AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH RUNNING STRONG (EIN 54-1594578)

Program 1 [2021]
FOOD, WATER AND CRITICAL NEEDS - (PINE RIDGE AND CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX INDIAN RESERVATIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION IN ARIZONA, MENOMINEE INDIAN RESERVATION IN WISCONSIN AND OTHER NATIVE COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE). ALL CHILDREN NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD TO GROW AND THRIVE. IMPOVERISHED ECONOMIC REALITIES OF RURAL AND RESERVATION LIFE CHALLENGE MANY AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITIES TO MEET THEIR CHILDREN'S BASIC NEEDS. RUNNING STRONG IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING NATIVE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND FAMILY'S EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT THEIR CHILDREN HAVE A HEALTHY START.(SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION)THIS YEAR, DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THESE NEEDS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. RUNNING STRONG CONTINUED INCREASING OUR SUPPORT FOR CRITICAL NEEDS WITH MORE FOOD AND WATER CONNECTIONS, AS WELL AS WITH THOUSANDS OF BRAND NEW INKIND ITEMS TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING 999 MASKS, 4,680 BOTTLES OF LIQUID HAND SOAP, AND 475 BOTTLES OF HAND SANITIZER.FOOD REMAINS A RUNNING STRONG PRIORITY AS WE WORK HARD TO FEED CHILDREN WHO MAY OTHERWISE GO HUNGRY. USING OUR PINE RIDGE FIELD OFFICE WAREHOUSE, RUNNING STRONG DONATED 13,600 DRY FOOD BOXES TO FEED FAMILIES ON THE PINE RIDGE AND CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX INDIAN RESERVATIONS (A 25% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR) ALONG WITH 3,400 TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS. EACH FOOD BOX WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 35 LBS. AND HAD ENOUGH NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO FEED A FAMILY OF FOUR OR A WEEK. ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE USDA FARMERS TO FAMILIES FOOD BOX PROGRAM, RUNNING STRONG FACILITATED THE DONATION OF 8,770 15-20LB FROZEN PROTEIN BOXES TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN MONTANA, UTAH, AND COLORADO.AFTER TEACHERS TOLD US STUDENTS RETURNED TO SCHOOL AFTER WEEKENDS AND SCHOOL BREAKS LISTLESS AND HUNGRY, WE STARTED OUR WEEKEND/SCHOOL BREAK BACKPACK FOOD PROGRAM. ON CHEYENNE RIVER, WE DONATE SACKS FILLED WITH FOOD TO TAKINI SCHOOL CHILDREN OVER WEEKENDS AND SCHOOL BREAKS WHEN THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES AND BREAKFASTS (175 STUDENTS PER WEEK, 4,200 SACKS OF FOOD DISTRIBUTED). WE ALSO SUPPORT A BACKPACK FOOD PROGRAM ON THE MENOMINEE INDIAN RESERVATION IN WISCONSIN, SERVING HEALTHY "SMART SACKS" FOR THE ENTIRE KESHENA PRIMARY SCHOOL (4-YEAR-OLD PRE-K - 5TH GRADE STUDENTS. 450 CHILDREN PER WEEK, 13,500 SACKS OF FOOD). KIDS WERE NOT ONLY KEPT FROM BEING HUNGRY, THEY LEARNED ABOUT NUTRITION AND EXERCISE AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE HEALTHY LIFE CHOICES.AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDS, RUNNING STRONG SERVED A HEALTHY SACK LUNCH TO CHEYENNE RIVER KIDS IN THREE COMMUNITIES SO THAT THESE KIDS HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT DURING THEIR SUMMER VACATION WHEN THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A FREE SCHOOL LUNCH AND BREAKFAST. THIS SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM SERVED 15,006 MEALS TO CHILDREN AT 3 SITES OVER 11 WEEKS, SERVING BREAKFAST AND LUNCH SAFELY TO AN AVERAGE OF 146 KIDS PER DAY.BASIC NEEDS - IN ADDITION TO HEALTHY MEALS AND FOOD, IN FY21, RUNNING STRONG ALSO DISTRIBUTED THE FOLLOWING NEW ITEMS TO HELP NEEDY AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDREN:3,000 #STUDYSTRONG BACKPACKS FILLED WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES (24 CT. CRAYONS, ERASER, GLUE STICK, NOTEBOOK, PEN, NO. 2 PENCILS, RULER, PENCIL SHARPENER, 5" SCISSORS, PAPER) FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, 2,000 #STUDYSTRONG BACKPACKS FILLED WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES (2 POCKET FOLDERS, NOTEBOOKS, LOOSE LEAF PAPER, ERASERS, COLORED PENCILS, PROTRACTORS, GLUE STICKS, NO. 2 PENCILS, RULER, HIGHLIGHTERS, RED & BLACK PENS, CALCULATOR, PENCIL POUCH, PENCIL SHARPENER) FOR JR. HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SO NATIVE STUDENTS HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL.1,500 #WARM&STRONG ADULT COATS WITH HOODS, 3,000 #WARM&STRONG KIDS COATS WITH HOODS, 3,500 #WARM&STRONG WINTER KITS (HATS, GLOVES, AND SCARVES), 5,500 PAIRS OF WINTER BOOTS, AND 2,000 BLANKETS TO STAY SAFE AND WARM DURING HARSH WINTER WEATHER.WE DONATED 3,639 PAIRS OF NEW SHOES AND 5,108 PAIRS OF ATHLETIC SOCKS, ESSENTIAL (AND EXPENSIVE) BASICS INCLUDING 21,600 DIAPER KITS (1 DIAPER AND 6 WIPES IN A POUCH) AND 3,000 #SMILESTRONG DENTAL KITS (WITH TOOTHBRUSHES, TOOTHPASTE, FLOSSERS AND A TIMER), 1,440 SMALL COLGATE TOOTHPASTE TUBES AND 1,584 SMALL COLGATE TOOTHBRUSHES FOR BETTER ORAL HEALTH, WHICH OFTEN SUFFERS IN IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES. ALONG WITH DISTRIBUTIONS DIRECTLY TO FAMILIES ON PINE RIDGE, CHEYENNE RIVER AND MENOMINEE, THESE BRAND-NEW ITEMS (LISTED ABOVE) WERE DONATED TO MEET CRITICAL NEEDS TO 25 COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN 10 STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THESE YOUTH SUPPORTIVE PROGRAM PARTNERS INCLUDED DIRECT DISTRIBUTION ON PINE RIDGE & CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX INDIAN RESERVATIONS, BLOSSOM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, BRIDGE FOUNDATION, BRUSHY CHEROKEE ACTION ASSOCIATION, CATAWBA CULTURAL PRESERVATION PROJECT, CHEROKEE NATION FOUNDATION, DENVER INDIAN CENTER, DENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, FORT PECK INDIAN TRIBES, INTERFAITH ACTION DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN WORK, IOWA TRIBE OF KS & NE, JOI FOSS AT AXTELL PARK, NATIVE GRANDPARENTS, NEBO TITLE VI INDIAN EDUCATION, NORTHERN CHEYENNE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB, PROVO CITY SCHOOLS, ROSEBUD ELEMENTARY, RURAL COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE FOUNDATION, SACRED HEALING CIRCLE, SACRED PIPE RESOURCE CENTER, SALT LAKE CITY AIR PROTECTORS, SMEE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SPIRIT LAKE TRIBAL HEALTH, SUMMIT SCHOOL, TODAY WE FOLLOW TOMORROW WE LEAD, YUCHI LANGUAGE PROJECT.RUNNING STRONG ALSO SUPPORTS ORGANIC GARDENING EFFORTS AS COMMUNITIES WORKED TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD. IN FY21, WE CONTINUED TO INVEST IN OYATE TECA (YOUTH NATION'S) MEDICINE ROOT GARDENING PROGRAM, WHICH IS ALSO THE SITE OF ONE OF OUR FIELD OFFICES ON THE PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA.RUNNING