Awarded Grants

This project strengthens Dena’ina and Alutiiq stewardship by acquiring forestry equipment to care for Tribal forest homelands, reduce wildfire risk, and protect lands that sustain cultural lifeways, subsistence traditions, and community well-being for future generations.

This project will support efforts to restore our forests through the purchase of essential equipment including a truck, fire pump and forestry saw needed for prescribed fires and restoration purposes.

This project increases capacity for two Pit River tribal forestry crews located 200 miles apart to manage our 3.4 million acres of ancestral homelands through the purchase of a side-by-side to access high-risk fuel areas, essential supplies and equipment to manage forest health.

This project strengthens the Tribe’s capacity to sustainably manage and harvest forest resources by improving operational efficiency and access. It supports forest health, enhances timber value, and enabling the Tribe to manage its lands and steward resources for future generations.

This grant will support the National Tribal Geographic Information Support Center (NTGISC) with their 16th Annual National Tribal GIS® Conference in Albuquerque, NM.

This grant will sponsor Kiowa Gourd Clans Annual Food Gathering

Sponsorship for the 2026 Tribal Alliance for Pollinators Spring Conference

Sponsorship for the 2026 Pueblo of Acoma Earth Day, Sacred Power of Sacred Land

This project will kickstart ecological monitoring on both privately owned buffalo habitat and expand onto Tribal land through the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative. This project will also support WRTBI operations tied to the Science Department.

The overall goal of this project is to enhance the conservation and regeneration of native grassland and shrub ecosystems on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge with scientific data to guide sustainable land management.