Honoring Our Own People                                                                             NEWS Archives - Aug 04

Native American Sharing

Aug
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians grant over $300,000, MI
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community hosted July Northern Plains Native American Heart and Diabetes Conference at Mystic Lack Casino Hotel, MN - Event Had Hundreds
Cheyenne River Youth Project, SD receives $250,000 matching grant from Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, MN

Opportunities to Participate
Oct
12th Deadline

Voice Your Support for the Confederated Salish, Pend d'Orielle and Kootenai to operate Bison Range, MT
15th Deadline

Artrain USA will be accepting applications for the Maggie and Bob Allesee Fellowship Program, MI

Sep
19 - 26
National Museum of the Native American Opening Events, Washington DC
30 - Oct 2

Scholarships for Regional Conference: Native American Cancer Survivors
Kah-nee-ta High Desert Resort & Casino (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs) OR

Aug

12-13
Montana's Conference on Race 2004 "Partnering Indians and Non-Indians For Change" MT
NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND: Art Auction to Benefit Indian Legal Defense Fund, CO

19th
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Exhibition Pow Wow at Mall of America, MN

Opportunities to Give

Lori Piestewa Memorial Fund (Hopi Tribe) AZ

Lori Piestewa Memorial Scholarship Fund (Hopi Foundation) AZ

Opportunities to Receive

Looking for Grants? Find info at the bottom of this page
and at People News Archives, and HOOPower listings

Why Do Tribal Nations Remain Underfunded from the Federal Government?

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Aug 31 04
Banking on the Bengals: Ottawa Hills' new nickname cheers some, angers others
By Dave Murray, The Grand Rapids Press, MI

Ottawa Hills High students returning to class today found at least one big change -- they are "Bengals" instead of "Indians." The name change comes after a summer consulting with alumni and working with a graphic designer, a 1957 Ottawa Hills grad. While area American Indians cheered the decision...

Aug 29 04
Senator cites 'shameful' U.S. history
By Frank Oliveri, Advertiser Washington Bureau, HonoluluAdvertiser.com, HI

WASHINGTON - Sen. Dan Inouye said he has been an advocate for American Indian issues because of the United States' "shameful" history... "There were just outright slaughters," Inouye said. "At one time, anthropologists suggested there were as many as 53 million Indians. At the end of the Indian era there were about 250,000. This is the kind of history we have."...

Aug 28 04
OSU receives grant to study pollutant impact on American Indian tribes
Democrat-Herald, OR
CORVALLIS - Researchers from Oregon State University have received a three-year, $449,970 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to develop regional "exposure scenarios" for American Indian tribes living in different eco-regions of the United States...Participating tribes located in various eco-regions include:
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the Spokane (eastern Oregon and Washington) - lower Columbia basin plateau.
The Elem Tribe (Clear Lake, Calif.) - northwest forest/Mediterranean California.
The Swinomish (Puget Sound area, Wash.) - marine/west coast forest.
The Chippewa (Minn.) - northern forest/Great Plains.
The Aroostook Band of MicMac (Maine) - northern forest/Atlantic highland.
ThreeHoops note: Funding Indirect (Federal Grant to Nonnative University)

Aug 27 04
Art grant deadlines announced
GrandForksHerald.com, MN
Bemidji, MN - Applications are available and deadlines have been announced for several arts grants through the Region 2 Arts Council in Bemidji. The grant titles and deadlines are: R2AC Arts Project Grants, Sept. 15 and March 16, 2005; Anishinabe Arts Initiative grants, Oct. 6 and March 9, 2005; Individual Artists Grants, Oct. 13 and Feb. 9, 2005, and R2AC/McKnight Grant, Jan. 12, 2005. In these grant applications, the term "arts" refers to music, creative writing, dance, visual arts, theater and other forms of creative expression. Forms and information are available from Terri Widman at the Region 2 Arts Council in Bemidji, or call (800) 275-5447...

Aug 26 04
Tribe provides funding for tutoring programs
By safemail(); MARLA MCMACKIN Record-Eagle staff writer, MI
TRAVERSE CITY - American Indian education programs received a boost with recent grants from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians.   Traverse City Area Public Schools accepted $88,000 to support a tutoring program for American Indian students...
The Tribe granted an additional $289,000 for similar programs in the Boyne City, Charlevoix, East Jordan, Elk Rapids, Forest Area, Frankfort-Elberta and Suttons Bay school districts.

