Land Peace Foundation We are in the process of developing Wicuhkemtultine Kinship Community (WKC), a land-based learning community that provides opportunities for Wabanaki Peoples to gain traditional and cultural land-based teachings, environmental/climate education, Indigenous leadership development and mentorship. We are also developing gardens that are helping to support food and traditional medicine sovereignty.
Haida Gwaii Museum Society The course will bring together experienced weavers and students to learn the entire process of spruce root weaving and will create 4 utilitarian baskets. With their new baskets, the students will go out to harvest berries, seafood, and medicines, deepening the connection to this place and observation of climate impacts we’re …
NAFSA- Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance During the fall 2022 NAFSA will launch two new microgrant opportunities through our emerging community.Will offer direct support to indigenous peoples’ growers, organizers abd collectives who are building seed access and literacy in their communities.
Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute In phase II of our continued initiative, “The Pueblo Food Experience”, we are working on establishing a food system that will help get the original foods to the pueblo communities. This would consist of growing out traditional crops, while teaching farming/gardening skills to interested youth. Harvested products will then get distributed …
Yakanal – Indigenous Youth Cultural Exchange We propose to continue Mother Moon, an Indigenous-led effort to research, protect, and share traditional knowledge of the Moon to animate ancestral wisdom and practice related to women’s/non-binary and community wellbeing. Through intercultural collaborations including Maya/Zapotec/Mixtec//Pueblo young adults and elders, we hope to nourish unique attributes connected to the …
LOCAL PARTNER: NAFSA- Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance/Indigenous Seed Keepers Network (ISKN) The goals of this project are to work with a wide variety of Native American tribal elders, community members, and youth, to “train the mentors” on using their new Seed Sovereignty Assessment Tool to increase food security and the retention of traditional knowledge …
Local Partner: Native American Land Conservancy NALC will organize a Learning Landscapes program for Native American youth and families that focuses on Indigenous Language immersion. The beautiful sacred lands of their ancestors along with the teachings from their own Indigenous languages are critical for the intergenerational transmission of culture, spiritual values, and identity. The NALC …
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Local Partner: Sogorea Te’ Land Trust Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, the first urban Indigenous women-led land trust in the country, works to return Indigenous land to Indigenous people. Through rematriation, cultural revitalization, and land restoration, Sogorea Te’ calls on native and non-native peoples to heal and transform legacies of colonization, genocide, and patriarchy and to …