Awarded Grants

Remodeling of the SRCDC’s kitchen, will create utilization of this current asset and increase the opportunity for the program to develop and initiate the goals of the program. Goals of the program are to develop ways to educate and promote healthy eating by increasing the opportunity of indigenous food knowledge.

The requested grant funds purchase two coolers and one commercial freezer for the Food Sovereignty Initiative, to enhance education and sustainability outreach efforts. The coolers will be used for eggs from the poultry program, as well as vegetables from the model farm program, the freezer will store bison meat.

This project will help retain the food pantry food distributions in next four months as there will be a increase on affected families in the community as they can utilize our services every week on food distribution days.

NDNTA will create a new nonprofit tour operator, Native American Cultural Tours (NACT) to create economic opportunities within North Dakota’s Indigenous communities that protect our culture and landscapes, including native grasslands.

Wildfire recovery efforts and forest restoration

Support costs associated with the expansion of the Tribe’s current community garden

The Hoopa Valley was at one time an agricultural and trading community in the early 1900’s. The Hoopa community has experience less family livestock and farm raising. It was not uncommon during that time period for youth to raise and run cattle in the Hoopa valley and on the Forest Service summit. The lack of families raising livestock has caused food insecurity to a great number of residents in the community. Through this project, the KTRCD looks to help revitalize livestock to support the local food system and economy.

This project will increase the capacity of Sicangu CDC to utilize local and tribally produced food products by creating new cold storage infrastructure, leveraging existing health, immersion education, and food sovereignty programs to increase tribal control over local foods supply chains.

The ultimate purpose is to 1) create an event that celebrates the Keex’ Kwaan Tlingit Way of Life, by 2) increase youth participation and education in the harvest, processing, and preservation of their traditional foods, and 3) retain community knowledge regarding foodways by continuing the intergenerational transmission of knowledge. Further, this project will help us leverage and expand OVK’s pre-existing environmental programs by engaging summer youth workforce in the event, helping to sustain the community’s way of life and cherished resources in perpetuity.