Restoring Our Relatives

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.

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.

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.

Our project will support the restoration of an oyster reef in the Rappahannock River.

Our project will support the restoration of wetland and riparian habitats that sustain critical food and ceremonial wildlife resources of the Cowlitz People. Our project will protect and relocate beaver relatives to cultivate and maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems.

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.

Our project restores culturally significant native plants and traditional knowledge as lasting Tribal assets. It protects ecological and cultural resources while building community capacity to steward MGBOMI lands through seasonal restoration, foodways education, and intergenerational learning.

This project is an effort to strengthen the Revitalization of Traditional Cherokee Artisan Resources (RTCAR) program by growing the community partner pool and developing resources that better serve the EBCI artisan community and ensure artisan natural resources are protected and available.

Our project supports the restoration of approximately 900 acres of agriculturally converted lands on the Menominee Reservation, re-establishing native ecosystems to create a sustainable, healthy landscape that provides opportunities for community buffalo harvest.

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.

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.

Our project will provide the funds to transport buffalo from the City and County of Denver buffalo herds to Tribes with existing buffalo programs. Denver has been donating buffalo to communities over the last 8 years, but Tribes face economic barriers to transportation.

Our project aims to revitalize the Nez Perce Tribe’s Himiin (Wolf- Canis lupus) Program by protecting the cultural and ecological legacy of Hímiin through community engagement, traditional knowledge, and youth mentorship to ensure the long-term care and presence of wolves on Nimiipuu homelands.

This project will establish baseline health data on Dall sheep harvested in the Ahtna Territory by analyzing hunter-harvested sample collections for heavy metals and trace elements to assess Dall sheep health, critical historic subsistence resources, and wildlife stewardship.