Recieved from American Indian College Fund, CO
The American Indian College Fund Names
Inaugural Recipients of Mellon Tribal College Faculty Fellowships

Aug 25 04
Recieved from ThreeHoops' member
Voice Your Support for the Confederated Salish, Pend d'Orielle and Kootenai to operate Bison Range in Mt - Deadline Oct 12
"After ten years of hard work, the Confederated Salish, Pend d'Oreille and Kootenai Tribes are on the brink of successfully implementing an Annual Funding Agreement (AFA) with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service enabling the Tribes to perform biological, visitor services, fire suppression and maintenance activities at the National Bison Range Complex." - D. Fred Matt, Tribal Chairman, Confederated Salish, Pend d'Orielle and Kootenai Tribes
Get more info direct

By MIKE STARK Of The Gazette Staff, billingsgazette.com, MT

Frustration continues to mount over a lack of funding for American Indian health care services - a shortfall estimated at $2 billion a year - and little ground has been gained recently in closing the gap between health services for Indians and for other Americans...

Aug 21 04
Mixed Results for Native American Artifact Amnesty Program

Mark Brodie, Phoenix, Arizona, www.voanews.com
Every year, millions of dollars worth of stolen American Indian artifacts change hands. Many of those items were looted from reservations. Authorities prosecute thieves when they catch them. but, the number of prosecutions fall far short of the number of thefts. So, this summer, officials in the four corner states tried something new. They offered amnesty to looters who gave their stolen items back...

Aug 20 04
Recieved from The American Indian College Fund, CO
The American Indian College Fund Launches First-Ever Ah-Day Baby Collection Aug. 20 to Raise Funds for Scholarships

Recieved from Friends Committe on National Legislation, DC
Job Opening: Director of Information Services
FCNL, a nonpartisan Quaker lobby in the public interest located in Washington, DC, seeks a Secretary for Information Services. This is a professional, executive position. The Quaker term "Secretary" may be translated as "Director." The Secretary for Information Services is a new senior staff position and will oversee the full range of FCNL's communications needs, including publications, web site, other online communications, and press secretary functions.
The Secretary will lead and direct a group of three other professional staff: the Manager for Publications (newsletter and other documents), the Director for Online Communications (web site and other), and the Technician for IT Systems. She or he will take the lead in developing FCNL's communications capacities, assist lobbyists and organizers to shape communications strategies for issues, and assist the Executive Secretary to assure the quality and effectiveness of FCNL's communication of information, analysis, and policy recommendations. The Secretary for Information Services is a full-time, salaried position requiring five or more years related experience and a three- to five-year commitment. Salary range: $46,400 to $69,700, plus benefits package, including group health, annual and sick leave, disability insurance, and public transit subsidy. We will begin reviewing applications Sept. 15 until the position is filled. To apply, email a business letter and resume to search@fcnl.org (mailto:search@fcnl.org) or mail to 245 Second St. NE, Washington, DC 20002-5795.

Aug 19 04
Recieved from Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, MN
Pow Wow Dance Exhibition at Mall of America, MN
Dancers from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and other Indian nations will perform a dance exhibition at the Mall of America in Bloomington , Minnesota as a preview to the annual Pow Wow. A whirl of colors, sights, and sounds will fill the halls as Sam Goody Central is transformed into a Pow Wow arena. Native American dancers in regalia will perform to live Pow Wow music in a dance exhibition at performances, on Thursday, August 19, 2004, at 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m.

Aug 17 04

Tribal law

By ELIZABETH PIET, The State News, Michigan State University, MI

Just like the Michigan government, the 12 federally recognized American Indian tribes in Michigan must tax their citizens, provide services and educate their children.

But according to the 1990 U.S. Census data report, the demographic has some of the lowest incomes, highest infant mortality rates, and lowest life expectancies of any ethnic group. "We've worked hard to get ourselves out of this," said Frank Ettawageshik, tribal chairman of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians of Harbor Springs. "The Indian people have been on the losing end of many issues regarding social justice...

Recieved from Indigenous News Network, CA
Dropout rate declines for all but American Indians
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Kentucky's high school dropout rate declined for a
third straight year for boys and girls alike and for all ethnic groups
except American Indian, according to data released by the state
Department of Education...

