Awarded Grants

This project will create the opportunity for knowledge exchange between tribal community members of all ages. It will increase awareness of Native arts, further instill an interest in Luiseno arts and culture, and retain tribal values for the people. This project will legitimize further funding needs in the future.

This project will create a new program that supports Native artists and increases the intergenerational transfer of knowledge of the creation and exhibition of Native arts. It will also leverage the Native community's existing artistic knowledge to increase economic and artistic opportunities for Native artists.

The project will assist grazing permittees in the Nahata D’zill Chapter with opportunities to develop better ranch management proficiency, improve cattle health and profitability, and learn good family business management practices. It will introduce ranching to youth to promote interest in becoming a rancher.

This project project will increase knowledge about Makah art, history, culture and language. It will also improve and expand emerging artists' skills by transferring knowledge between Master artists and apprentices through 2 lectures, 3 basketry workshops and 2 Drawing and Painting Workshops.

Through our Tawokaga program, we remember, reclaim, and reconnect Dakota language and lifeways in our communities. Through apprenticeship programs, we support skill development and arts opportunities for emerging and master artists practicing traditional arts. Ultimately, our goal is to keep these cultural traditions alive for future generations.

The intent of this project is to will encourage and enhance the rich relationship between our artists and their community by expanding on a portal program that affords artisans a facility to market their work and a platform to share their expression of Hemish culture, history, and knowledge of place.

Northwest Native Development Fund hopes to create a prosperous environment for Native artists on the Colville reservation. The artists will benefit from utilizing our business strategies to increase personal financial stability. In a diminishing market we hope to retain cultural artists in our region.

The name of this project is Sxecalik, meaning "Cultural Arts Project." This Cultural Arts Project main purpose is to inspire people. We will create a Cultural Arts Project with the Muckleshoot Tribal College, Muckleshoot tribal artists, Northwest Indian College, Muckleshoot College & Career Program, and, the Muckleshoot Language Department.

This project will help retain traditional Native art forms for future generations by increasing the number of tribal youth familiar with Native art forms. This project will increase the relationships between artists and youth by utilizing and expanding on existing programming for Native artists.

This project will create a cooperative for local Native artists so they can leverage resources for maximum efficiency and profit. The project will also increase the cooperative's capacity for long-term viability by connecting with our local youth program (the Thusweca Beading & Cultural Academy) to recruit and train youth artists.