STRONG CONTINUES TO PROVIDE FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT FOR OYATE TECA'S NINE MONTH GARDEN EDUCATION CLASSES WHICH HOW TO GROW, HARVEST, PREPARE AND EAT FRESH PRODUCE ON PINE RIDGE. A BIG PART OF THE CLASS IS HANDS-ON INSTRUCTION AND THE TOOLS TO PLAN & PLANT YOUR OWN GARDEN. WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, OYATE TECA MOVED ITS CLASSES ONLINE (INCREASING ITS REACH TO 219 INDIVIDUALS) WHILE STILL PROVIDING THE TOOLS, SEEDLINGS AND FENCING TO PLANT 46 STUDENT GARDENS ALONG WITH THE EXTENSIVE DEMONSTRATION GARDEN AND GREENHOUSES LOCATED BY THE OYATE TECA COMMUNITY CENTER. IN 2021, OYATE TECA'S GARDENERS GREW 11.2 TONS OF FRESH PRODUCE (NOT INCLUDING THE WINTER SQUASH AND FALL PUMPKINS) WHICH WAS SOCIALLY DISTANCED SOLD AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS. AS WELL AS GIFTED AND COMPOSTED. ACTING AS A BUYER, RUNNING STRONG HELPED OYATE TECA PILOT A FRESH PRODUCE BOX DISTRIBUTION, PURCHASING PRODUCE GROWN BY GARDEN CLASS PARTICIPANTS AND LOCAL FARMERS AND DISTRIBUTING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT NO COST. 1,753 FRESH PRODUCE BOXES WERE DISTRIBUTED IN THE SUMMER AND INCLUDED A VARIETY OF TOMATOES, ZUCCHINI, SQUASH, GREEN PEPPERS, BEETS, ONIONS, KALE, CUCUMBERS, POTATOES, EGGPLANTS AND PUMPKINS. STUDENT SALES OF THEIR OWN GROWN PRODUCE PROVIDED NEEDED INCOME AND INCREASED THE QUALITY OF FOOD OFFERINGS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR LONG-TERM SUPPORT OF SLIM BUTTES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WHICH PLANTS AND DISTRIBUTES SEEDLINGS THROUGHOUT PINE RIDGE. RUNNING STRONG GRANTS ALSO SUPPORTED THE YUCHI LANGUAGE PROJECT'S TRADITIONAL FOODS GARDEN IN SAPULPA, OK AND THE BRAVE HEART SOCIETY'S GARDENS AND MEDICINAL PLANTS AT YANKTON IN LAKE ANDES, SD.WATER - WATER IS A CRITICAL NEED AND THERE ARE STILL FAMILIES LIVING WITHOUT ACCESS TO SAFE RUNNING WATER ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS. ON THE PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION, OGLALA LAKOTA FAMILIES CAN LIVE WITHIN YARDS OF THE MNI WICONI (WATER IS LIFE) WATER LINE WITHOUT FUNDS TO SAFELY HOOK UP TO IT. IN FY21, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE BOULDER ROTARY CLUB, RUNNING STRONG'S PINE RIDGE WATER PROJECT PROVIDED HYDRANTS, WATER CONNECTIONS, PLUMBING REPAIRS AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS TO 40 FAMILIES SO THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE WITHOUT WATER (143 PEOPLE SERVED, 76 OF WHOM ARE CHILDREN). SOME OF THESE OGLALA FAMILIES HAD LIVED WITHOUT RUNNING WATER FOR 25 YEARS OR HAD TO HAUL IT FROM 35 MILES AWAY.SAFE AND WARM HOMES. RUNNING STRONG IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SAFE ENVIRONMENTS FOR NATIVE FAMILIES, INCLUDING THEIR OWN HOMES. WINTERS ON THE PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION CAN BE BRUTAL WITH WINDCHILL TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. IT'S DANGEROUS COLD. TO HELP STRETCH DOLLARS DURING THIS CRITICAL TIME, RUNNING STRONG MATCHES OGLALA FAMILIES 1:1 FOR A $200 TOTAL MATCH TOWARDS THEIR HEATING BILLS. THIS YEAR'S EMERGENCY HEAT MATCH ON PINE RIDGE PROVIDED HEATING ASSISTANCE TO 815 FAMILIES, INCLUDING 64 VETERANS THOUGH OUR VETERANS MATCH (3,668 INDIVIDUALS, 1,679 OF WHOM ARE CHILDREN. RUNNING STRONG IS PROUD TO MATCH $100 PER FAMILY) IN JANUARY (CALLED "THE HARDEST MONTH" BY ONE OF OUR PINE RIDGE FIELD STAFF).
