Awarded Grants

Community Works! is series of 6 workshops created to cultivate, inspire, and support people who work to make a difference in their community. Participants will increase their knowledge of current trends in not for profit management, digital media, and fundraising, ultimately strengthening and leveraging the talent and passion in Oneida.

Sponsorship for the The Native American Literature Symposium (NALS) Conference

This project will help create a tribal food policy through existing data, use of an existing community coalition and combined initiative, community outreach forums, via various media. It also engages youth, elders, cultural and tribal leaders, and leverages available community resources.

This project will create a more formalized regional Lake Superior Indigenous food sovereignty network who will engage in the ground-softening work of public education and the formation of policy advocacy action plans that promote and support access to Indigenous foods.

Retain customary and traditional subsistence use allocation of fish and game resources through advocacy and policy change to continue ways of life, provide access to fresh and healthy foods for families and children, and enhance cultural use patterns without conflict with regulations from the federal and state governments.

The project will create a coherent Dakota/Lakota Pre-K immersion curriculum, utilizing age-appropriate language standards, and leveraging existing instructional materials to develop a complete framework and lesson script for teachers. The project will help retain the tribal language and increase access to high quality learning and teaching resources.