Awarded Grants

The Wolakota Buffalo Range utilizes Indigenous knowledge to regenerate the grassland ecosystem and economy of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate. Wolakota is set to become the largest Native-owned and managed herd and the project ensures that 28,000-acres will remain under Native control, all while creating positive economic, ecological, and cultural outcomes.

The intent of this project is to increase food storage capacity through addition of freezers and a cooler along with an electrical upgrade to utilize the pantry more efficiently. Widening our receiving door will create a safe, efficient work environment which will help volunteer retention and improve conditions for staff.

Blooming Honey Lodge will increase the capacity for this social enterprise to expand into a self-sustaining arm of their parent organization, Lakota Youth Development, while stewarding Sicangu Lakota lands through beekeeping. This project utilizes indigenous knowledge through modern-day economic development and stewardship.

This project will help Pawnee tribal community to fully appreciate through participation: Cultivate ancestral aspects of Pawnee corn and incorporate cultural areas of teamwork; Increase ancestral food production relevant to the Pawnee; Increase new gardens in community homes and community garden(s); and promote a healthy lifestyle through diet and exercise.

This project will increase tribal environmental asset control on or near Native lands.