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Dates
Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
Source
990
No causes provided
No populations provided
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$4.8M
Program 2 [2021]
YOUTH, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE - (PINE RIDGE AND YANKTON SIOUX INDIAN RESERVATIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, AND OTHER NATIVE COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE). RUNNING STRONG WHOLEHEARTEDLY ADVOCATES FOR NATIVE YOUTH PROSPERITY AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS. WE SUPPORTED THE LONG-TERM WORK PROVIDED BY THE DIVISION OF INDIAN WORK, WHOSE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES WERE ACADEMIC SUPPORT TO ENCOURAGE YOUTH TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL AND IN THE COMMUNITY, TEACHING YOUTH HOW AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURE AND LIFE SKILLS CAN BE USED AS PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND DRUG ABUSE, WAUNYAWAPI TO HELP YOUTH IMPROVE THEIR READING AND LITERACY SKILLS, AND NIIBIN MINWEDAAGWAD WHICH PROVIDED CULTURAL TEACHINGS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES (ESTIMATED 15 FAMILIES AND 50 CHILDREN SERVED). (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION)RUNNING STRONG ALSO SUPPORTED EARTH GUARDIAN'S 2ND ANNUAL INDIGENOUS YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND INITIATIVE, A 10 DAY LEADERSHIP TRAINING WHERE NATIVE YOUTH DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES, AND NORTHERN KOHALA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER'S MAUKA TO MAKAI SUMMER CAMP, A CAMP FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT TRADITIONAL NATIVE HAWAIIAN ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SITES IN NORTH KOHALA, AND REFORESTATION, LAND MANAGEMENT, AND SAFE BOATING/FISHING PRACTICES.TO HELP NATIVE CHILDREN ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS LIKE ANY OTHER CHILD, ALONG WITH DONATING 2,400 BRAND NEW TOYS TO PINE RIDGE, RUNNING STRONG DOUBLED OUR SUPPORT FOR HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES AND GIFT GIVING FOR NATIVE YOUTH DURING THIS HARD YEAR. WE SUPPORTED HOLIDAY PARTIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR INDIAN YOUTH OF AMERICA, NAVAJO HOPI HONOR RIDERS, TODAY WE FOLLOW TOMORROW WE LEAD, SUMMIT AREA ECONOMIC GROWTH, BRUSHY CHEROKEE ACTION ASSOCIATION, SACRED PIPE RESOURCE CENTER, SMEE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SACRED HEALING CIRCLE, NEBO TITLE VI INDIAN EDUCATION, AND EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE/SEEDING SOVEREIGNTY. RUNNING STRONG CONTINUES TO SUPPORT CULTURE AND LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION EFFORTS. WITH OUR SUPPORT, CATAWBA INDIAN NATION IS WORKING TO CREATE CATAWBA LANGUAGE LESSON PLANS AND PUBLISH THE FIRST EDITION OF A CATAWBA DICTIONARY. RUNNING STRONG ALSO SUPPORTED THE AFRAID OF BEAR/AMERICAN HORSE TIOSPAYE: RITES OF PASSAGE PROGRAM WHERE LAKOTA ELDER MASTER TEACHERS BROUGH TOGETHER YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS TO TEACH THE ART OF MAKING SACRED FOODS, THE PRAYERS AND CEREMONY BEHIND THIS SACRED ART, AS WELL AS DOCUMENTING OTHER CULTURAL TEACHINGS THAT ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO THE OGLALA LAKOTA PEOPLES OF THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION. WE ALSO SUPPORTED KAHNAWAKE