AIFEP Grants Awarded in June 2020

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Painting by Anishinabe artist, Karen Savage, 2018. Anishinabe writer Marcie Rendon, and granddaughter, Anna Cardon, March 2020 Epidemic Pandemic Fun

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On June 10, Tiwahe Foundation awarded nine new AIFEP and six COVID-19 artist response grants. Congratulations to all of the grantees! 

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Joanna Boyer:

For additional tuition resources and the freedom of a dependable laptop, a home printer, and workspace. Resources will continue to help the grantee to work part-time. Impact areas: education and health and wellness.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

Peyton Counts:

To begin Ph.D. coursework in clinical psychology and work on a thesis focused on Native American suicide prevention. Impact areas: education and health and wellness.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

Michael Loso:

Reach the goal of completing 26 academic credits toward undergraduate degree with a GPA of 3.6 or higher. Impact area: education.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

Apryl Joe:

To increase my knowledge and awareness about trauma work and healing focusing on non-Native and Indigenous approaches and practices. This learning will include conducting informational interviews with Native organizations who are doing similar work, interviewing Indigenous elders to learn more about traditional healing and wellness practices, plus developing an Indigenous healing framework that can be used to support Indigenous people with their own self-healing journey.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

George McCauley:

To develop Project Hawatay to serve as an educational resource on video for Omaha language, values, and culture, including the necessary cultural protocols for developing these resources. Impact area: culture.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

Lisa Skjefte:

To participate in Summer 2020 summer classes to complete a Master’s degree in Public Health at the University of Minnesota. Impact area: Education and health and wellness.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

Roy Taylor:

To purchase the necessary equipment, software, and services that will assist me to produce and broadcast radio quality documentaries, and weekly community radio broadcast. I will also produce and stage theatrical drama, comedy, storytelling, and performance opportunities. Impact area: economic independence.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

Kira Vanderlan:

To start a home organization and design business. Impact area: economic independence.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

Lauren Panklow:

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COVID-19 artist grants awarded in June 2020 

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]$1,000 grants were awarded to the following artists to share their work with the Tiwahe Foundation to demonstrate our resilience in times of pandemic. Tiwahe will share their work on our website and thought social media. Congratulations to the artists! 

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Robert Desjarlait: visual arts, Isabelle LaBlanc: poetry, Tom LaBlanc: poetry, Pearl Swaney: poetry, Marcie Rendon: writing and visual arts, and Will Robinson: hip hop. 

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New round of funding for American Indian Family Empowerment Program and Oyate Network Project Grants.

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Supporting Tiwahe through #GiveAtHomeMN

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Tiwahe Foundation Receives COVID19 Funds

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The Tiwahe Foundation was one of 22 place-based community foundations awarded grants through the Minnesota Council on Foundations’ Minnesota Disaster Recovery Fund.

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“This grant will be added to our current programs funded by the F. R. Bigelow Foundation through the Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation, the Bush Foundation and the Blandin Foundation. We will increase the grant dollars available to American Indians in Minnesota through three different programs,” Tiwahe Foundation Executive Director Shirley Sneve said, “We are truly grateful for this support in challenging times facing our relatives”.
There are two deadlines for proposals: May 6 and September 6.

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We are storytellers. Let’s use the opportunity to hear from each other and listen. The lessons and stories of our ancestors resonate more now than ever. Grants of $1,000 will be awarded to Twin Cities Minnesota American Indian artists who submit stories of healing and resilience. Proposals will be accepted in any artistic genre, such as prose, poetry, traditional arts, visual arts, performance, video or audio. The content will be housed on the website, www.tiwahefoundation.org and actively promoted through social media. Artists will retain copyright to their work.