Aug 13 04
Grant aids American Indian training
By Anne Danahy adanahy@centredaily.com , Penn State's CentreDaily.com, PA

UNIVERSITY PARK - The Penn State graduate program designed to train students to be principals in American Indian schools received a $1 million federal grant Thursday...
ThreeHoops note: Funding Indirect (Federal Grant to nonnative State University)

UND gets grant to recruit American Indian nursing students
Associated Press, Grand Forks Herald.com, ND
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The University of North Dakota is getting a three-year, $566,000 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to recruit American Indian students into nursing...
ThreeHoops note: Funding Indirect (Federal Grant to nonnative State University)

Associated Press, Billingsgazette.com, MT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(AP) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to cut the budget of an American Indian housing program...

An Exxon Mobil subsidiary will pay over US$5.5 million
http://www.edie.net, Environmental Data Interactive, UK
...to settle charges that its oil spills in Utah has polluted a local Indian tribe's water supplies in Utah...

Aug 12 04
Recieved from Indigenous News Network, CA
Scholarships for Regional Conference: Native American Cancer Survivors
Sep 30 - Oct 2, Kah-nee-ta High Desert Resort & Casino, Warm Springs, OR

Your application can be sent via e-mail to c2w2@teleport.com or
postmarked on that day. A meter stamp date will not be acceptable. The
mailing address is Celeste Whitewolf, Native People’s Circle of Hope,
9770 S.W. Ventura Ct., Tigard, OR 97223. If you have any questions,
please call (503) 245-2253.

Thank you for your interest! In no more than 5 pages please answer the following questions:
1) How long have you been trying to start a cancer support group?
2) If you have had meetings, how many have you had?
3) How many people do you have involved in your group so far or if you
want to start a group, how many people do you want to attract?
4) What successes have you had?
5) What challenges have you had or would have if you tried to start a
cancer support group?
6) How would you use any the training you hope to receive in the "How To Start Your Own Cancer Support/Leadership training?"
The Scholarship Committee will be trying to determine if you have the potential to be a “Banner – Carrier,” i.e., a person who is enthusiastic about helping other survivors. So please feel to add any other information you think the committee needs to know. Only 20 scholarships will be awarded, so ACT NOW!

Drug Misuse Among American Indian Youth Called Epidemic

During the recent National Indian Health Board Consumer Conference in Oklahoma City, Okla., tribal leaders said additional funding for addiction prevention and treatment is needed to reduce epidemic levels of alcohol and other drug misuse among American Indian youth ... Several tribes had applied for funding from SAMHSA's Access to Recovery grants. Fourteen states and one tribal group were awarded grants under the $100-million program...

Aug 11 04
Voting Timeline

ThreeHoops note:
This Voting Timeline includes information on the exclusion of the Native American vote in U.S. History

Aug 10 04
Alaska's Rasmuson Foundation Funding to Native Communities

by Wanda Jean Lord, ThreeHoops.com, VA

A simple review of the Rasmuson Foundation's website including a search of their grantmaking under the word "Native" demonstrates this foundation's significant grantmaking to directly benefit Alaska Native entities.  ThreeHoops' recognizes their efforts.  For more info see: http://www.rasmuson.org/index.html

Aug 9 04
American Indian Law Program Opens at MSU College of Law
Press Release, Michigan State University, MI
... Statistically, a rather small percentage of attorneys practice in the field of Indian law and even fewer lawyers are American Indian - less than one-fifth of 1 percent of all lawyers in the United States...

Aug 8 04
Recieved from Indigenous News Network, Northern Caifornia Indian Development Corporation, CA
Talking Circles - Info from the Saksatchewan Learning Initiative

"This resource was created to provide instructional ideas in a ready-to-use lesson format for Kindergarten to Grade 12 Social Studies. Saskatchewan Learning's initiative in web-based learning provided the impetus to extend this resource offering beyond the borders of the Regina Public School Division." For more info please contact the coordinator of the project at m.boyer99@sasktel.net or the technical services consultant attached to the project, Don Wren

