Programs

  • Indigi Baby Foods Production

    INDIGI BABY FOODS PRODUCT MANUFACTURING AND DEVELOPMENT AS KNOW, NORTH AMERICAN TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS FOODS SYSTEMS (NATIFS) CO-MANUFACTURED THE INITIAL PRODUCTION RUNS OF FIVE INDIGI BABY FOODS PRODUCTS IN 2023. THEY INFORMED US LATE LAST YEAR THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO CO-MANUFACTURE OUR PRODUCTS BECAUSE OF THEIR LIMITED KITCHEN CAPACITY AND THE TIME AND COST ASSOCIATED WITH MANUFACTURING FOR BABY FOOD PRODUCTS.WE WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT GOURMET INDULGENCES OUT OF MADISON, WISCONSIN TO CO-MANUFACTURE OUR PRODUCTS. GOURMET INDULGENCES TRANSPORTED SOME OF THE FROZEN INGREDIENTS FOR THE PRODUCTS EARLIER THIS SUMMER. THEY HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED UPDATED PROCESS AUTHORITY SCHEDULES AND A SMALL BATCH TEST RUN. OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO PURCHASE BAR CODES AND REVISE LABELS WITH UPDATED NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION. ONCE THIS IS COMPLETED, THEY CAN BEGIN PRODUCTION.TRADEMARKTHE TRADEMARK APPLICATION FOR INDIGI BABY WAS FILED IN FEBRUARY. IT TAKES 7-9 MONTHS FOR THE APPLICATION TO BE APPROVED SO WE SHOULD HEAR SOMETHING SOON.FARM PRODUCTIONTHIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR FARM PRODUCTION DUE TO THE TWO MONTHS OF HEAVY RAINFALL RECEIVED. THE RAIN CAUSED SOME DELAYS IN FIELD PREPARATION AND THEN SEVERE STUNTING OF SOME CROPS. ONCE PLANTED FOR EXAMPLE, MOST OF OUR SQUASH SEED SIMPLY STOP GERMINATING DUE, IN PART, DUE TO WATER SATURATED SOILS AND LOW OXYGEN. WE REPLANTED BEANS AND SQUASH. THE HOPI BLACK BEANS ARE DOING WELL, AS IS THE BUTTERNUT SQUASH, BUT OUR GETE OKOSOMIN SQUASH HAVE FAILED. RUTABAGAS GOT OFF TO A STRONG START BUT HAVE BEEN SLOWED BY FUNGI AND BACTERIA DISEASES WHICH THRIVE IN HIGH MOISTURE AND HUMIDITY. SOME STEPS TO WATER LOGGING AND SOIL COMPACTION AND EROSION FROM TOO MUCH RAIN IN THE FUTURE INCLUDE: STARTING SQUASH PLANTS IN GREENSHOUSE (IN LATE MAY, A GREENHOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE INDIGI BABY FARM SPACE RENTED FROM SHARON), GOING BACK TO PLANTING SQUASH IN HILLS AND MULCHING, INCREASING USE OF COVER CROPS, AND INCORPORATING RAMP VIVAN/CONTOUR HEDGEROW SYSTEM.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $415.4K

  • HIV Counseling and Testing Program

    HIV COUNSELING AND TESTING - THIS PROGRAM OFFERS FREE HIV RAPID TESTING AT OUR MAIN OFFICE AND THE HOUSING COMMUNITY CENTER. PRE AND POST TEST COUNSELING AND REFERRALS ARE PROVIDED WITH INCENTIVES. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES INTEGRATED HIV TESTING, COUNSELING, AND REFERRALS PER YEAR. IN HARM REDUCTION, THERE WERE 464 PEOPLE TESTED FOR HIV. HARM REDUCTION ALSO DISTRIBUTED 30,355 CLEAN SYRINGES IN EXCHANGE FOR USED SYRINGES, 959 FENTYNAL TEST STRIPS, AND 923 XYLAZINE TEST STRIPS. THE PROGRAM DISTRIBUTED 339 VIALS OF MUSCULAR INJECTIONS AND 1,000 OF THE NASAL SPRAY.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $974.6K

  • Ikidowin Acting Ensemble Activities

    IKIDOWIN ACTING ENSEMBLEJANUARY 2024: FAMILY CARNIVAL AT ALL NATIONS CHURCH. THE IKIDOWIN FAMILIES ATTENDED A CARNIVAL OF GAMES DEVELOPED BY 12 YOUTH. THE GAMES INCLUDED EDUCATION ON E-CIGGS, TRADITIONAL TOBACCO, AND ATOD. GAMES INCLUDED: PICK A DUCK, BEAN BAG TOSS, BASKETBALL ON A DOOR. APRIL 2024: AN OLD PERFORMANCE "OUR SONGS HAVE POWER" WAS REVISITED AND REVISED FOR A PERFORMANCE AT THE NATIONAL NATIVE PHILANTHROPY CONFERENCE IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. THERE WERE MORE THAN 300 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. THE PERFORMANCE INCLUDED STRONG SINGING PERFORMANCES OF MULTIPLE TRADITIONAL SONGS. JUNE 2024: THERE WAS NOT A TRADITIONAL SUMMER PROGRAM IN 2024. BUT A GROUP OF 6 TO 12 ACTORS MET REGULARLY TO PREPARE FOR SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCES AT THE MDH E-CIGG PREVENTION YOUTH SUMMIT AND THE NATIONAL TRIBAL TOBACCO CONFERENCE. THREE IKIDOWIN STAFF (AND ALUMNI) JENNIFER, JANET, AND NATHAN BEGAN A 2 YEAR-LONG ARTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNSHIP WITH PANGEA WORLD THEATER. JULY 2024: THE IKIDOWIN ENSEMBLE WORKED INTENSELY ON THE GALA FASHION SHOW PERFORMANCE AND MAKING CLOTHING. NEW IN 2024 THE FASHION SHOW INCLUDED 2 DANCE PERFORMANCES A CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY MUSIC DANCE AND A TRADITIONAL TWO-STEP. THIS YEAR THE ENSEMBLE HAD A COSTUME CHANGE TO REFLECT THE TWO TYPES OF DANCES. 2024 FEATURED 2 YOUNG DANCERS 7 YEARS OLD! SEVEN IKIDOWIN ACTORS TRAVELED TO WASHINGTON DC TO PERFORM AT THE SAMHSA NATIVE CONNECTIONS REGIONAL SITE VISIT CONFERENCE. THE PERFORMANCE OF "OUR SONGS HAVE POWER" WAS POLISHED AND FURTHER DEVELOPED. THIS WAS A VERY IMPACTFUL PERFORMANCE FOR THE AUDIENCE OF NATIVE PEOPLE ACROSS THE US (ALASKA, OKLAHOMA, NEVADA, MICHIGAN, NEW MEXICO, AND MANY MORE) AND VERY IMPACTFUL FOR THE ACTORS TOO. AUGUST 2024: THE IKIDOWIN GROUP PARTICIPATED IN THE RETURN TO FIRST MEDICINES CONFERENCE. THEY PERFORMED "OUR SONGS HAVE POWER" IN DULUTH AS PART OF THE "MINO BIMAADIZI SCIENCE AND MEDICINE FAR". 3 OF THE IKIDOWIN STAFF ARE PARTICIPATING IN AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AT PANGEA WORLD THEATER. ONE IS INTERNING ON OFFICE MANAGEMENT FOR THEATER, TWO ARE FOCUSING ON DIRECTING. THESE ARE TWO YEAR INTERNSHIPS, WHERE THEY SPEND MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS LEARNING THE CRAFT AND SHADOWING PANGEA STAFF.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $591.2K