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Melissa Olson Joins the Tiwahe Foundation Staff

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Boozhoo Relatives,

[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”25″][vc_column_text]I am excited to join the Tiwahe Foundation as the newly hired Program Director. First, I want to say thank you to everyone who has taken time to welcome me to the Tiwahe Foundation. I look forward to working with our Tiwahe team, our community partners, our grantees, and our Oyate leaders to strengthen our Circle of Giving.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”25″][vc_column_text]A little bit about myself – I am a mixed-heritage Anishinaabekwe, a proud tribal citizen of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe at Leech Lake, with relatives also from White Earth and Lac Courte Oreilles communities. I am graduate of the University of Minnesota, and I’ve worked in the Twin Cities Native communities for the past two and a half decades in various roles. I live in Minneapolis with my longtime partner John, and our dog Bronson.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”25″][vc_column_text]I come to my work with the Tiwahe Foundation having divided my time over the past two years between my role at KFAI Fresh Air Radio as the co-managing editor of our audio storytelling program and my role as the Director of Creative Evaluation at Inspire to Change, a consulting firm in St. Paul, Minnesota. I feel both roles have prepared me to help tell the stories of our relationship to our land and to one another as we tell the stories of Tiwahe’s Oyate Network Leaders and Family Empowerment grantees.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”25″][vc_column_text]My own story would not be possible without the love and support of the Tiwahe Foundation. As Program Director, it’s my intention to give back to our communities by building on the trust and support shown to me over the past decade. The value that we place in giving and sharing with one another is vital to keeping the Circle of Giving strong, and I am committed to do my very best to strengthen and build our individual and collective capacity. I look forward to working with you all![/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”25″][vc_column_text]Mii gwech! Thank you![/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”25″][vc_column_text]Melissa Olson[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Tiwahe Foundation Announces COVID19 Initiative

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[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][image_with_animation image_url=”4636″ alignment=”center” animation=”Fade In”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]The Tiwahe Foundation Board of Directors is redirecting some of its funds to increase Family Empowerment Program and Oyate Leadership Network grants to address needs brought on by the COVID19 pandemic. Nonetheless, how can these limited funds have lasting impact in this new reality? There are many folks who have lost their jobs, many who are struggling at home—juggling work and children—just trying to stay safe and healthy. How can Tiwahe’s values of family, respect, trust, generosity, the circle of giving and the Indigenous World View be a beacon of hope in trying times?

We are storytellers. Let’s use the opportunity to hear from each other and listen. The lessons and stories of our ancestors resonate more now than ever. Seven grants of $1,000 will be awarded to Twin Cities Minnesota American Indian artists who submit stories of healing and resilience. Proposals will be accepted in any artistic genre, such as prose, poetry, traditional arts, visual arts, performance, video or audio. The content will be housed on the website, www.tiwahefoundation.org and actively promoted through social media. Artists will retain copyright to their work.

