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The Indigenous Youths Tracing Ancestors’ Path initiative

15 Grant Cycle, 2015, Asia, Participation and leadership of indigenous women and youth in local organizations / Por

Indigenous Youth Front (BPAN) The one year Initiative “Indigenous Youth Tracing the Ancestors’ Paths” will enable indigenous youth to explore and document indigenous knowledge, with a focus on the protection and utilization of ancestral land and territories, and the management of social, political, economic, and natural resources. Indigenous Youth understand their ancestral Indigenous knowledge, history …

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Healing Totem Pole

15 Grant Cycle, 2023, Arctic, Protection of intangible heritage / Por

Native Conservancy The Initiative seeks to heal, recover and revive the habitat and cultural connections of four formerly warring tribes (Tlingit Chugach Eskimo, Aleut) who are going to participate with tribal members and youth in carving the Totem. To finally promote the revitalization of the Eyak language, place names, the revitalization of sacred sites through …

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Regaining duodji traditions and language in Várjjat

15 Grant Cycle, 2023, Arctic, Intercultural and intergenerational dialogues on traditional knowledge and Practices / Por

Nuorta-Finnmárku Duodjeinstituhtta Many Sami have lost their Sami identity, duodji (craftsmanship) competence and/or language due to the process of Norwegianization. Through duodji, individuals have the opportunity to recover their identity and pass it on to future generations. Work can have a positive impact because duodji is a cultural marker to reinforce or recover the lost …

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Arctic Peoples’ Conference 2023

15 Grant Cycle, 2023, Arctic, Intercultural and intergenerational dialogues on traditional knowledge and Practices / Por

Innuit Circumpolar Council In July 2023 the 50th anniversary of the Arctic Indigenous Peoples Conference was celebrated, and during two days the achievements and successes of 50 years were evaluated and, vision for the next 50 years of Arctic Indigenous Peoples discussed. The main purpose of distributing publications about 50 years of work as ICC. …

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Creating Justice

15 Grant Cycle, 2023, Arctic, Intercultural and intergenerational dialogues on traditional knowledge and Practices / Por

Uksi Productions Sámi people have fished the Deatnu River for centuries as a livelihood and spiritual practice. However, Finnish government in 2016 imposed strict regulations that criminalized the traditional fishing practice. In 2017 three women and their children broke this government-imposed law to reclaim their traditional rights and turned themselves in, intending in this way …

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Kallak and Noarvejaure – Preventing mines on indigenous Sami land

15 Grant Cycle, 2022, Arctic, Territorial management and natural resources / Por

Jahkagaska Tjiellde The goal of our initiative is to prevent Beowulf Mining PLC and its swedish subsidiary Jokkmokk Iron Mines from opening an iron ore mine and the swedish company BDX from opening limestone quarry in Samii land. Get to courts to invalidate the concession permit for kallak and the reject to BDX application. Expected …

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Ulirnairsijiit – Ensuring Inuit Guidance and Culturally Appropriate Evaluation of Arctic Research

15 Grant Cycle, 2022, Arctic, Documentation, dissemination and promotion of traditional knowledge and innovations / Por

Ikaarvik Ikaarvik seeks to empower Inuit youth to be the leaders in reshaping Arctic science. Inuit youth are exploring the potential for an Indigenous-led research assessment tool in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Inuit youth have brought together their community, academic researchers, the Nunavut Research Institute as well as federal government researchers. Expected outcomes: The result will …

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Construction de la résilience des peoples autochtones face au terrorisme à travers la conservation des connaissances traditionnelles.

15 Grant Cycle, 2022, Africa, Documentation, dissemination and promotion of traditional knowledge and innovations / Por

Femmes Pour la Dignite de Sahel(AFDS) The initiative aims to bring together young and adult indigenous Fulani women who have been displaced by terrorism so that they can pass on and perfect their traditional knowledge, particularly in the making of traditional beauty items and instruments, in order to market them and obtain income that will …

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Enhancement of indigenous Batwa young mothers’ livelihoods through skills development for economic empowerment.

15 Grant Cycle, 2022, Africa, Economic recovery / Por

Action for Batwa Empowerment Group (ABEG) The initiative aims to provide training to young women in the following skills: garment cutting and tailoring, hair dressing, and craft making. After 8 months of training, ABEG will then provide equipment and material assistance for these women to start their own businesses, providing them with the ability to …

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