Tulalip Foundation

The First Americans’ Cultural Treasures project is built on the recognition of the cultural assets of Native communities that connect the past to the present and the future, and ultimately preserve Native knowledge systems, identities, and lifeways. The project is made possible through the Ford Foundation America’s Cultural Treasures Regional Challenge Initiative, in a funding partnership with Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies.

Tulalip Foundation

Cultural Treasures Initiative

The Tulalip Foundation will continue its work to preserve and promote traditional Tulalip arts, cultural assets, knowledge systems, and lifeways. Funding will support the Hibulb Cultural Center, Lushootseed Language Department, and the Tulalip Tribes’ Rediscovery Program. In addition, funding may support efforts by the Tulalip Treaty Rights Office to protect tribal members’ treaty-protected access to traditional Tulalip homelands, an essential part of preserving their knowledge systems and lifeways.