Awarded Grants

Our project exemplifies how Native stewardship, traditional ecological knowledge & conservation partnerships will restore ecosystems, strengthen cultural identity, & support biodiversity.

This project supports the restoration of buffalo and native grasslands in the Southern Plains to revitalize Indigenous foodways, strengthen land stewardship, and rebuild a buffalo-based economy rooted in cultural sovereignty, ecological balance, and community well-being.

Restore Pacific lamprey access to historical spawning grounds above dams through culturally guided translocation, addressing ecological restoration and tribal food sovereignty for Columbia River Basin tribes.

This project will build stewardship capacity for Tikahtnu Tribes by hiring an Environmental Monitoring contractor position to support intertribal collaboration, manage internships, support environmental monitoring, & sustain volunteer-led efforts. The grant will be leveraged into additional funding.

Roots of Resilience will support the restoration of Arrow Arum, Button Bush, Spiny Rush, 4 Sides, Swamp Milkweed and Pickerelweed, to prevent erosion and restore the ecosystem for cultural stewardship continuity for the Mattaponi people using significant riparian plants and animals.

To restore and strengthen reciprocal relationships between the Port Graham community and native pollinators through traditional knowledge integration, habitat restoration, and community engagement, ultimately supporting ecosystem health and cultural food security.

Our project will provide the funds to transport buffalo from the City and County of Denver buffalo herds to Tribes with existing buffalo programs. Denver has been donating buffalo to communities over the last 8 years, but Tribes face economic barriers to transportation.

This project will establish baseline health data on Dall sheep harvested in the Ahtna Territory by analyzing hunter-harvested sample collections for heavy metals and trace elements to assess Dall sheep health, critical historic subsistence resources, and wildlife stewardship.