Stewardship

This project will improve Mooretown’s forest stewardship through purchasing high-pressure water pumps and Compressed Air Foam Systems (CAFS) for our existing equipment, which will allow for safer operations during forestry activities throughout the year.

The purpose of all CHIRP activities is to preserve, protect, and perpetuate Nisenan culture. This project supports the purchase of essential forestry equipment for CHIRP's recently formed Tribally-led Land Stewardship Crew, which is designed to return beneficial fire to our Tribal landscapes.

Our project will kickstart ecological monitoring on both privately owned buffalo habitat and expand onto Tribal land through the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative. Our project will also support WRTBI operations tied to the Science Department.

Our project will provide quality buffalo meat to support community health while advancing buffalo restoration. Through education and outreach, we will engage future generations, strengthen cultural and spiritual connections, support ecological restoration, and create employment opportunities.

This project will support the development of Rocky Boy Buffalo Project's community-based visitor center where people can learn about the Rocky Boy Buffalo Project and the cultural, ecological, and economic importance of buffalo restoration.

The purpose of all CHIRP activities is to preserve, protect, and perpetuate Nisenan culture. To these ends, CHIRP has formed a Tribally-led Land Stewardship Crew to return beneficial fire to our Tribal landscapes. This project serves to increase the capacity of the Crew through staffing support.

Establish a sustainable, tribally owned firewood program on under-managed fee and trust lands to improve local forest health, support Tribal members, and create new self-sustaining economic opportunities. Develop partnerships with the Forest Service, National Forest Foundation, and Wood for Life.

This project supports the restoration of buffalo and native grasslands in the Southern Plains to revitalize Indigenous foodways, strengthen land stewardship, and rebuild a buffalo-based economy rooted in cultural sovereignty, ecological balance, and community well-being.

This project will build stewardship capacity for Tikahtnu Tribes by hiring an Environmental Monitoring contractor position to support intertribal collaboration, manage internships, support environmental monitoring, & sustain volunteer-led efforts. The grant will be leveraged into additional funding.

To restore and strengthen reciprocal relationships between the Port Graham community and native pollinators through traditional knowledge integration, habitat restoration, and community engagement, ultimately supporting ecosystem health and cultural food security.

Our project will support the restoration of an oyster reef in the Rappahannock River.

Our project will support the restoration of wetland and riparian habitats that sustain critical food and ceremonial wildlife resources of the Cowlitz People. Our project will protect and relocate beaver relatives to cultivate and maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems.

To ensure the long-term food security and cultural well-being of the Hoonah people, this project establishes a tribally led sockeye salmon monitoring program. It leverages new technology and traditional knowledge to provide data for management and strengthens tribal sovereignty over vital fisheries.

The ultimate purpose of this project is to reestablish yaaw (herring) populations near Keex Kwaan (Kake, Alaska and the surrounding areas) for sustainable community harvest, to revitalize the coastal ecosystems that provide critical, sacred foods, and support our traditional way of life.

Our project will support the current conservation herd’s skilled workers in buffalo wildlife management and allow for the retention of Indigenous staff for the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative.

Our project exemplifies how Native stewardship, traditional ecological knowledge & conservation partnerships will restore ecosystems, strengthen cultural identity, & support biodiversity.

Our project restores culturally significant native plants and traditional knowledge as lasting Tribal assets. It protects ecological and cultural resources while building community capacity to steward MGBOMI lands through seasonal restoration, foodways education, and intergenerational learning.

This project is an effort to strengthen the Revitalization of Traditional Cherokee Artisan Resources (RTCAR) program by growing the community partner pool and developing resources that better serve the EBCI artisan community and ensure artisan natural resources are protected and available.

Our project supports the restoration of approximately 900 acres of agriculturally converted lands on the Menominee Reservation, re-establishing native ecosystems to create a sustainable, healthy landscape that provides opportunities for community buffalo harvest.

Restore Pacific lamprey access to historical spawning grounds above dams through culturally guided translocation, addressing ecological restoration and tribal food sovereignty for Columbia River Basin tribes.