The Talking Circle is an excellent teaching strategy which is consistent with First Nations values. The circle symbolizes completeness.
"When you put your knowledge in a circle, it's not yours anymore, it's shared by everyone." - Douglas Cardinal, architect (Regina Leader Post, November 28, 1995).
In a Talking Circle, each one is equal and each one belongs. Students in a Talking Circle learn to listen and respect the views of others. A stick, stone or feather (something that symbolizes connectedness to the land) can be used to facilitate the circle. Whoever is holding the object has the right to speak and the others have the responsibility to listen. Those who are hesitant to speak may eventually speak because of the safety of the Talking Circle. The object "absorbs" the words said in the Circle. This emphasizes that what is shared in the Circle is not to be spread around outside the Circle. Many Talking Circles begin with words which foster the readiness of the Circle. This is an excellent opportunity to have Elders involved in the classroom. The intention is to open hearts to understand and connect with each other.

Aug 7 04
River Coalition programs boosted by $17,000 in grants
Bangor Daily News, ME
OLD TOWN - The River Coalition has received $17,000 in grant money to help pay for programs in the area... received a $5,000 grant from a variety of sources to send two representatives from the Penobscot Nation to a five-day leadership workshop in Washington, D.C. One representative will be Elizabeth Tomer, the River Coalition's American Indian program specialist. The other will be selected by Penobscot Nation officials. "What we're hoping is that they will come back and be able to lead workshops and training both for teachers and those people that work with young people, and young people themselves," Yardley said. The grant is provided by the Cummings Fund, the Frederic Future Fund, the Pine Tree Fund, the Rural Grants Fund of the Maine Community Foundation and the Dakota Fund...
ThreeHoops note: Funding Indirect (Nonnative Funds to Nonnative Nonprofit) Benefit Direct via collaboration with Tribal Nation

By Lindsay Nelson, Herald Staff Writer, The Durango Herald, CO

Even if no weapons of mass destruction or foreign terrorists find their way to Southwest Colorado, emergency-response agencies in the region will be ready. More importantly, they'll be better equipped to handle more plausible dangers, such as hazardous-material spills, water contamination or human contagions, thanks to federal grant money totaling $1.75 million...

...Acquiring the grants took a lot of work and cooperation among the five counties and two American Indian tribes in the region, said Mark Quick, with Durango Fire & Rescue. He served as the region's grant manager. "It was a tremendous undertaking," Quick said. In a very short time, all the regional agencies had to complete a massive threat-and-capabilities assessment and inventory of equipment, then reach consensus on the top priorities.

ThreeHoops note: Funding Direct (Federal Agency to Native & Nonnative entities) Benefit Direct via collaboration with Tribal Nations

Aug 6 04
Indigenous News Network Listserve

The Indigenous News Network Listserve provides
"News of interest to Native Americans, Hawaiian Natives & Alaskan Natives (Indigenous News). This is a random briefing of items that I come across that are of broad interest to American Indians. News and action requests are posted as are the occasional humorous notation. The newsletter is designed to inform you, make you think and keep a pipeline of information that is outside the mainstream media." says founder Andre Cranblit, of the Northern California Indian Development Council in California. 

To subscribe send an email to:
IndigenousNewsNetwork-subscribe@topica.com
or go to: http://www.topica.com/lists/IndigenousNewsNetwork/subscribe/?location=listinfo

Aug 5 04
National Council of Urban Indian Health
Washington, DC
The National Council of Urban Indian Health has a website rich in useful information for Native Americans.  Of particular usefullness is the Grants section listing a variety of resources and grants opportunities.  See more information

Recieved from Indigenous News Network, CA
Omushkigo Oral History Project
The Omushkego Oral History Project has been devoted to the
transcription, digitization, and preservation on CD-ROMs of a large
portion of Louis Bird's extensive collection of audiotapes documenting
Swampy Cree legends and oral history.

Recieved from Indigenous News Network, CA
DQ Wants You (employment)
D-Q University, California's only tribal college in Davis, CA is hiring for the following positions: University President, Director of Academic Affairs, Indigenous Studies Instructors, Food Services Worker, Resident Coordinator. Please check our website for job descriptions at www.dqu.edu or simply fax your resume to Personnel at (530)758-0693.

Associated Press - BillingsGazette.com, MT

GREAT FALLS (AP) -- Tribal colleges on three American Indian reservations in Montana will share more than $5.7 million in federal education grants.

The grants announced Wednesday include two totaling $3.1 million for the Blackfeet Community College; a $1.4 million grant to the Stone Child College on the Rocky Boy's Reservation and one worth more than $1.2 million for the Fort Belknap College.

