This grant will provide assistance with Sweetgrass Food Lodges 501c3 Application Fee.
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California
Utilizing traditional ecological knowledge and hands-on approaches, this project will create diverse riparian and aquatic ecosystems within trust lands by implementing nature-based solutions such as meadow restoration and cultural burning. Results will increase flood mitigation, drought resilience, and wildfire protection thus leveraging current cultural and environmental stewardship for future generations.
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Restoring Buffalo to the land, enhances biodiversity. As a keystone species, Buffalo positively influence ecosystems. Educating future leaders on their ecological significance fosters a symbiotic relationship with nature. Leveraging this relationship, alongside controlled fire practices, harmonizes land stewardship and ecological conservation for the benefit of the Earth.
Project Purpose The project will create and retain cultural specific events for youth to learn the Hualapai language and culture and provide them with skills to incorporate and continue to practice in their daily lives.
Inter-Tribal
This project will create a clear list of priorities for each Wabanaki Tribal Nation in what is now Maine related to ongoing land-return efforts. Its ultimate purpose is twofold: 1. To enable deep community participation in setting land return priorities, and 2. To communicate to our fund-raising partners.
Bishop Paiute Tribe
Our project goal is to support and increase appreciation of diverse Nüümü cultural plants. We will gather ethnobotanical knowledge and create an internal database and GIS maps to retain documentary information. We will leverage this knowledge to train and build specialized capacity for cultural plant monitoring, utilization, and homeland stewardship.
The Osage Nation
The project will support the increase of the pollinator habitat on Osage Nation land, leverage existing staff through apiary management training, and create a more sustainable tallgrass prairie ecosystem to aid in sound bison management, prevent erosion, and become more adaptable to changes in climate.
This project will increase tribal environmental asset control on or near Native lands.
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota