Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
Increase Native youth financial literacy through culturally-appropriate financial education classes and experiential learning opportunities such as the Crazy Cash City financial reality fair and youth savings accounts.
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (formerly Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah)
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan
Bay Mills Community College will create a Youth Farm Stand program which will engage youth in culturally relevant, sustainable agricultural practices while teaching entrepreneurial skills. Michigan State University Extension will partner in our efforts through the provision of training and technical assistance as developers of the Youth Farm Stand program model. The Youth Farm Stand will provide reasonably priced fresh produce to tribal members living in a designated food desert. A portion of the proceeds from the Farm Stand will be remitted to youth as a method of retaining participants and teaching money management skills.
Native Hawaiian
Oglala Sioux Tribe
The ultimate purpose of this project is to increase access to affordable, locally grown vegetables on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation by creating an active gardening club. The current garden at the Boys and Girls Club will undergo an expansion and supply a weekly farmers market in Pine Ridge and create a traveling farmers market. Workshops on gardening will be held to develop personal gardens that can provide fresh produce to the farmers markets, and promote healthy living and healthy food choices.