Awarded Grants

This project will create opportunities for tribal youth struggling emotionally and spiritually with issues of identity, purpose, and place to increase positive identify development and cultural knowledge through participation in traditional Anishinaabe rites-of-passage ceremonies.

The project will help retain the cultural knowledge of Haliwa-Saponi elders by sharing with the youth through workshops and talking circles connecting participants culturally and spiritually to their Eastern Woodland heritage and history. By leveraging existing youth and culture programs, we will reclaim traditional coming of age ceremonies.

The 2017 Native Broadcast Summit is an opportunity for tribal broadcasters to access and share resources and network. Sessions will include training information on Community Service Grant compliance, accounting/budgeting, underwriting, and emergency communications.

This project will help create a savvy Shallow Gallery Advisory Council, equipped with a Strategic Plan and best practices for gallery management and community engagement. It will ensure that the Council can leverage the potential of the Shallow Gallery to be a driving force in Gallup's Native arts community.

Sponsorship for DIFRC Annual Meeting and Fundraiser Dinner

Native Giving Distribution

This project will preserve a Native art collection to benefit Native artists by increasing their accessibility to art examples for research and professional development. This project will expand the skills and understanding of art forms for Native artists, and foster a respect for Native art throughout the broader community.

Improve the production and sale of certified cattle from three Cibecue Livestock Associations (Cibecue, Oak Creek, Grasshopper) through improved community-wide training and education and improve local economic conditions through higher quality cattle in the Native Beef and other marketing programs.

Native Giving Distribution

Native Giving Distribution