Portland All Nations Canoe Family
Portland, Oregon
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.
Portland All Nations Canoe Family
Native Arts Donor-Funded Campaign: 2023-2026
This project will increase the scope of Native Cultural Artists and cultural projects to reach more Tribal/Urban Native community members. Portland All Nations Canoe Family will support Native Artists with cohorts of youth apprentices for teaching opportunities, cultural arts projects for the Portland inter-tribal Urban Native community and surrounding tribal communities of all ages that will connect Native American Cultural Artists to schools and other organizations to bring youth and Elders together to share knowledge. We will leverage this work to set precedents across the country for supporting Native Artists and cultural programming.