Awarded Grants

This project will create a holistic and dynamic approach to community organizing and direct aid that leverages spiritual connection, sobriety programming, and basic needs assistance to build a healthier and more unified Native American community in Denver and activate our community to take collective action on the issues they face.

This project will increase Haseya's ability to bring our Native community together to heal from gender based violence and historical trauma by providing culturally centered programs. This grant will allow us to retain staff to facilitate our men's program in addition to increasing our advocacy outreach.

The Powwow will foster community health and spiritual fulfillment through celebration of Native culture, including drums, dance, honorings, food, and ceremonies. These important elements of the Powwow increase intergenerational knowledge, tradition, and connection and create a sense of belonging for Native community members.

The purpose of our program is to create and increase access to mental and physical wellness programs to the Native and Indigenous community members here in Denver. We will utilize SOTS’ existing programs and leverage them together to create powerful, meaningful change for our members.

Bezos Professional Development

The primary objective is to provide quality livestock water to our ranchers which will produce high quality beef and to maintain healthy livestock animals and to utilize conservation practices that will sustain our grazing lands for generations to come.

This project retain and expand a program to train 30 adult speakers of n̓səl̓xčin̓ (Colville Salish) who have strong relationships with the children and families served by SSOS. These new speakers will be teachers mentors, advocates and role-models for inter-generational use and transmission of our critically endangered language, n̓səl̓xčin̓.

Coastal reserve project and participation in the Tribal Marine Stewardship Network.

This project utilizes four interrelated objectives to create new mother-tongue speakers of Yuchi by reconnecting to the land using nature-based education.