Quechan Parks and Recreation Department
2026 Quechan Parks and Recreation Department
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Description
This grant supports the Quechan Parks and Recreation Youth Programs for youth leadership and development.
This grant supports the Quechan Parks and Recreation Youth Programs for youth leadership and development.
This grant supports the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño community with Wild Fire Fuel Reduction and the continued practices of Cultural Land Management.
This project will support community education to oppose helium extraction, a hydrogen pipeline, and other resource extraction negatively impacting communities on the Navajo reservation.
General operating support for the Kupa Song & Dance Group, which preserves and shares Cupeño language, culture, history, and traditions through song and dance.
Support for the 2027 gathering of the California Indian Basketweavers Association, bringing Native basketweavers together to share traditional basketry knowledge, techniques, materials, and cultural practices.
This project will strengthen Menominee-led stewardship of land, water, forest, and wildlife, including buffalo relatives, through traditional knowledge. This project will support research, habitat restoration, and youth engagement that ultimately advances climate adaptation and cultural health.
This project will create a strategy that reflects traditional values and concepts to advance BCC's goal to become a net zero campus and strengthen institutional capacity. This project will also restore Iinii (bison) and native grasslands while integrating Piikani Knowledge into workforce training.
This project will ensure southeast Alaska Tribes are able to participate in and influence the environmental assessment processes for several proposed mines. This project will organize tribal professionals culturally connected to each watershed to coordinate a response to the consultation request.
This project will continue to build collaborative relationships throughout the Bering Strait region to advance green energy and food security education initiatives, supporting communities address and prepare for the impacts of climate change that significantly affect their way of life.
The awardee will receive $4,500 to support recognition of leadership in education at the 2027 Education 2.0 Conference. Funds may support travel, registration, materials, professional development, and other needs that strengthen the awardee’s traditional practice.