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13 Cherokee Nation Foundation – Tahlequah, OK • ($50,000) 19 Diné Community Development Corporation – Chinle, AZ • ($114,154)
The Cherokee Nation Foundation’s mission is to “provide educational opportunities Diné Community Development Corporation (DCDC) provides leadership, program
to Cherokee students so they can reach their full potential.” With NAAF funding, and resource development to enhance rural communities on the Navajo Nation. With
the foundation will sponsor academic scholarships for 25 Cherokee Nation students NAAF funding, DCDC will support at least 50 Navajo farmers and ranchers with
pursuing agricultural degrees at accredited institutions. financial and technical assistance and host agricultural workshops for producers and
tribal leaders.

14 Cheyenne River Youth Project – Eagle Butte, SD • ($24,975) Dream of Wild Health – Minneapolis, MN • ($100,000)
The Cheyenne River Youth Project (CRYP) has delivered agricultural and food 20
systems-based education to Lakota youth through the Winyan Toka Win (Leading Dream of Wild Health (DWH) restores health and well-being in the Native
Lady) Garden since 1999. With NAAF funding, CRYP will engage 200 elementary community by recovering knowledge of and access to healthy Indigenous foods,
students in gardening and provide hands-on food sovereignty and social enterprise medicines and lifeways. With NAAF funding, DWH will expand training capacity by
internships for Native teens. adding staff, purchasing farmland and establishing a year-round youth leader program
for Twin Cities residents.

15 Chippewa Cree Tribe – Box Elder, MT • ($74,816) First Nations Oweesta – Longmont, CO • ($369,268)
Chippewa Cree Tribe supports tribal farmers and ranchers through outreach, 21
agricultural education and business assistance. With NAAF funding, the Chippewa First Nations OWEESTA has been providing loan capital and capacity building to
Cree Tribe will create a tribal regulatory and licensing framework for hemp production Native CDFIs for 20 years. With NAAF funding, OWEESTA will develop the ability
and determine the feasibility of industrial hemp processing on Rocky Boy’s Indian of practitioners to deliver training, support and lending products to Native farmers and
Reservation. ranchers, and increase capital access through agricultural lending to Native CDFIs.

16 College of Menominee Nation – Keshena, WI • ($336,627) 22 Flower Hill Institute – Jemez Pueblo, NM • ($74,937)
College of Menominee Nation (CMN) has worked in food systems sustainability for Flower Hill Institute is a Native-owned, community-driven nonprofit supporting
more than 15 years, focusing on connections between Menominee and their lands. strong, stable tribal communities. With NAAF funding, Flower Hill will develop the
With NAAF funding, CMN will gather input on and provide scholarships for their Indigenous Farmer and Rancher Association to serve Native producers by creating
new sustainable agriculture degree, conduct a hemp feasibility study and introduce opportunities for the revitalization of traditional practices in concert with scientific
students to aquaponics. knowledge, peer networking and young farmer mentorship.

17 Cowlitz Indian Tribe – Longview, WA • ($25,000) 23 Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa – Cloquet, MN • ($75,000)
Cowlitz Indian Tribe utilizes a community garden to bolster traditional agricultural Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has been providing agricultural
knowledge and increase access to fresh produce and traditional foods. With NAAF outreach and education programs for its community through the Bimaaji’idiwin
funding, Cowlitz Indian Tribe will provide stipends to seven youth food sovereignty Program since 1995. With NAAF funding, Fond du Lac will develop an Agriculture
summer interns who will be provided guidance on gardening, traditional foods, food Resource Management Plan (ARMP) through a community-led strategic visioning
sovereignty and meal preparation. process.

18 Diné College – Tsaile, az • ($155,800) 24 Four Bands Community Fund – Eagle Butte, SD • ($200,000)
Diné College works with local producers to bridge the intergenerational gap in Four Bands Community Fund has a long history of helping Native entrepreneurs,
agricultural lifeways. With NAAF funding, Diné College will expand Diné Bichiyaa including farmers and ranchers, start and grow businesses. With NAAF funding,
Summit programming, sponsor youth participation in agricultural camps and award Four Bands will offer loan capital, equity bundles and customized assistance to Native
scholarships for its agriculture degree program. producers and pilot a two-generation integrated entrepreneurial and asset-building
program to promote sustainable transition.

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