Awarded Grants

This course will increase LEAF's ability to promote cultural preservation through the arts by focusing on the organization's readiness for a capital campaign. LEAF will be better prepared to leverage our current assets and create an improved facility, thus resulting in more effective programs and opportunities our tribal community members.

Sokapsksino, means to know something completely, it is perhaps the best word to describe literacy. Our project "Sakopsksino" seeks to increase the literacy of the Blackfeet community, both on and off reservation, of 1) traditional food use, 2) Blackfeet language related to traditional food use and 3) public policy issues related to traditional foods. We will use as the our foundation the "Ahwahsin/The Land Where We Get Our Food" report, pamphlet, partners and the new relationships created. We were fortunate to have received national recognition for the "Ahwahsin" project, which has led to significant community support and engagement.

Participation in the training will help increase our organization's knowledge of developing and sustaining cultural programs from a financial standpoint. Staff will leverage this additional knowledge to increase the organization's capacity to implement additional programming and policies that empower community wellbeing through the continued sharing of cultural traditions and practices.