Page 14 - NAAF Annual Report 2019

25 Healthy Futures – Albuquerque, NM • ($73,615) 31 Keweenaw Bay Indian Community – Baraga, MI • ($75,000)
Healthy Futures partners with community-based organizations to provide agricultural
education, business management and technical assistance in Native areas. With
NAAF funding, Healthy Futures will organize an extensive curriculum of agricultural
workshops targeting 25 Native farmers and 165 Native families in the Torreon and
Ojo Encino Chapters of the Navajo Nation.
26 HoChunk Community Capital – Winnebago, NE • ($182,704)
HoChunk Community Capital (HCCC), a Native CDFI serving the Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska, supports tribal food sovereignty initiatives. With NAAF funding,
HCCC will start the HoChunk Harvest Native Business incubator project, recruiting
30 Native agriculture and food entrepreneurs to launch their businesses with start-up
capital and mentoring.
27 Indian Land Tenure Foundation – Little Canada, MN • ($186,489)
The Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) is a national, community-based
organization serving Native American nations and people in the recovery and control
of their rightful homelands. With NAAF funding, ILTF will lead the development of
the National Tribal Land Agriculture Database, enabling quantification and assessment
of alienated agricultural land on Native economies.
28 Indian Nations Conservation Alliance – Twin Bridges, MT • ($60,000)
Indian Nations Conservation Alliance (INCA) helps tribes, tribal conservation districts
and Native producers care for the land. With NAAF funding, INCA will tackle the
barriers restricting Native participation in NRCS programs, work to restore irrigated
lands to production, provide agricultural credit training and support the development
of Agriculture Resource Management Plans.
29 Inter-Tribal Buffalo Council – Rapid City, SD • ($75,000)
Inter-Tribal Buffalo Council (ITBC) has been supporting Native farmers and ranchers
by restoring buffalo to tribal lands for nearly 30 years. With NAAF funding, ITBC will
develop long-term tools and trainings designed to help tribal buffalo producers capture
value-added agriculture opportunities to produce revenue streams for continued herd
growth.
30 Intertribal Agriculture Council – Billings, MT • ($275,495)
The Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC) has served Native farmers and ranchers
for more than 30 years through regionalized technical assistance and policy advocacy.
With NAAF funding, IAC will build on their American Indian Foods program
by formalizing a domestic market access process to connect Native producers with
business opportunities.
14
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) promotes treaty rights fishing, gardening
and harvesting of traditional foods in the Lake Superior region. With NAAF funding,
KBIC will establish an integrated community food sovereignty system by constructing
a food safety certified fish processing facility and using fish byproducts to expand
organic vegetable production.
32 Klamath Trinity Resource Conservation District – Hoopa, CA • ($75,000)
Klamath Trinity Resource Conservation District (KTRCD) seeks to maintain
traditional ecological knowledge for the next generations of Native people. With
NAAF funding, KTRCD will host workshops for at least 160 participants on proper
techniques of gathering and preserving local traditional foods obtained through
hunting, fishing and harvesting.
33 Lake Superior Community Development Corp – L’anse, MI • ($250,000)
Lake Superior Community Development Corp (LSCDC) extends credit and financial
literacy training to Native people, including farmers and ranchers, throughout Michigan.
With NAAF funding, LSCDC will deploy loan capital to meet demonstrated
agricultural lending needs and provide business training and tax preparation for Native
producers.
34 Lakota Funds – Kyle, SD • ($400,000)
Lakota Funds, a Native CDFI serving the Oglala Lakota Tribe on Pine Ridge
Reservation, has supported Native farmers and ranchers through business lending,
coaching and training since 1986. With NAAF funding, Lakota Funds will provide
comprehensive financial support for large-scale, full-time ranching operations and
develop a youth livestock lending program.
35 Lower Sioux Indian Community – Morton, MN • ($49,775)
Lower Sioux Indian Community, located in the heart of Minnesota’s row crop
farmland, is working to generate agricultural interest and economic development
among its tribal population. With NAAF funding, Lower Sioux will conduct an
industrial hemp production feasibility study to evaluate potential for a processing
facility and hempcrete operation.
36 Lummi Community Development Financial Institution – Bellingham, WA •
($150,000)
Lummi CDFI offers a trusted place for tribal members considering entrepreneurship,
building a business, and/or strengthening their credit by providing access to education,
financing and asset growth. With NAAF funding, Lummi CDFI will offer technical
assistance and financial tools specifically to Native fishers, divers and harvesters of
seafood products.
15