Awarded Grants

Connect the Disconnect will create enrichment opportunities for Native youth. Throughout the program Native youth will utilize Mvskoke cultural practices to build resilience, to connect with Mvskoke elders’ knowledge and practices and to increase cultural practices among peers.

This project will retain Dine' language through daily 50% Dine' language immersion for 3 through 5 year old children and a 6 day Dine' language immersion camp for children in grades 1-8. It will also increase effective immersion instruction through ongoing mentorship of teachers by a Dine language immersion specialist.

This project will utilize the Migiziinsag program to help retain the Ojibwe language within the KBIC community and to increase classroom use by preparing our teachers, families, and the community with language learning opportunities.

Our project's aim is to retain traditional knowledge about healthy food and lifestyles, and to increase knowledge and participation among urban native youth in the reclamation and celebration of these assets and resources. Youth will produce six 5-minute videos and companion resources to distribute to schools, individuals and organizations.

The ultimate purpose of this project is to assist Cochiti, Santa Ana, and Zia Pueblos on creating ways to help revitalize and retain their cultural identity and heritage. The existing Headstart curriculum and the implementation of culturally appropriate activities will support children’s learning to increase awareness, showcasing their cultural beliefs.

Brave Girls will create a safe, positive, and supportive environment outside of the academic setting to help empower, work on positive development to assist with building a consciousness about decision making to help participants be contributing members to their communities, society, and to lead successful lives in their terms.

The project will increase cultural awareness of our community youth through interactive workshops of artistic and historical value. By utilizing our tribal artists and Elders’ knowledge and skills we will bridge the generational gap. Building those relationships throughout the year will help renew youth to tribal traditions for the future.

The program cultivates deter youth in delinquent behaviors their important role in tribal society.By utilizing cultural beliefs restoring the value of initiating boys & girls into young adulthood is central to shaping their decision-making process increasing identity in a giving them leverage and skills learned to cope in a world.

The project will create traditional interconnectedness between our youth, our ancestors and Mother Earth through song and dance. The project will empower our youth by utilizing traditional dance styles, origins, language and regalia making. This will increase traditional knowledge and sustainability for our future leaders and the next seven generations.

The project will increase participation in medicinal plant garden development and asset-maintenance. By leveraging existing resources, the medicinal garden can establish a broader scope and physical environment to better sustain the on-going learning by youth in our communities, in partnership with the knowledge and wisdom of local elders.