“UNDERSTANDING THE RESOURCES AND INVOLVEMENT NEEDED IS IMPERATIVE
WHEN MOVING FORWARD”-Barb Fabre, Indigenous Visioning Chief Executive Officer
RESOURCES
WEST CENTRAL INITIATIVE
Our Strategic Priorities for the next three years:
Reimagine Regional. We’ll aim to develop a greater unity and pride in our unique geographic region while being cognizant of our increasingly global lives. We will foster mutually beneficial connections, model cosmopolitanism, and stand for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Invest in Local. We’ll aim to invest in new strategies that build resiliency across sectors and localities, honor the unique assets of each community, and ensure our children have the support they need to grow and thrive.
Educate, Activate, Celebrate. We’ll aim to cultivate a greater sense of possibility and confidence in what we can do together, building capacity inside our organization and across our region to seize opportunities, try new things, and learn from all we do.
GRANTS PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES FOR NATIVE YOUTH IN THE U.S. AND CANADA
The N7 Fund, an initiative of Nike, is committed to creating early positive experiences in sports and physical activity for Native American and Indigenous youth in Canada and the United States. The N7 Fund provides grants to nonprofit organizations, federally-recognized tribes, and registered First Nations serving the Native American or Indigenous communities in the United States and Canada that provide programs with a sports or physical activity focus for youth 18 years of age or younger. The application deadline is April 16, 2021. Visit the Nike website to learn more about the N7 Fund.
Don Hickman: Vice President for Community & Workforce Development
Initiative Foundation
Website: ifound.org
Office: (320) 631-2043
Mobile: (218) 821-5623
Email: dhickman@ifound.org
OJIBWE RESOURCES
While there are other Ojibwemowin resource websites, Indigenous Visioning is utilizing the “The Ojibwe People’s Dictionary” which is a searchable, talking Ojibwe-English dictionary that features the voices of Ojibwe speakers. It is also a gateway into the Ojibwe collections at the Minnesota Historical Society. Speakers of Ojibwe consider their language to be precise, descriptive, and visual, and feel that it is among the greatest treasures of their cultural heritage.