Awarded Grants

This project advances Indigenous First Foods sovereignty by expanding culturally grounded Milk Medicine education, supporting Indigenous parents and caregivers, and strengthening intergenerational knowledge that sustains maternal, infant, and community health and protective factors.

This project will strengthen a new Intertribal network of food system infrastructure by operationalizing Red Cliff’s new Multi-Purpose Food Sovereignty Building, resulting in increased processing, storage, and economic opportunities for Tribal producers and rebuilding of traditional trade routes.

This project supports Muscogee Creek Nations' initiative to protect the sacred Muscogee Creek ancestral site while raising awareness and advancing land restoration efforts, returning ancestral remains, and uplifting Indigenous sovereignty, cultural preservation, and respect for sacred places.

The Traditional Birth Work Gathering serves to revitalize and reclaim traditional Lakota Birth Practices along side Traditional foods and land protection. Our gathering is a space for community healing and learning. This project has been a catalyst in the Indigenous Birth Justice movement.

Kwiyagat Native Foods Program will revitalize Ute Mountain Ute traditional foods in school—building youth identity, health, and food knowledge. Through meal integration, gardens, producer-led learning, field trips, and community meals, we strengthen food sovereignty and bring traditional foods back

Rematriation’s 9th Annual Rekindling the Fire of Our Sisterhood Gathering is centering Haudenosaunee traditional food practices with hands-on workshops in seed keeping, fire keeping, and wood-fired clay pottery making.

To assist services provided to First Nations by collaborating in the planning and execution of the 2026 Food Sovereignty Summit in Suquamish, WA from August 24-27, 2026.

The project will expand maternal wellness services by restoring Indigenous birthing traditions, nourishing mothers with traditional foods, and strengthening community support from pregnancy through postpartum. By reconnecting families to ancestral knowledge we enhance maternal and infant health.

The Healing Food Traditions Project which will educate expectant and new mothers about Navajo traditional foods that foster a healthy diet. Through the development of an online resource and implementation of 3 workshops, this project will connect families to cultural stories, customs, and knowledge.

This project supports Navajo families through culturally grounded postpartum education that connects bodyfeeding, traditional foods, and Navajo language. Community workshops and educational materials will strengthen Indigenous nourishment practices and maternal and infant well-being.