprise development
Michael LaPointe Tel: (605)856-2955 Fax: (605)856-4671
[Rosebud Sioux Tribe. 3/16/1995. $50,000]
To expand its micro loan fund to better serve tribal members by conducting staff and board development, decreasing delinquency and default rates, and launching a fund-raising campaign.

Sinte Gleska University
Native American Hunger Program / Program Development - Hunger Year Two
Lionel Bordeaux Tel: (605)747-2263 Fax: (605)747-2098
[Rosebud Sioux Tribe. 3/1/2000. $15,000]
To maintain the current feeding schedule and expand evening service by one additional meal service per week. The University purchases buffalo meat from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and will increase purchases of fresh produce for added nutritional content.

Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe
ESF - Seed / Business development
Shannon LaBatte Tel: (605)698-3501 ext. 4030 Fax: (605)698-3501
[Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe. 9/29/1999. $5,000]
To conduct a feasibility study on establishing an equine-centered cooperative that would provide technical and financial resources to tribal horse breeders.

Rose Community Gardens / Community development and empowerment
John Christopherson Tel: (605)698-3220 Fax: (605)698-3292
[Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe. 2/25/2000. $1,500]
To expand an existing community garden project by establishing garden sites at Tiospa Zina Tribal School and at Sisseton Wahpeton Headstart.

Sisseton Wahpeton Community College
Rose Community Gardens / Jonathan Rose Grants
John Christopherson Tel: (605)698-3220 Fax: (605)698-3292
[Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe. 5/6/1998. $1,000]
To develop indoor and outdoor community gardening projects. Students at the Headstart and Tiospa Zina tribal elementary school were instructed in growth and care.

Wolakota, Inc.
ESF - Seed / Housing
Ivan Looking Horse Tel: (605)845-2631
[Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota. 8/25/1994. $5,000]
To develop a long-term strategic plan for the Montana Ojibwa Tribe. The project focused on sustainable development trategies and planning tools that incorporate traditional values and customs.

Yankton Sioux Tribe
Rose Community Revitalization / Jonathan Rose Grants
Jim Stone Tel: (605)384-3641 Fax: (605)384-5687
[Yankton Sioux Tribe. 7/29/1997. $1,000]
To purchase and ship recycling containers to be placed at public use areas by the tribal recycling program.



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