Weldon, CA
To strengthen Tribal food sovereignty by expanding sustainable, year-round food production, growing traditional Indigenous plants, and increasing community access to locally grown foods.
The project seeks to secure tribal sovereignty on the traditional land (Kwolokam Rancheria) to increase traditional and/or scientific knowledge, control, restoration, resiliency and strengthening intergenerational tribal knowledge.
This project will support staff capacity to develop and submit a CFP and/or LSRP grant application focused on meadow restoration. This project will also support Tubatulabals of Kern Valley in presenting during workshops for the board to build their technical capacity on land management to increase buy-in for pursuing additional funding.
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Project Purpose The project will create a cohort of tribal youth that may become future leaders of the tribe by providing them with basic knowledge, skills, and abilities on tribal leadership and culture. This project seeks to building youth technical capacity to they can better engage in tribal governance in the future.
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The TKV will create partnership with Tule River Reservation and the Bishop Paiute Tribe, in distributing food supplies earmarked for Native Americans in the Kern River Valley. Furthermore, the TKV Tribe will utilize, newly acquired property to upgrade and replant fruit tree orchard of Cherry, Apple and Peach trees.
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This land Acquistion project will create an opportunity for the tribal community to develop, create and sustain, environmentally safe and sound practices in protection, preserving and being good stewards of the land. The Tribe will use proven scientific and tribal information to provide added value to this project.
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Application for Federal Acknowledgment
Inter-Tribal
The Tribe seeks to create and develop a tribal based community effort to increase awareness and build community capacity for members to better manage and make more informed decision on Covid 19 issues. The Tribe will reach out to members to educate and cultivate feedback in order to remain healthy.
