Awarded Grants

Project Purpose The project will create opportunities for Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake youth at both Generations Early Childhood Education Center and the Education Center to connect with the Pomo culture and customs.

Project Purpose The project creates increased cultural and environmental education opportunities for a greater number of Pomo youth; launches new collaborative efforts between Potter Valley tribe, and 12 other Pomo tribal groups with Xa Kako Dile: learning gardens and Noyo Center for Marine Science and leverages resources of each organization towards the goal of educating and empowering native Pomo youth in traditional cultural knowledge, benefitting the community.

Project Purpose The Wahi Kupuna Internship Program program creates a learning environment that bridges Indigenous worldviews and Western science to integrate Hawaiian knowledge systems with CRM work, teaching interns to conduct ethically sound research and ultimately increasing the number of Native Hawaiians working in the CRM field.

Project Purpose The overall purpose of this project is to increase the impact of and participation in the Wotakuye Wellness After-School program at the Lakota language elementary school. This program aims to empower and uplift the next generation of Sicangu leaders through cultural and recreational activities.

Project Purpose The main goal of the project of the Northern Cheyenne Cultural Learning Project is to encourage our Cheyenne youth to discover their own creativity and sense of purpose and to develop leadership skills that provide an understanding of our culture, traditional values and sense of responsibility for self, others, and for our homeland.

Project Purpose This project retains cultural knowledge and empowers youth with life skills and Yup'ik language classes that increase the sustainability of life in Igiugig Village. The ultimate goal of this project is to revitalize Lake Iliamna Yup’ik by growing new, young speakers, learning from elders, and creating language materials that capture unwritten history, cultural values, and traditional stories.

Project Purpose The project will create a year-round paddling program to increase the number of youth trained in traditional Hawaiian paddling practices and will utilize youth to provide peer mentorship.

Project Purpose The Atáahum Pó$uukat Temetií (Indian Peoples Horse Day) primary purpose is to teach inter-tribal youth in Southern California about American Indian horse culture, traditions, and practices. The project will leverage existing relationships with So Cal Tribal Youth programs to host nine (9) horse days camps on the Rincon Indian Reservation. Instruction will be intergenerational from Native elder ranchers and guided by experienced riders.

Project Purpose This project will create opportunities for multi-generational engagement to empower youth through teaching traditional knowledge, cultural arts, and language revitalization skills increasing youth leadership and retention of Indigenous knowledge.

Project Purpose This grant will increase our capacity to host additional Indigenous Science and Traditional Food focused youth camps and raft or canoe trips on the Eel, Trinity and Sacramento Rivers and SF Bay, and help us to maintain current programming on the Klamath and North Coast. It will increase our ability to host field trips and classes related to Klamath, Eel, Sacramento and coastal water protection.