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January 2020

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Welcoming 2020
Nicole MartinRogers elected Chair of the Board of Directors
Nicole MartinRogers (White Earth Band of Ojibwe) was elected chair at the Tiwahe Foundation’s December meeting. Kathy Denman-Wilke (Saginaw Chippewa) is vice-chair, Nikki Pieratos Love (Boise Forte Band of Ojibwe) is treasurer, and Wakinyan LaPointe (Rosebud Sioux) is secretary. Other board members are Amanda Norman (White Earth Ojibwe), immediate past chair; Joe Regguinti (Leech Lake Ojibwe); and Mary Kunesh Podein (Standing Rock Sioux). John Fetzer (White Earth Ojibwe), Paul Meyer (White Earth Ojibwe), and Valerie Shangreaux (Oglala Sioux) resigned.
“Tiwahe Foundation is an amazing organization to be involved with and to donate to! Tiwahe’s approach to community giving embodies American Indian values such as truth, wisdom, love, and respect. Tiwahe Foundation was built through gifts from our community, and we give grants to community members to honor and support them in growing as individuals and working toward their goals, which ultimately strengthens family and community ties. I really appreciate Tiwahe’s strength-based and values-centered approach to working in the American Indian community.” said MartinRogers, who is the Senior Research Manager at Wilder Research.
Tiwahe is looking for new Board Members!
The Tiwahe Foundation Board of Directors is looking for new members. Up to five new members will be elected in 2020. Newly elected Board Members will be elected for a three-year term. Directors may serve three consecutive terms, for a total of up to nine years. Download the application here:  https://tiwahefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/BOD_Member_Application_2020.pdf
Areas, where the Board desires greater representation, include:
· American Indian tribal members or descendants of tribal members.
· Have significant experience with or knowledge of the Twin Cities American Indian community.
· Reflect the diversity of the American Indian community with respect to tribal affiliation, place of residence, age, gender, and socio-economic background.
· With broad connections to the Indian community who bring specific skills and expertise.
· Individuals who represent different income levels in the Native community and who are engaged in day-to-day work with strong ties and involvement in American Indian communities.
· The Board of Directors of this corporation shall consist of no fewer than seven, and no more than twelve, persons.
Events
Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women: Panel Discussion & Community Conversation
When:​ Saturday, February 1, 2020 (12 p.m.-3 p.m.)
Where: ​Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College Amphitheater, 2101 14th St., Cloquet, MN 55720
Why: ​Discuss recent legislative action in support of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), hear from local leaders, and brainstorm actionable steps we can take to build solutions together.
What​: Panelists are Sarah Curtiss (Men as Peacemakers), Rose Whipple (Indigenous youth leaders), Rene Ann Goodrich (Native Lives Matter), and State Representative Mary Kunesh Podein (41B). Following the panel, there will be a community conversation.
Lunch will be provided. This event is free and open to all, but space is limited, so RSVP here: ​shorturl.at/nqILN 
Grantee Highlight: Toni StillDay
” The powerful medicine and relationships that developed out of our first MMIW Red Ribbon Skirt Making event in 2019 were amazing and it was more of an educational event. This year we wanted to dive deeper by making the skirts in a singular design as a show of unity amongst the Indigenous participants and to ask the non-Indigenous women from Mobile Menders to walk in Solidarity with us on the February 14, MMIW walk. We shared our stories and spoke candidly about how we as Indigenous women are impacted by stereotypes which objectify, sexualize, dehumanize, and make us disposable. We wanted them to see us as we truly are, vibrant, intelligent, caring, beautiful women and to show them that the MMIW crisis is not an Indigenous women’s issue it is a Women’s issue. The day was powerful as we walked in the door as strangers and left in sisterhood! Thank you to the Tiwahe Foundation for finding this event where healing occurred and medicine was made in sisterhood! Chi-miigwech!”
-Toni Stillday
Toni StillDay received a Family Empowerment Program grant with the impact area of Health & Wellness in the Fall of 2019. One of her grant objectives was to host a Ribbon Skirt making event. Continuing her growing partnership with  Mobile Menders , Stillday organized a skirt making event, hosted at Tiwahe Offices on January 25, 2020. Each participant was joined by a mobile mender to assist in creating their red skirts for upcoming events in February.
To find out more about our Family Empowerment Program, visit our website or email: program@tiwahefoundation.org

December 2019

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December 2019

Family Empowerment Program

grant applications due

January 6, 2020

 To find out more: visit tiwahefoundation.org
The Family Empowerment Program supports an individual or family in pursuit of professional, educational, or cultural opportunities. Grants range from $500 to $2,500. Impact areas include Culture, Education, Economic Independence, and Health & Wellness.
The Oyate Network Project Grant is for alumni of our Leadership Program. If you have questions about your eligibility please email our Program Director, Hannah Smith, @ program@tiwahefoundation.org

Circle of Giving:

Honoring Community Wisdom
Author Edgar Villanueva and Rapper Tall Paul were featured at the Tiwahe Foundation’s annual fundraising event. Attended by 200 people, the event also featured storytelling by former grantee Brook Lafloe. New Foundation CEO & President Shirley Sneve was introduced. The former director of Vision Maker Media, Sneve and member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, begins full time in December. The Sioux Chef catered the event.

From the Community

From Native News Online
Dr. LaNada War Jack at Grand Valley State University reflecting on the Occupation of Alcatraz.
Native News Online photograph by Levi Rickert
Special to Native News Online
(Published November 20, 2019)
The Occupation of Alcatraz is one of the most significant benchmarks in the history of the struggle for Native American political sovereignty. Native People took a stand against the colonial powers and reconnected with their lost identities culture and spirituality.