"Montana is home to seven reservations and blessed with one of the nation's largest Indian populations," said Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., a member of the House Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs. "We have the colleges and the prospective students, which makes these grants all the more special."  The funds come through the U.S. Department of Education's Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities program.
ThreeHoops note: Funding Direct (Federal to Tribal Colleges) Benefits Direct

Aug 4 04

Recieved from Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, MN
Return to Traditional Ways, Urge Conference Speakers
At Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community's Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, MN

Prior Lake, Minnesota - "The Creator gave you a way of life. He wants you to be alive; he wants you to be well. A certain way of life was given to us by the Creator. It's up to us to find a way to get that back," said speaker Barb Turenne from Sioux Valley, Manitoba, Canada. Barb joined her longtime companion, Glenn Wasicuna, as the keynote speakers for the second day of the Northern Plains Native American Heart and Diabetes Conference at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel. More than 400 participants gathered for this year's event. "We have to have balance in our lives," she said....download complete Press Release

Recieved from Artrain, MI
Traveling Fellowships to Support Native American Exhibit
Artrain USA, America's Hometown Art Museum, will be accepting applications for the Maggie and Bob Allesee Fellowship Program now through October 15, 2004. Allesee Fellows will travel with Artrain USA for approximately 11 months; January to December 2005. Currently installed onboard Artrain USA is Native Views: Influences of Modern Culture, a contemporary Native American art exhibition. Comprised of 71 artworks by 54 Native American artists, Native Views explores the influence of popular culture and the many commonalties shared by all Americans. The Fellowship is open to those who have graduated from a fine arts, art history, museum studies or arts administration program within the last 3 years, have an overall GPA of 2.5 or above, are at least 21 years old at the start of the Fellowship, have an interest in community education and public service and love to travel. Please visit our website at http://www.artrainusa.org/fellow.html to download the Fellowship application and guidelines.

Parks Group Recommends Improving American Indian Research
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) today called for improved research and interpretation of American Indians at Fort Laramie National Historic Site in Wyoming at a history symposium sponsored by the park.

"The Park Service under-emphasizes the impact that Fort Laramie has had on American Indian culture and fails to appropriately educate visitors about the consequences of western emigration," said NPCA's State of the Parks(r) Program Manager for Cultural Resources Darcy Gamble. Gamble presented the nonpartisan organization's research at the National Park Service conference, "Fort Laramie: Crossroads of the West," which featured several noted scholars of western American history...

Recieved from The Ford Foundation, NY
School at the Top of the World

Aug 3 04
Tribes mull credit union
Bangor News , ME

INDIAN ISLAND - The casino   initiative may have failed, but members of the Penobscot Indian Nation aren't giving up as they continue to explore economic development opportunities for themselves and the entire American Indian population of Maine.One idea in the planning stage is to create a credit union on the reservation for use by members of all tribes in the state. It would be the first credit union of its type in New England. "The best thing about the casino initiative is it fired people's imaginations," Craig Sanborn, Indian Island Housing Authority director, said recently. "It shook people out of the status quo." After the casino initiative ended, Penobscot Nation Chief Barry Dana started talking to tribal members to brainstorm economic opportunities, according to Sanborn.

HSU's Professional Development Offering Tribal Concentrations
The Eureka Reporter, CA
Humboldt State University's American Indian Professional Development certificate programs offer opportunities for community residents to learn skills toward careers in education and health, according to an HSU news release.
Two concentrations are available, American Indian Education and Tribal Health and Human Services. Each certificate requires the completion of five academic courses, three units each, for a total of 15 units. Each class costs $390, including academic credit.

For more info: Humbolt State University, American Indian Education - Professional Development Certificate Programs

$100 Million in Grants to Support Substance Abuse Treatment
Federal Dept of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- President Bush today announced $100 million in Access to Recovery grants to provide people seeking drug and alcohol treatment with vouchers for a range of appropriate community-based services. By providing vouchers, the grant program promotes client choice, expands access to a broad array of clinical treatment and recovery support services, including services provided by faith- and community- based programs, and increases substance abuse treatment capacity.

The grants are being awarded to 14 states and one tribal organization. Three-year grants are being awarded to California, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and the California Rural Indian Health Board.

