Sustainable Agriculture

About: The mission of YAKANAL is “To strengthen cultural identity and leadership capacities in Indigenous youth, preparing them to engage with other cultures while preserving their own.” Since 2009, YAKANAL has offered participants authentic connections with their cultural roots through explicit comparisons and links with other Indigenous cultures. Our focused efforts in [...]

About: The Healing Mountain Coalition is a group of White Mountain Apache community members that bring experience and insight from a variety of backgrounds including but not limited to; land restoration, regenerative farming, regenerative medicine, traditional hunting, watershed management, ethnobotany, Apache language, culture and history.  Years Supported: 2025 Grant Type: [...]

About: In 2022, C 4Ever Green was created as a 501(c)3 at the encouragement of community members. The organization addresses waste-burning and illegal dumping, protecting endangered Indigenous plants harvested for food, ceremony, and livestock, transitioning to renewable energy, and protecting natural resources. In 2019, local community members, Norman Lameman and Meridith Benally [...]

About: Albuquerque Public Schools develops enhanced and supportive Indigenous educational opportunities for American Indian/Alaska Native students by increasing knowledge of Native values through teaching language and cultural differences. We believe American Indian/Alaska Native students will succeed with appropriate support systems and effective teaching using culturally relevant methods and strategies. Years [...]

About: Nihikeya is a grassroot Diné organization with the mission to restore regenerative systems (ecological, social, economic, cultural) guided by Dine teachings and innovative solutions that build long-term, locally based economic systems that place value not only on profits but also on protecting and preserving lands, waters, air, culture, and future generations. [...]

About: Ke’yah Advanced Rural Manufacturing Alliance (KARMA) is a non-profit corporation and is organized exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes working to create economic opportunity in Native communities through workforce development and entrepreneurship in Advanced Manufacturing and Technology. Ke’yah’s origin began with Kellogg Foundation funding to collaborate with industry, academia, and [...]

About: The mission of the Hozho Voices of Healing Center, Inc. (Hozho Center) is to establish and maintain an indigenous community center guided by the Dine' philosophy of Ho'zho' (to exist in a state of wellbeing physically, emotionally, and spiritually) and K'e' (to exist for the welfare of all our relatives for [...]

About: Chinle Planting Hope's mission is to practice creative community development on the Navajo Nation that builds up all community members' mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. Our community is comprised of natural leaders, artisans, entrepreneurs, educators, healers. To fulfill the complex needs, we seek to form long-term relationships with those working to [...]

About: Tutskwat Oqawtoynani originally started as, The First Mesa Annual Clean-Up in 2014, under the direction and planning of the Nuvayestewa Family from Tewa Village. A small family initiative of 15 volunteers set out on a mission “To clean up the entire First Mesa Villages (Tewa, Sichomovi, and Walpi) from top to [...]

About: The National Indian Youth Leadership Project (NIYLP) has been working for over 30 years to empower the lives of Indigenous youth through positive youth development programming. Our mission is to help Indigenous youth their potential through outdoor adventure and service-learning. NIYLP envisions a world with generations of healthy, capable, caring, resilient [...]