Roots of Resilience will support the restoration of Arrow Arum, Button Bush, Spiny Rush, 4 Sides, Swamp Milkweed and Pickerelweed, to prevent erosion and restore the ecosystem for cultural stewardship continuity for the Mattaponi people using significant riparian plants and animals.

Our project will provide the funds to transport buffalo from the City and County of Denver buffalo herds to Tribes with existing buffalo programs. Denver has been donating buffalo to communities over the last 8 years, but Tribes face economic barriers to transportation.

Our project aims to revitalize the Nez Perce Tribe’s Himiin (Wolf- Canis lupus) Program by protecting the cultural and ecological legacy of Hímiin through community engagement, traditional knowledge, and youth mentorship to ensure the long-term care and presence of wolves on Nimiipuu homelands.

This project will establish baseline health data on Dall sheep harvested in the Ahtna Territory by analyzing hunter-harvested sample collections for heavy metals and trace elements to assess Dall sheep health, critical historic subsistence resources, and wildlife stewardship.

This project will advance buffalo restoration on tribal lands by building the Fort Belknap Buffalo program capacity and creating opportunities for youth to participate in summer reseeding and fencing projects.

This project will offer quality buffalo meat to enhance people's health and lives. We will utilize education and outreach to create opportunities to recruit and retain younger generations to carry on buffalo restoration. The project will promote culture, spiritual revitalization, ecological restoration and will increase employment opportunities.

This project will allow Brave Heart Society to hire a Stewardship Coordinator. This position will leverage existing ethnobotanical data and restorative agricultural practices, retain and utilize cultural assets, and enhance co-stewardship and land management efforts and ultimately bolstering food sovereignty on the Yankton Reservation and surrounding native communities.

This project will support the creation of more sustainable livelihoods in Native communities within North Dakota and promote the preservation of our pristine grasslands and secure and protect the sacred sites, while providing cultural and traditional information through tours.

Our projects will create new grasslands where croplands currently exist and retain existing habitat that could be destroyed. It will create connectivity between existing native grasslands and retain connectivity of unique habitat. This project will leverage funding from other partners and increase the key habitats that exists on the reservation.

NDNTA will create a new nonprofit tour operator, Native American Cultural Tours (NACT) to create economic opportunities within North Dakota’s Indigenous communities that protect our culture and landscapes, including native grasslands.

Our ultimate purpose is to create a set of successful regenerative buffalo grazing models that scientifically document the beneficial impact upon soil health and native grasslands, leading to further research and a legitimate seat at the table for Native peoples within the regenerative agriculture movement.

Create three conservation areas at tribal bison fields & American Prairie Reserve's Antelope Creek campground and post wildfire rehabilitation areas in the Little Rocky Mountains for the reintroduction of native grasses & medicinal plants to help control soil erosion, improve water quality and increase wildlife habitats.

This project will increase outreach and engagement to expand G4G’s coalition of Tribes and Tribal citizens, improving collaboration and fostering co-design of grassland-focused conservation activities. The conservation activities will, in subsequent phases, create new and leverage existing sustainable economic opportunities and conservation projects that directly conserve intact grasslands.

Our projects will create new grasslands where croplands currently exist and retain existing habitat that could be destroyed. It will create connectivity between existing native grasslands and retain connectivity of unique habitat. This project will leverage funding from other partners and increase the key habitats that exists on the reservation.

The purpose of the Phežúta Garden Project is to create an accessible space for community members to gather and learn about traditional medicines. By planting within tribal communities, elders, youth and teachers will have increased access to traditional medicines, thus retaining Traditional Lakota Ecological Knowledge and increasing native grassland preservation.

The Wolakota Buffalo Range utilizes Indigenous knowledge to regenerate the grassland ecosystem and economy of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate. Wolakota is set to become the largest Native-owned and managed herd and the project ensures that 28,000-acres will remain under Native control, all while creating positive economic, ecological, and cultural outcomes.

