Awarded Grants

Project Purpose The Newe Wa’aipe Nanamainka Camp reclaims Shoshone coming-of-age womanhood ceremonies through a holistic based approach that centers Shoshone teachings called Newe Deniwappeh. We center matrilineal kinship on Newe Sogobia or Shoshone Homelands and disrupt ongoing colonization by engaging with land-based knowledge and to reconnect young women to their matrilineal lines.

Project Purpose The purpose of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe: Cultural Enrichment Through After School Support program is to provide intergenerational mentorship for the CIT youth through programming with the objective of increasing cultural awareness and knowledge, creating a safe space for children to learn and interact, and engaging our Tribal youth in meaningful skill building to help them develop leadership skills and navigate the world.

Project Purpose This project proposes to serve Native American youth in Butte County who are disproportionally impacted by juvenile delinquency and are at-risk for involvement in the juvenile justice system resulting from delinquent and pre-delinquent behaviors by building capacity in the Mechoopda Tribal Youth Council (TYC) and increasing participation in youth leadership within the tribe.

This project will help inform a narrative of what the workforce development needs are with Navajo nonprofits and communities, and how these needs differ from US States.

Blackfeet Community College is currently working on becoming a net zero campus. We have 5 buildings run by solar energy. The other project is a Meat Processing Plant and certification. The meat will be processed, wrapped and distributed to food banks and elders in the community.

This project supports a local food system among the Oglala Lakota by developing skills, knowledge, and infrastructure necessary for a local, connective food system. It empowers members to take leading roles in decolonizing the food system by leveraging education, resource sharing, cultural connections, and economic opportunities rooted in Indigenous ecology.

This project will help enhance workforce development within tribal communities by equipping tribal members with essential job skills. It will utilize existing resources and programs, and empower communities to retain their tribal workforce. Leverage the workforce development project to attract funding and establish partnerships that increase educational and employment opportunities.

This project will help increase NCIDC's capacity to participate in the First Nation Development Institute's research in workforce development and economic justice by helping to cover the organizational costs of participation. This will allow the First Nation Development Institute to utilize NCIDC's experience and knowledge of working with Indigenous communities.

The purpose of the project is to implement a set of practical workforce development recommendations that retain the community's needs, values, and tribal priorities as well as strengthen families, workers, employers, and economic infrastructure.