Who We've Funded

The future of American politics may lie among the large number of females in the Somali American community in Minnesota. However, these young women are not encouraged into leadership and politics because traditional gender disparity still lingers in

In 1999, my home community created the Sioux Falls Arts and Culture Plan. In the time since, funding for arts and culture has become tighter just at a time when the city could benefit from strengthening itself as a creative, innovative community that

Native Nations Rebuilders Program (cohort 5) - Verzella was raised on the Flandreau Santee Sioux Reservation and attended Flandreau Public School. She went on to achieve a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Colorado Technical University

Native Nations Rebuilders Program (cohort 5) - Adrienne works as the Ojibwe language teacher and curriculum coordinator at the Mille Lacs Band Anishinaabe Izhitwaawin. She teaches the Ojibwe language at local public schools and is working with a

Since 1997, the Fargo-Moorhead area has been an important refugee resettlement center. The influx of these new residents, most of whom don’t speak English, presents them and the community with significant challenges. I will use my Bush Fellowship to

Native Nations Rebuilders Program (cohort 5) - Curtis’s father is Charles Buckanaga of the sturgeon clan from the village of Pine Point on the White Earth Reservation, and his mother is Carol White of the bullhead clan from the village of Sugar Point

Native Nations Rebuilders Program (cohort 5) - Flo currently serves as the economic development director for the Yankton Sioux Tribe. Her responsibilities include providing assistance to local small businesses, implementing the Tribe’s economic

Native Nations Rebuilders Program (cohort 5) - Jennifer is an associate judge at the Spirit Lake Tribal Court, located in Fort Totten, North Dakota. Her professional career has largely focused on the Indian Child Welfare Act. Jennifer served as the

Native Nations Rebuilders Program (cohort 5) - Dani recently became the deputy regional director of the Great Plains Regional Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. She graduated from Oglala Lakota College with an undergraduate degree in business