Peoples Food Sovereignty Program
Ronan, Montana
First Nations established the Native Arts Initiative (NAI) in 2014 to provide direct grantmaking, networking opportunities, and training and technical assistance (TTA) to Native-led arts and cultural hubs who are working to preserve and advance traditional Native arts through programming focused on supporting artists and intergenerational sharing of artistic skills and knowledge.
Under the NAI, First Nations provides awarded grantees with organizational and programmatic resources, including direct grants and technical assistance and training. Since 2014, First Nations has awarded more than $3.5 million in grant funds to a variety of eligible Native-controlled nonprofit organizations and tribal government programs under the NAI.
Peoples Food Sovereignty Program
Native Arts Donor-Funded Campaign: 2023-2026
Peoples Food Sovereignty Program has been providing unprocessed hides for tribal members and community schools and organizational cultural art programs such as a Salish Language School in Arlee, MT and the Salish Kootenai College Art Department. With this program PFSP can start to collect their harvested deer and elk hides on a larger scale from our processor. This will provide their organization with the space and infrastructure needed to process hides for other organizations on the reservation. PFSP will also offer hide tanning classes for their community members.