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37 Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation – Mashantucket, CT • ($43,443) 43 Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board – Portland, OR •

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation (MPTN) sponsors the Sugar Shack, a maple ($150,000)
syrup production drawing from their traditional food ways and providing economic
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) has a long history of
development. With NAAF funding, MPTN will launch an e-commerce website,
working collaboratively with the 43 Northwest tribes, especially on projects and
expand distribution to tribally owned enterprises, invest in maple syrup marketing
initiatives directly involving Native farmers and ranchers. With NAAF funding,
materials and increase youth engagement.
NPAIHB will focus on increasing organizational capacity and providing agricultural
education and business assistance to Native producers.
38 Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe – Mashpee, MA • ($74,989)

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (MWT) has a long legacy of harvesting traditional 44 Numu Allottee Association – Madras, OR • ($30,000)
shellfish and promoting food sovereignty. With NAAF funding, MWT will employ a
Numu Allottee Association (NAA) is a Native nonprofit providing advocacy training
full-time farmer to expand production on Maushop Farm, partner with local education
and economic empowerment to recipients of public domain allotments. With NAAF
organizations for business training and invite youth to participate in their agricultural
funding, NAA will initiate the Three Sisters Project to accelerate change toward
heritage.
healthier lifestyles through seasonal food gathering, Indigenous language revival and
supplemental food access for youth.
39 Modoc Nation – Miami, OK • ($142,620)
The Modoc Nation has provided Native bison ranchers with hands-on job training, 45 Ohe.laku, Among the Cornstalks – De Pere, WI • ($24,416)
agricultural education and technical assistance over the past 20 years. With NAAF
Ohe.laku is a membership organization preserving culture by growing ancestral seeds
funding, the tribe will teach cultivation of fish and plants in controlled environment
such as corn, beans and squash through traditional methods. With NAAF funding,
agriculture, work to reclaim traditional food knowledge and conduct a hemp production
Ohe.laku will introduce youth from the Oneida area to the annual growing cycle of
analysis.
white corn and give them a greater appreciation for traditional foods.
40 Murray State College – Tishomingo, OK • ($75,000) 46 Oklahoma State University Foundation – Stillwater, OK • ($50,000)
Murray State College (MSC) – located in the heart of the Chickasaw Nation – is a two-
Oklahoma State University (OSU) has the distinction of graduating more Native
year college providing a wide variety of degree programs to southeastern Oklahoma
students than any other land grant university in the nation. With NAAF funding,
students. With NAAF funding, MSC will launch a new course on agricultural financial
the OSU Foundation will incentivize Native agricultural students to expand their
literacy and provide scholarships to Native students in agriculture degree programs.
knowledge of commodity futures markets, financial futures and options markets
through targeted scholarships.
41 Mvskoke Loan Fund – Okmulgee, OK • ($200,000)

Mvskoke Loan Fund (MLF), a Native CDFI, provides access to credit through lending 47 Oregon State University – Warm Springs, OR • ($24,433)
capital to Native producers in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s territory. With NAAF
Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service has worked with the Confederated
funding, MLF will increase lending to farms, ranches and agribusinesses while hosting
Tribes of Warm Springs for more than 50 years to share agricultural information with
several technical assistance sessions centered on business planning.
tribal members. With NAAF funding, OSU – Warm Springs will facilitate a youth
agricultural council focused on tribal agriculture, leadership development and policy
creation.
Northeastern State University – Tahlequah, OK • ($69,699)
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Northeastern State University’s (NSU) Center for Tribal Affairs has a unique history
of providing cultural programming within the higher education setting. With NAAF 48 Owens Valley Indian Water Commission – Bishop, CA • ($74,850)
funding, NSU will pilot two workshops and an intensive residential seminar to provide
Owens Valley Indian Water Commission (OVIWC) works closely and cooperatively
training in restorative agriculture through permaculture design, emphasizing traditional
with Payahuunadü Tribes on increasing Indigenous farming and ranching in the
and Indigenous practices.
Owens Valley and Eastern Sierra. With NAAF funding, OVIWC will bolster food
sovereignty efforts by hosting fruit tree grafting workshops and expanding the Bishop
Tribal Elder’s community garden.

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