This project strengthens Indigenous food sovereignty by revitalizing traditional knowledge and culturally rooted systems of care for Native families in Montana, leveraging ancestral teachings on First Foods, lactation, and postpartum healing.
This project will support the Cowlitz Tribe's beaver relocation and restoration program by building programmatic capacity to monitor beaver activity at relocation sites. This project will support the development of novel monitoring methods and provide critical data to determine relocation success.
This project will observe buffalo behavior through a lens of traditional knowledge. Findings will guide development of culturally informed, low-stress buffalo management practices, operational effectiveness, and long-term stewardship consistent with community values.
The Yurok Tribe Food Sovereignty Program will implement a culturally rooted initiative to support Yurok mothers, infants, and young children by increasing access to traditional first foods through the distribution of seasonal Traditional Food and Healthy Food boxes.
This project will create 14 fee PreK-12 unit plans highlighting indigenous foodways of the midwestern region. It leverages the expertise of three indigenous communities - Jessica Walks First (Menominee), Kim McIver (Ojibwe) and Gina Roxas (Prairie Band Potawatomi) as well Pilot Light teachers.
This project will support Atux̂ Forever's assessment of the management practices of U.S. federal agencies activities on traditional homelands. This project will pave the way for environmental remediation and justice for the Saskinax̂ am Alaiit Sovereign Nation.
This project revives imu culture in the Waimānalo Hawaiian Homestead community, strengthening cultural identity, food self-sufficiency, and shared learning. Through traditional earth oven practice, we nurture connection, mālama ʻāina, and the passing of knowledge between generations.
This project will strengthen Ojibwe food sovereignty by creating seasonal, land-based learning gatherings where community members and schools participate in traditional harvesting, food preparation, and Ojibwe language use tied to berry picking, wild rice, trapping, and hunting-related foodways.
Through our Tribal partnership with the Yankton Sioux Tribe and with community and Elder-led governance, we provide nutrient-dense traditional foods and intergenerational knowledge to ensure the health and self-determination of Native mothers and infants.
This project revitalizes Native Hawaiian birth and food traditions by expanding culturally grounded maternal and infant care and birthing practices, first foods education, and practitioner training, strengthening community networks and increasing access to traditional foods for families and keiki.