California Rural Indian Health Board -- Awarded $5.7 million per year for each of three years for a total of approximately $17.1 million. This coalition of California tribes, tribal and urban Indian health professionals, and substance abuse clinical treatment and recovery support service providers is seeking to provide every American Indian or Alaska Native in California with a substance abuse problem access to treatment opportunities that will foster recovery. The program will allow patients to select among Indian and non-Indian providers of services; traditional native spiritual and mainstream faith-based services; restrictive or non-restrictive environments; and discrete or wrap-around services. All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are available at http://www.hhs.gov/news

ThreeHoops note: Grantmaking Direct (Federal grant to Native nonprofit serving native populations) Benefit Direct

Aug 2 04
Literacy program targets American Indian children
NMBW Staff, New Mexico Business Weekly, NM
New Mexico's tribes and pueblos have been given new resources to improve early literacy skills among American Indian children thanks to $745,575 in federal funding.
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, R.-N.M., as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured the funding last Friday and the state Education Department awarded it to KNME-TV, the PBS station owned and operated by the Albuquerque Public Schools and the University of New Mexico.

ThreeHoops note: Funding Indirect (Federal to State Education Department to NonNative Public Nonprofit) Benefit Indirect
Honoring Our Own Point of View: A quick reading of the the above story leaves the impression that New Mexico's Tribes and Pueblos are recieving something DIRECTLY, The direct funding benefit remains among nonNatives, though an indirect benefit of increased and appropriate resources may possbily accrue to the Tribes and Pueblos of New Mexico, as well as all residents of the state, the Tribes and Pueblos did not recieve any funding.

Deadlines
Oct 1

Starbucks Foundation
Dec 1
Taproot Foundation

Jan 1
Native American Journalists Association: Professional Development Fellowships
Deadlines Multiple

Bank of America Foundation

CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children

PNC Charitable Trusts Committee, PA

Sparkplug Foundation, NY

The Daniels Fund

The Recording Academy(R)
Verizon Foundation

For more information on Foundation grantmaking to Native American issues check out HOOPower

Federal

Federal funding to Native Americans has diminished from 1980 - 2000;

Over 24% of Native Americans in the United States live in poverty, the highest % in the U.S.

In Aug 04 at least 15/48 Fed Grants Notices do not list federally recognized Tribal governments as eligible to apply for grants from a variety of US Funding Agencies.

ThreeHoops note: We are currently updating information from Aug Fed Grant Notices - we are working to complete the information below, meanwhile new Federal Grants Notices Application Deadline Dates will appear highlighted below in teal.

Aug Announcements - Possible Funding Opportunities for Tribal Nations

33/48 Application Opportunities (based on notices reviewed)

1 Targeted toward less than 13% of all Tribal Nations (Federally Recognized)

0 Targeted toward Tribal Nations along with Hispanic and/or Historically Black Institutions and other educational institutions

0 Targeted toward Tribal Colleges

1 Targeted toward states and/or others for which Tribes, and/or Tribal Colleges, and/or NA Nonprofits may be included as eligible applicants

1 Targeted toward units of government including Tribal Nations (federally recognized)
25 Targeted toward a variety of public or nonprofit entities and also list Tribal Nations as eligible to apply

0 Targeted toward Native American organization(s)

0 Targeted toward Native American Small Businesses
5 Targeted as "Unrestricted"
0 Targeted toward "Others"

Deadline

Multiple Deadlines
US HHS ALCOHOL EDUCATION PROJECT GRANTS (R25)
US HHS NLM RESOURCE GRANT IN BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS/BIOINFORMATICS (P41)
US HHS NLM RESEARCH GRANTS IN BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS AND BIOINFORMATICS (R01)
US HHS NINR CAREER TRANSITION AWARD (K22)
US HHS NIBIB RESEARCH SUPPLEMENTS TO PROMOTE CLINICAL RESIDENT RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
US HHS DEVELOPMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR POPULATION
US HHS NIDDK EDUCATION PROGRAM GRANTS (R25)
US HHS CANCER PREVENTION RESEARCH SMALL GRANT PROGRAM
US HHS SCHOOL-BASED INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT OBESITY
Aug 30

