Shakopee tribe and American Heart Association launch new health initiative with American Indian Cancer Foundation
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Shakopee tribe and American Heart Association launch new health initiative with American Indian Cancer Foundation
Read More »Fertile Ground Grant Program will promote planning of health and nutrition policy work benefiting Native American communities
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) today announced the creation of a $200,000 grant program to support innovative nutrition-based, health-focused advocacy efforts in Native American communities. The American Indian Cancer Foundation (AICAF) will serve as the intermediary partner for the new Fertile Ground Grant Program, administering the program and providing technical assistance to grant recipients.
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Shakopee tribe, Walmart Foundation, and Kullman family collaborate to fund major Johns Hopkins pilot project in Native American communities
Read More »Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health will deliver and evaluate innovative nutrition, food access, and physical fitness program
Baltimore, Maryland – The Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health (CAIH) announced today a funding collaboration to support its Healthy Futures initiative, a comprehensive program designed to significantly improve health and nutrition in tribal communities.
The collaboration includes a $250,000 grant from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) through its Seeds of Native Health philanthropic campaign to improve Native American nutrition; a $150,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation; and support from the Michael and Ellen Kullman family.
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Economic and dietary health of Native Americans hangs in the balance with 2018 Farm Bill, according to major new report
Read More »Most comprehensive assessment ever written of Farm Bill risks and opportunities for tribes, Native American producers, and urban Native American communities lays the foundation for unified advocacy
Current efforts by the United States Congress to write the 2018 Farm Bill will have significant consequences for the 5 million Native Americans and Alaskan Natives in the United States. A new tribal report concludes that Native communities must be prepared to better advocate for their interests, defend programs on which their most vulnerable members depend, and look for new ways to achieve greater food sovereignty and food security through increased self-reliance and reform of federal policies.
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Shakopee Mdewakanton and First Nations partnership impacts more than 6,000 people in 53 native communities
Read More »First Nations Development Institute’s “Growing Food Sovereignty in Native Communities” Report Illustrates Positive Impact of Seeds of Native Health Grants
LONGMONT, Colorado (June 6, 2017) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today published Growing Food Sovereignty in Native Communities: Impact Report 2015-2016. This new report illustrates the significantly positive impact its work has had on Native American communities under First Nations’ participation in the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s (SMSC) Seeds of Native Health campaign.
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community increases Native American nutrition campaign to $10 million
Read More »Additional $5 million commitment and new strategic partnerships expand Minnesota tribe’s Seeds of Native Health philanthropic campaign
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) announced today that it is committing an additional $5 million in new funding over the next two years to its Seeds of Native Health campaign. This raises the campaign’s funding total to $10 million and represents the single-largest coordinated philanthropic effort in American history focused on improving Native American nutrition.
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Historic partnership forged to address Native food crisis
Read More »Shakopee Mdewakanton to be first tribe to fund national AmeriCorps VISTA project serving 10 Tribal nations; volunteers will help tribes improve food access and nutrition
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) announced today its partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) to create a cadre of “Native Food Sovereignty Fellows.” The 21 initial fellows will be AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers working in teams in 10 low-resource Native American communities to establish and stabilize food sovereignty efforts, food systems, and tribal economies that build economic opportunities around food and agriculture.
As an initiative of its Seeds of Native Health campaign to improve Native American nutrition and food access, the SMSC is providing a $200,000 gift to fund the cost-share for VISTA members’ living allowance in the first year of the program. This represents the first time in VISTA’s 52-year history in which a tribe is providing funding to deploy VISTA members nationally.
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First-ever scientific conference on Native American nutrition calls for alignment of Indigenous knowledge and academic research
Read More »Two-day national convening focuses on dietary health crisis in Indian Country
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and the University of Minnesota’s Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute last week hosted a milestone event in the growing movement to restore Native American health by reclaiming traditional diets and foodways and increasing access to nutritious food.
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Groundbreaking conference advances Native health and nutrition policy efforts
Read More »Last week the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) convened nearly 200 Native leaders, Native youth advocates, and national philanthropic organizations to advance policy work relating to nutrition, food access, and health outcomes within Native American communities.
