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23 Painted Desert Demonstration Projects – Flagstaff, AZ • ($263,278) 29 Sitting Bull College – Fort Yates, ND • ($549,396)
Painted Desert Demonstration Projects is a nonprofit that runs the STAR charter
school and supports North Loop Family farms (a tribally run cooperative farm) and
the Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Project. Fast Track funding helped create a North
American Regional Food Hub on the Tribe’s reservation, funded new Waterbox
purification systems and supported a program for Hopi youth to apprentice with
traditional farmers.
24 Pueblo of San Felipe – Albuquerque, NM • ($239,880)
Agriculture has played an important role in everyday life for the Pueblo of San Felipe in
New Mexico. Fast Track funding helped the Pueblo expand and improve its agriculture
program by hiring a new program coordinator, provide new fencing for individual
farmers, seed Native grasses, construct wells and install new solar pumps for watering
stations, and provide summer internships to youth.
25 Pueblo of Sandia – Albuquerque, NM • ($363,900)
The Pueblo of Sandia in New Mexico has a tribal culture deeply rooted in irrigated
agricultural practices and growing traditional foods. Fast Track funding helped
the Pueblo rehabilitate on-farm concrete irrigation ditches, which will upgrade
approximately 20 miles of on-farm water delivery infrastructure.
26 Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians – Bayfield, WI •
($595,000)
Commercial fishing is the cornerstone of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians’ reservation economy in Wisconsin, but it had failed to meet its
economic potential. Fast Track funding helped Red Cliff build a fish processing facility
and supported them in leveraging additional funding with grant applications submitted
to the Indian Community Development Block Grant Program.
27 Shoshone-Bannock Tribes – Fort Hall, ID • ($317,545)
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in Idaho have a 549,000-acre land base, of which
445,000 acres is dedicated to farming and ranching. Fast Track support helped them
fund the design, engineering and architecture of their new Land Use Resource Range
and Agriculture Complex, which will include classrooms, lab space, community
outreach programs, technical assistance, permitting and licensing to encourage more
tribal members to farm and ranch on their land base.
28 Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate – Agency Village, SD • ($627,785)
The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribe of South Dakota is in the process of developing
an incubator farm to assist tribal members in launching their own farms. Fast Track
funding went toward this farm incubator program with seven one-acre plots to train
interns and new producers as they produce food, share equipment, develop their
markets, and learn from mentor farmers, agriculture professionals and each other.
34 Leaders in Native agriculture: Fast Track grantees
Sitting Bull College is a tribal college that serves the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation
in North Dakota. Fast Track funding supported the creation of a Shared Equipment
Program that allows the college to purchase and maintain agricultural equipment,
which it can then rent to Standing Rock Sioux tribal members.
30 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute – Albuquerque, NM •
($1.5 million)
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute is a land-grant college operated by the
Bureau of Indian Education. Fast Track funding supported three projects that create a
nexus of agriculture resources for the college, including shifting the focus of the Land
Grant Office to sustainable agriculture, converting the existing greenhouse into an
Agricultural Training Complex, and creating an Indian Food Hub to actively manage
the marketing and distribution of agricultural products.
31 Stone Child College – Boneau, MT • ($188,804)
Stone Child College is a tribal college serving the Rocky Boy’s Reservation in Montana.
Fast Track funding helped them develop a new one-year Agricultural Technician
Certificate training program and support the purchase of a tractor, swather and baler
to share with small producers on the reservation.
32 Suquamish Indian Tribe – Suquamish, WA • ($400,000)
The Suquamish Indian Tribe, located in the Pacific Northwest, owns Suquamish
Seafood Enterprises and works with neighboring Tribes to manage their resources
and ensure they are sustainably harvesting seafood in the Puget Sound. Fast Track
funding supported the purchase of a new dive boat that allows tribal members to
harvest geoduck clams for domestic consumption and export. The vessel will sustain
the Tribe for up to 30 years.
33 United Tribes Technical College – Bismarck, ND • ($821,225)
United Tribes Technical College is a tribal college owned and operated by the five
tribes of North Dakota. Fast Track funding supported the creation of the Native Farm
Initiative, establishing an applied associate of science degree in sustainable agriculture
and food systems, and provided stipends for agricultural students, summer internships,
online classes, various demonstration projects and the creation of an on-campus
greenhouse complex.
34 White Earth Land Recovery Project – Callaway, MN • ($183,163)
The White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP) is a Minnesota-based tribal
project that seeks to increase food security and revitalize Anishinaabe culture on the
White Earth Reservation. Fast Track funding helped increase support for Native
growers and producers through several WELRP programs and scholarships, as well
as supported the creation of a White Earth Farmers and Producers Association, Corn
Growers Association, and Maple Syrup Association to promote Native leadership and
peer-to-peer support.
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