AND AKWESASNE MOHAWK COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE SACRED HEALING CIRCLE AND YUCHI LANGUAGE EFFORTS THROUGH OUR 25 YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE YUCHI LANGUAGE PROJECT IN SAPULPA, OK.SINCE 1994, RUNNING STRONG HAS SUPPORTED THE BRAVE HEART SOCIETY'S EFFORTS IN THE YANKTON, OGLALA, SICANGU, HUNKPAPA, HUNKPATI, KUL WICASA, SANTEE, SISSETON, MDEWANKTONWAN, SPIRIT LAKE, CHEYENNE RIVER AND SIOUX VALLEY NATIONS. IN FY21, BRAVE HEART SOCIETY CONTINUED ITS WORK WITHIN COVID SOCIALLY DISTANCED REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING THE CONTINUATION OF ITS MNI WIZIPAN WAKAN PROJECT TO MAP OUT TRIBAL WATER RIGHTS, GARDEN TILLING AND PLANTING FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, SOCIAL ACTIVISM AND ISNATI/COMING OF AGE COMING OF AGE CEREMONY FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS. RUNNING STRONG ALSO OWNS THE BRAVE HEART LODGE AND LEASES IT TO THE BRAVE HEARTS FOR $1/YEAR.
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Dates
Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
Source
990
No causes provided
No populations provided
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$1.8M
Program 3 [2021]
DREAMSTARTER (MONTANA, HAWAI'I, NORTH DAKOTA, UTAH, WASHINGTON, ALASKA, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND VIRGINIA) AND DREAMSTARTER GOLD (WASHINGTON, ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, AND COLORADO). IN HIS TRAVELS THROUGHOUT THE NATION, OUR SPOKESPERSON BILLY MILLS HAS WITNESSED WHAT HE CALLS A "POVERTY OF DREAMS," WHEREIN NATIVE YOUTH DO NOT DARE TO DREAM. DREAMSTARTER AIMS TO JUMPSTART THESE DREAMS BY IDENTIFYING COMMITTED NATIVE YOUTH WHO CAN SHOW THE WAY. RUNNING STRONG RECOGNIZES THAT TODAY'S INDIAN YOUTH ARE OUR FUTURE LEADERS AND DESPITE THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT AMERICAN INDIAN KIDS FACE, WE CAN HELP THEM FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS.(SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION)IN HONOR OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BILLY'S OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN 2014, WE LAUNCHED THE DREAMSTARTER PROGRAM THAT WILL IDENTIFY 10 AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH EACH YEAR TO RECEIVE A $10,000 GRANT FOR EACH DREAMSTARTER YOUTH AND THEIR MENTOR ORGANIZATION TO MAKE A DREAM FOR THEIR COMMUNITY COME TRUE.2020 DREAMSTARTERS RANGED FROM AGE 16 TO 30 AND REPRESENTED EIGHT (8) DIVERSE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES: ASSINIBOINE/FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, NAVAJO NATION, NORTHERN CHEYENNE, OGLALA LAKOTA, NATIVE VILLAGE OF KOTZEBUE/ALASKA NATIVE, SISSETON WAHPETON OYATE, AND COMANCHE NATION. 2020 MENTOR ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDED HARLEM YOUTH LEADERSHIP, KOHALA UNUPA'A, SACRED PIPE RESOURCE CENTER, NEBO SCHOOL DISTRICT TITLE VI PROGRAM, WILD ROSE CENTER, URBAN INDIAN CENTER OF SALT LAKE, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND DIVERSITY, FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE, SUMMIT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CIRCLE. THIS YEAR'S DREAMSTARTER THEME WAS HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND DREAMS WERE A WIDE RANGE FROM STARTING A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AT SCHOOL TO CREATING SCRUBS USING TRADITIONAL TEXTILES TO HONOR INDIGENOUS MEDICINE MODELS