Awarded Grants

To ensure the long-term food security and cultural well-being of the Hoonah people, this project establishes a tribally led sockeye salmon monitoring program. It leverages new technology and traditional knowledge to provide data for management and strengthens tribal sovereignty over vital fisheries.

The ultimate purpose of this project is to reestablish yaaw (herring) populations near Keex Kwaan (Kake, Alaska and the surrounding areas) for sustainable community harvest, to revitalize the coastal ecosystems that provide critical, sacred foods, and support our traditional way of life.

Our project will support the current conservation herd’s skilled workers in buffalo wildlife management and allow for the retention of Indigenous staff for the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative.

Our project exemplifies how Native stewardship, traditional ecological knowledge & conservation partnerships will restore ecosystems, strengthen cultural identity, & support biodiversity.

This project supports the restoration of buffalo and native grasslands in the Southern Plains to revitalize Indigenous foodways, strengthen land stewardship, and rebuild a buffalo-based economy rooted in cultural sovereignty, ecological balance, and community well-being.

Restore Pacific lamprey access to historical spawning grounds above dams through culturally guided translocation, addressing ecological restoration and tribal food sovereignty for Columbia River Basin tribes.

This project will build stewardship capacity for Tikahtnu Tribes by hiring an Environmental Monitoring contractor position to support intertribal collaboration, manage internships, support environmental monitoring, & sustain volunteer-led efforts. The grant will be leveraged into additional funding.

Roots of Resilience will support the restoration of Arrow Arum, Button Bush, Spiny Rush, 4 Sides, Swamp Milkweed and Pickerelweed, to prevent erosion and restore the ecosystem for cultural stewardship continuity for the Mattaponi people using significant riparian plants and animals.

To restore and strengthen reciprocal relationships between the Port Graham community and native pollinators through traditional knowledge integration, habitat restoration, and community engagement, ultimately supporting ecosystem health and cultural food security.