US EPA Making Smart Growth Work: Reuse and Revitalization of Vacant and Abandoned Properties, Request for Initial Proposals (RFIP)
Sep 1 US HHS Fiscal Year 2005 Competitive Application Cycle for Service Area: Competition for Consolidated Health Center Program (CHCP)
Sep 8 US HHS Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program
Sep 9 US DOJ: FY 2004 Weed and Seed Program Guide and Application Kit: Competitive Sites Jul 04 Grants Notice
Sep 9
US DOJ: FY 2004 BJA Law Enforcement Response to Human Trafficking
USDA Grazing Lands Assistance for Education and Outreach
Sep 10 USDA: Conservation Partnership Initiative (CPI) Jul 04 Grants Notice
ThreeHoops note: Native American Possible Funding Obstacle - The above grant from the USDA lists tribal governments as "eligible" to apply however requires that applications are made to a State first, and that the State forward recommended applications to the federal government for consideration

Sep 13 USDA: Community Connect Grant Program Jul 04 Grants Notice
Sep 13 US DoED Special Demonstration Programs--Model Demonstration Projects--Positive Psychology
Sep 15 US DOC: Community-based Habitat Restoration Project Grants Jul 04 Grants Notice
Sep 17
US EPA: Pollution Prevention Internship Program Jul 04 Grants Notice
Wetland Protection Project Grants Request for Initial Proposals Jul 04 Grants Notice
Sep 20 Rural Health Network Development Grant Program Jul 04 Grants Notice
Sep 20 Rural Health Network Development Grant Program
Oct 1
US DOC: FY2005 Coastal Services Center (CSC) Remote Sensing for Coastal Management Jul 04 Grants Notice
US DOC: FY2005 Coastal Services Center (CSC) Application of Spatial Technology for Coastal Management Jul 04 Grants Notice
US DOC: FY2005 Coastal Services Center (CSC) Environmental Characterization of a Coastal Estuary, Watershed, or Special Management Area located entirely or in part within California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Pacific U.S. Island Territories, or the Jul 04 Grants Notice
US DOC: FY2005 Coastal Services Center (CSC) Integrated Ocean Observing Systems Jul 04 Grants Notice
US NEH: Grants for Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development Jul 04 Grants Notice
Oct 1 FY2005 Coastal Services Center (CSC) Environmental Characterization of a Coastal Estuary, Watershed, or Special Management Area located entirely or in part within California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Pacific U.S. Island Territories, or the
Oct 4 US NSF: Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research Jul 04 Grants Notice
Oct 4 US EPA Making Smart Growth Work: Reuse and Revitalization of Vacant and Abandoned Properties, Request for Initial Proposals (RFIP)
Oct 5 US DOC: Ecological Effects of Sea Level Rise (SLR) Jul 04 Grants Notice
Oct 13 US NSF: Earth System History Jul 04 Grants Notice
Oct 18
US DOC: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education & Training (B-WET) Program Jul 04 Grants Notice
US NSF: Tribal Colleges and Universities Program Jul 04 Grants Notice
Oct 18 US NSF Research on Gender in Science and Engineering
Oct 20 US EPA: DHS-EPA Cooperative Center of Excellence on the Methods and Science to Conduct Microbial Risk Assessment in Support of Homeland Security Objectives Jul 04 Grants Notice
Oct 21 US DOC: Automated Flood Warning Systems (AFWS) Program Jul 04 Grants Notice
Oct 22 US EPA 2004 Request for Proposals Drinking Water Tribal Set Aside Grants
ThreeHoops note: A total of 8 grants are expected to be available to Tribal Nations located in CA, NV or AZ only.  Hundreds of Tribal Nations exist in CA, NV and AZ.
Oct 27 US DOC: Coastal Hypoxia Research Program (CHRP) Jul 04 Grants Notice
Oct 28
US ED: Reading Comprehension and Reading Scale-up Research Jul 04 Grants Notice
US ED: Mathematics and Science Education Research Jul 04 Grants Notice
US ED: Secondary Analysis of Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress Jul 04 Grants Notice
Oct 29 US DOC: NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP) with Minority Serving Institutions (MSI), Environmental Entrepreneurship Program (EEP) Jul 04 Grants Notice
Nov 1
US DOC: National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) Program FY05 Jul 04 Grants Notice
US HHS: Family Planning Services Grants
Nov 1
US NSF: Documenting Endangered Languages
US NEH Challenge Grants
Nov 15