FORGE PROJECT IS A NATIVE-LED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MANDATE IS TO CULTIVATE AND ADVANCE INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP IN ARTS AND CULTURE. LOCATED ON THE ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THE MOH-HE-CON-NUCK PEOPLE, FORGE IS SITUATED ON A 60-ACRE CAMPUS IN THE MAHICANNITUCK (HUDSON RIVER) VALLEY. A CHANGE-MAKING MODEL FOR NATIVE CULTURAL SELF-DETERMINATION AND LEADERSHIP, FORGE FUSES TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES TO BUILD COMMUNITY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND COLLECTIVE ACTION. THIS WORK INCLUDES A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, WORKING ART COLLECTION AND EXHIBITIONS, EDITORIAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING AN ONLINE JOURNAL, ONGOING LAND REMEDIATION WORK, AND AN ARRAY OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS FOR BOTH IN-PERSON LOCAL AND VIRTUAL WORLDWIDE AUDIENCES.