Honor the Earth, a group that’s comprised of representatives from the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) and the Indigenous Women’s Network (IWN) is currently accepting proposals for funding to help Native-led organizations in Canada and the US who work in the areas of: Environmental & Energy Justice, Community Development, and Youth. The grants range from $1,000- $5,000. Proposals are due January 15th, 2007.
Please visit this page for a full explanation of the application procedures.
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Request for Proposals
Honor the Earth is currently soliciting proposals for funding from Native-led organizations for the following types of work:
Environmental & Energy Justice
Native lands are disproportionately targeted for resource extraction, energy development, and dumping of hazardous waste. Our communities suffer from the toxic effects of coal-fired power plants, uranium mining, oil drilling, and nuclear waste just to name a few. At the same time, Native lands hold vast amounts of renewable energy potential such as solar and wind that provide cleaner, healthier energy to the community. Honor the Earth supports efforts to protect against environmental threats and to create solutions for a just future.
Building Sustainable Communities
Honor the Earth supports Native grassroots groups and organizations developing innovative Native community-based initiatives that build and maintain healthy and sustaining Native communities that integrate Indigenous traditional knowledge and language. With respect for the wisdom of our elders and with regard for future generations, we support activities that assist in the preservation of Native lifeways, preserve Indigenous languages and traditional knowledge, foster youth development and participation, maintain traditional foods systems, protect environmental and natural resources, and activities that work toward the decolonization of our communities.
Youth
Native youth are the center of the continuity of Native America, and are the leaders and elders of the future. They are also the descendants of our communities and, as a consequence, the collective experience of Native America. We are committed to investing in youth and support initiatives that educate, empower, and build the capacity of youth in Indigenous communities. We seek to help develop the next generation of rural-and reservation-based Native American youth leaders who will become a major factor in safeguarding the health of our peoples and our environment through awareness, activism, advocacy and organizing. In our effort to encourage youth leadership development and youth-directed initiatives, Honor the Earth is particularly interested in supporting initiatives that are developed and led by Native youth
Grants range from $1,000- $5,000. Proposals are due January 15th, 2007. Please see our website for a full explanation of the application procedures: http://www.honorearth.org/grants/apply.html
For all questions not answered by the website, please contact Tom Reed at gransthonorearth@earthlink.net or 612 879 7529.
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Traditional Leaders, Elders, and Youth, from all over North America will be coming to hold their 32nd Traditional Elders and Youth Gathering on your sacred grounds at Bear River. The Tribal Council of the Lac du Flambeau Band has approved this gathering and the Lac du Flambeau Band Members will be the host of a GRAND COUNCIL GATHERING.
This gathering will consist of Mayan, Seminole, Navaho, Pueblo, Sioux, Onondagas, Ho-chunk, Alaskan, and just about every Nation will be present from Islands and across borders. Nation’s will be sending their spiritual leaders and youth from every where in Indian Country. The Canadian Ojibwa Grand Chief “Francis Cavanaugh”, as well as other Ojibwa Bands, Clan mothers, “Orin Lyons” of the Onondagas, tribal people from British Columbia and many, many more Nations representative will be coming here to speak and visit our beautiful people and lands and share in our Ojibwa culture as well as share their own.
This gathering will have people flying and driving in, about three or four days prior to, the Sunrise Ceremony on Friday, July 25, 2008. By sunrise ceremony the Lac du Flambeau Spiritual Leaders and Drum (Heart of this band) will begin this sacred fire, with the ashes from 31 other sacred fires consisting of prayers from all over Indian Country. Here is where our leaders will welcome these Nations to the Sacred Grounds. We will pray for this gathering to produce strong thoughts and communications with good hearts and minds connected as one, Nation to Nation. Indigenous People from all over Indian Country are welcome.
We have 21 tee-pees that will need to be erected, sweat lodges will be built, and a sacred fire arbor will be built, and our cook shack will need to be prepared. We will need water at Bear River. Rocks will have to be gathered, wood chopped, please save some wild rice, walleye, deer meat, pick wild berries, strawberries, and prepare for our traditional meal. Plan on making some items for give away for all our helpers and people who come from across the Oceans and from across the borders. We will need members to call with available room for the elderly and others who cannot camp. These elders love to share your hospitality. We may be hosting 250 people or more as this will be the first invite for the peoples of the Great Lakes. We invite the Potawatomi, Oneida, Menominee, the Algonquin Nation, and welcome them here.
There will be two refrigerated semi truck trailers of food that will be delivered, the first on Wednesday, July 23, 2008, and the second, Saturday, July 26, 2008. Many strong traditional leaders will be available early to put up tee-pees and erect the arbor, build sweat lodges, and we will need others to volunteer of the band.
The Youth of this Band will come together to participate with the Youth of many Nations. They will eventually break off from the Elders and come back to the circle to bring their messages to the Elders. During the day and evening the Ojibwa will share their culture with all Nations. Offers from our Band members have been made to share spearing, songs and dance, Strawberry Island is important to this band, decoys, kayak and many more cultural events can be prepared for and planned. Keep in mind other Nations will be sharing their ceremonies.
We will be having a Tribal Committee Gathering Meeting on February 7, 2008 at the Lac du Flambeau Domestic Abuse Program. This meeting will begin at 6:00 pm and it is potluck. Those of you that have committed to help I hope will be present those of you Tribal members who are interested in helping please come so we may be prepared to welcome and provide a well coordinated Gathering for 2008. If you have any questions call Julienne Cross at (715) 588-7660.
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Please allow me with more information in these fundings for the Indigenious Fijians of the Pacific Islands. Thank you very much
As we are now anticipating a national policy for political foundations in our country in this Pacific Southern Islands called Fiji Islands, the nations are waiting for the purpse of this initiatives and have at the basis of their Christianity allow the process and watched most rightly that such is a divine interventions. As an identity in the God’s creation I love everyone but to protect this in this world I seek divine purposes and holistic principles to the answers and I still need Godly ways and godly deeds and godly protections for my people and I seek fundings to do this, to use my resources and share it with the people and protects my godly interestsThank youRatu Pio Balekisuva Loco JP (Fiji)
Ratu, if I come across any sort of funding that reaches Fiji, I’ll be sure to send you an email.