Continuing opportunities to develop regenerative and sustainable practices that are respectful of Mother Earth. Create a learning lab Retain new Native farmers Utilize new leases for farming and restoration Control management of leased lands Increase the number of Native leases Leverage grassland restoration as a regenerative practice for current tracts

To establish a conservation program to identify potential Chronic Wasting Disease and other diseases found in large game herds found on the Flathead Reservation. This program will utilize the excising mutual relationship between Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Hunters and reservation farms and ranches.

In this pandemic, there is a call for medicinal plants to help our Tribe to protect, prevent, mitigate and combat COVID sickness but there was not enough available. This purpose is to create, originate, maintain and cultivate 4+ medicine garden areas. This will leverage and provide seedlings/seed bank.

Blooming Honey Lodge will increase the capacity for this social enterprise to expand into a self-sustaining arm of their parent organization, Lakota Youth Development, while stewarding Sicangu Lakota lands through beekeeping. This project utilizes indigenous knowledge through modern-day economic development and stewardship.

The ultimate purpose of this project is to 1) increase the pronghorn population, 2) increase the black-footed ferret population, 3) retain institutional knowledge by retaining current staff, 4) increase tribal knowledge of wildlife ecology, 5) leverage this project with other existing projects, and 6) utilize the expertise of staff to continue to build our program.

The ultimate purpose of the project is to create a new tipi & cabin campground, which includes a cultural & education village located on the southern end of the Fort Belknap reservation.

This project would create a GIS database for the Tribe and would be utilized by the NRD and other tribal entities. GIS would be used for retaining all records and mapping all assets and tribal resources. This mapping of assets would be used in decision making, creating baseline data for our tribal resources, and would allow for quick access, within minutes to increase participation and knowledge for the Tribe regarding where our tribal assets are located. GIS would be able to track and record emergencies like wildland fire starts and other natural disasters, as well as all project work.

Purpose To implement fuels reduction and conservation strategies to enhance public safety and natural resources. Efforts will initiate long term goals to regain control of tribal stewardship initiatives that will increase opportunities around natural resources to include employment and economic development.

The goal of this project will be to obtain enough Tribal lands that can support a self-sustaining population of Black-footed Ferrets. This will be accomplished by utilizing an untapped natural resource, prairie dog colonies, a keystone specie, for ferret habitat and to retain control of native species of concern in the event of future listing of the prairie dog under the Endangered Species act by protecting and entering into agreements with Federal U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service honoring Tribal sovereignty. It is an objective to seek out funding sources to leverage project funds to obtain long term funds.

The ultimate purpose of Natural Resources and Forestry is to provide and create guidance and technical assistance in the assertion and retention of Treaty and reserved right with regards to the compliance with Tribal, State and Federal Law in the protection, conservation management, and preservation of health diversity, and productivity of the Oglala Sioux Tribe's Natural and Water Resources to meet the needs of present and future generations to come. Our commitment to proper stewardships and public service is the framework within which natural resources are managed and controlled for the increased awareness of all permitting practices at Natural Resources.

The purpose of our project is to determine the feasibility of developing a carbon sequestration program for Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Lands. If feasible, the Tribe will see an increase in revenue, which will in turn be utilized to promote self-sufficiency for the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Recreation and potentially the Tribe as a whole. Additionally, this project will promote environmental stewardship and enhance habitat available to fish and wildlife.

The ultimate purpose is to create a management plan that outlines our current wildlife/habitat conditions, and also aligns our conservation efforts with the best management practices. Building up our current database (knowledge, GIS, new partnerships, etc.), is also a major component to this project. This improved database will be utilized to decide which management practice is best suited for a particular situation. We feel that in order to properly protect our resources, we need to first identify them. We will take a proactive approach to our management practices, rather than the reactive nature of our current management system.

The ultimate purpose is to develop a trail maintenance program that would consist of tribal trained youth in conservation and environmental methods. We also can utilize this to leverage more volunteers from Montana Conservation Corps and Americorps for additional workers to construct even more trails. This will provide a classroom effect for learning and training purposes for the area schools and the tribal college. It will serve as a health component for the tribal residents and the Tribal Health Department.