AND INCREASE REPRESENTATION, TO SETTING UP A MOBILE EYE CLINIC TO PROVIDE A FULL EYE EXAM TO YOUTH ON THE RESERVATIONS. EACH DREAMSTARTER IS ALSO ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR TRAVEL GRANTS TO VISIT EACH OTHER'S PROGRAMS AND "KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE GRANTS" ONCE THEIR GRANT YEAR WAS COMPLETE. THESE OUTSTANDING NATIVE YOUTH ARE BUILDING A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY CHANGE WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN INDIAN COUNTRY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.INDIANYOUTH.ORG/DREAMSTARTER.TO CELEBRATE OUR FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THE DREAMSTARTER GRANT PROGRAM, RUNNING STRONG LAUNCHED DREAMSTARTER GOLD IN WHICH FIVE OF THE PREVIOUS FIFTY DREAMSTARTERS ARE AWARDED $50,000 EACH TO CONTINUE PURSUING THEIR DREAMS. OUR DREAMSTARTER GOLD RECIPIENTS REPRESENT FIVE (5) TRIBAL COMMUNITIES: CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE, SHINNECOCK INDIAN NATION, SOUTHERN UTE/SOUTHERN CHEYENNE, BLACKFEET NATION, AND HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE. DREAMSTARTER GOLD DREAMS INCLUDE ESTABLISHING A HOOPA LANGUAGE IMMERSION SUMMER SCHOOL TO BUILD THE NEXT GENERATION OF HOOPA LANGUAGE LEARNERS, GENERAL SUPPORT FOR A DREAMSTARTER'S NON-PROFIT TRIBAL ADAPTIVE ORGANIZATION WHICH HELPS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF NATIVE AMERICANS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, AND INCREASING NATIVE REPRESENTATION IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS BY REMOVING BARRIERS TO APPLYING FOR GRADUATE PROGRAMS. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT HTTPS://INDIANYOUTH.ORG/DREAMSTARTER-GOLD.WITH 2017 DREAMSTARTER YEAR'S THEME OF EDUCATION, RUNNING STRONG LAUNCHED DREAMSTARTER TEACHER, A NEW GRANT THAT GIVES NATIVE TEACHERS AND TEACHERS WHO TEACH NATIVE CHILDREN UP TO $1,000 TO MAKE A DREAM COME TRUE IN THEIR CLASSROOM. 28 TEACHERS WERE SELECTED WITH DREAMS RANGING FROM SUPPORTING DANCING PROGRAMMING IN SCHOOLS TO BUILDING A MOBILE GREENHOUSE WITH STUDENTS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. TEACHERS CAN APPLY YEARLY IN MAY. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT WWW.INDIANYOUTH.ORG/DREAMSTARTERTEACHER.WITH A GENEROUS ANCHOR GIFT FROM THE EARL AND ANNA BROADY FOUNDATION, RUNNING STRONG WAS ABLE TO ESTABLISH A DREAMSTARTER SCHOLARSHIP TO HELP DREAMSTARTERS PAY FOR TUITION AND STUDENTS LOANS FOR UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE SCHOOL. WE WERE ABLE TO AWARD OVER $57,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO 9 DREAMSTARTERS FROM EIGHT (8) DIFFERENT TRIBAL NATIONS. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.INDIANYOUTH.ORG, WHERE YOU CAN READ UPDATES, JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST OR FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WE WORK TO BUILD A STRONG GENERATION OF NATIVE YOUTH.
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Dates
Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
Source
990
No causes provided
No populations provided
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$534.8K

AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH RUNNING STRONG

AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH RUNNING STRONG

AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH RUNNING STRONG

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