Warm Springs Community Action Team
Warm Springs, 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.
Warm Springs Community Action Team
Native Arts Donor-Funded Campaign: 2023-2026
This project will support elder artists and share traditional knowledge of basketmaking, beading, singing, drumming, and mural arts with 40-120 tribal youth in order to nurture the next generation of traditional arts in Warm Springs. The project will create short films that capture and tell important tribal arts stories/knowledge.