Awarded Grants

The ultimate purpose of this project is to 1) provide new training and skill development opportunities in areas of media production for our Tribal youth, 2) utilize these newly acquired skills to produce a series of video documentaries to showcase and preserve tribal history, culture, and contemporary life, 3) increase interaction between Tribal youth and Elders to create strong bonds and develop healthy relationships, 4) develop a program which will provide new interests and inspiration for our youth and which will culminate in a finished product that youth will feel proud of and empowered by.

The ultimate purpose is to educate outside of the academic setting, empower, and work on positive youth development in order assist with a building a greater consciousness about everyday decision making. The tools and skills gained will help the girls have more self-confidence help them make positive decisions, avoid risky behaviors and promote an overall well-being as it relates to their development including physical, emotional, mental and social well-being. These will all help the young women set and attain goals while in high school, past high school and help them be contributing members in order to lead successful lives.

The ultimate purpose of the summer day camp program is to teach youth Pyramid Lake Paiute culture through a language immersion program, as well as traditional dances and games all in an effort to preserve and perpetuate tribal culture. This program is a catalyst to enable youth the ability to retain their tribal identity. The program will utilize tribal elders and community members to teach youth fun-filled and engaging activities designed to preserve and strengthen tribal culture. The project will create much needed employment for college and high school students on the reservation while they themselves learn about culture.

The ultimate purpose is to create a curriculum that 1) preserves the practice of Diné Kinaaldá ceremonies to ensure youth have the opportunity to connect with this important tradition, underscoring each student's valuable role within the Diné community and creating a forum to discuss traditional, modern, and alternative male and female roles in the culture, 2) to increase awareness and practice of these symbolic and transformative ceremonies for both boys and girls, and 3) to leverage the expertise of elders and traditional practitioners to create a meaningful and accurate curriculum while deepening multigenerational relationships among Diné youth and elders.

The ultimate purposed is to 1.) Increase the level of respect that our youth are showing each other through highlighting the important roles we each play "teachings of the Longhouse" 2.) Increase the number of youth familiar with and comfortable using with the Suquamish Tribal language and 3.) Leverage the knowledge and support of many tribal programs to create a culture program that is rich and meaningful to the youth who participate.

This project will increase local control over data on the local food system. This project will increase data driven knowledge and create community plans based on data collected from a community food sovereignty assessment.

The Ultimate purpose is to 1) Create a program that serves as a central location where students can access or be referred to resources/services available to them to help them take control of providing for their family, and 2) Increase number of students accessing resources/services and 3) help student gain skills/knowledge/attitude/values that encourage them to attain self-sufficiency and education and attainment.

This project will increase local control over data on the local food system. This project will increase data driven knowledge and create community plans based on data collected from a community food sovereignty assessment.

This project will increase local control over data on the local food system. This project will increase data driven knowledge and create community plans based on data collected from a community food sovereignty assessment.

This project will increase local control over data on the local food system. This project will increase data driven knowledge and create community plans based on data collected from a community food sovereignty assessment.