From First Nations Development Institute
“In We Need to Change How We Think: Perspectives on Philanthropy’s Underfunding of Native Communities and Causes , a recently published report co-authored by Frontline Solutions and First Nations Development Institute, it was suggested that some barriers to investment in American Indian communities are explained by the data disaggregation process, especially for funders who use data as their mandate to invest. Because Native populations are smaller than those of other disadvantaged groups, Native issues aren’t represented well in the data. Respondents in the report claim this can often result in the bureaucratic invisibility of the Native population, given the absolute scale and numbers in relation to the overall population. This, one suspects, leads to assumptions about the overall scale and impact that investing in Native populations can have in comparison to larger groups such as Black or Latinx populations.”

View Newsletter here

Shirley Sneve as New CEO
Connect and learn more at Tiwahe’s Circle of Giving Event, November 14

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Shirley brings a powerful range of experience to this work. Most recently, as executive director at Vision Maker Media (VMM) she has helped VMM empower and engage Native People to share stories that represent the cultures, experiences, and values of Native Americans through Public Broadcasting. A member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Shirley served as director of Arts Extension Service in Amherst, MA, and the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science’s Visual Arts Center in Sioux Falls, SD. She has been an adjunct professor of Native American Studies and began her career as a producer at South Dakota Public Broadcasting. Shirley is secretary of the Native Americans in Philanthropy Board of Directors.

“I am very excited that Shirley Sneve will be taking the role of Tiwahe President and CEO,” said Tiwahe Foundation Board Chair Amanda Norman. “In her new position, Shirley will continue to exemplify a dedication to philanthropy, collaboration and support within our American Indian and broader communities. Please join me in celebrating our success and welcoming Shirley as the new President and CEO of The Tiwahe Foundation at our Circle of Giving Event on November 14.”

“I have long admired the work the Tiwahe Foundation does to support and invest in Minnesota’s American Indian community,” said Shirley. “I’m truly honored to join the team and have this opportunity to work alongside the Board and staff as we pursue the Foundation’s mission.”

Shirley will start at the Tiwahe Foundation part-time on November 11th, join us at our November 14th Circle of Giving event, and start full time on December 2nd.

For questions or for more information please contact Roger Meyer, Interim Director, at interim@tiwahefoundation.org.About the Tiwahe Foundation
Founded in 1993, the Tiwahe Foundation is a place for giving—and giving back—that benefits the well-being of American Indian people and communities in Minnesota. We are a community foundation of friends and supporters—Indian and non-Indian—who have resources, time, and talents to share. Together, we all work to unleash more philanthropy and generosity that are not only held within every person but also embodied collectively. We think of this as the Circle of Giving—a continuous cycle of success grounded in indigenous culture that recognizes that giving benefits both giver and receiver.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

November 2017

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Tiwahe Foundation Honors October 2017 AIFEP Grantees
Congratulations to the American Indian Family Empowerment Program Fund leadership grantees!
AIFEP strives to reverse the social, educational and economic challenges facing American Indians by investing in human capital, skills and cultural strengths through three priority areas: cultural connections, educational achievement and economic self-sufficiency. Over the past 20 years, the AIFEP fund has awarded over 800 individuals close to $1.5 million.
These grants are made in partnership with the Two Feathers Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation.
Goal 1 Preserving & Renewing Cultural Connections
Miskwa-Mukwa Desjarlait (Red Lake Ojibwe)to purchase Quillwork materials to continue traditional Quill making workshops.
Thomas Kenote (Menominee & Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe)to purchase traditional lacrosse sticks for the Creator’s Game.
Goal 2 Educational Achievement
Mika Barrett (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe)to support her Masters Degree program in Social Work at the University of Minnesota.
Nicole DeCoteau-Vause (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe)to support her School Counselor Licensure program at Adler School for Counseling.
Pamela Gokey (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe)to support her Bachelors of Arts Degree program at the University of Wisconsin.
Indigena Lawrence (White Earth Ojibwe)to support her Masters Degree program in Health Administration at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.
Angel Swann (White Earth Ojibwe) to support tuition and living expenses while attending her first year at Northland College.
Brooklin Wimbish (White Earth Ojibwe) to support her undergraduate degree while attending Mankato State University.
Goal 3 Economic Self-Sufficiency
Alicia De La Cruz (Mille Lacs Ojibwe) to support her businesses, “Leesha’s Lacquer” and “Waabooz Beading”
Leya Hale (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota)to purchase camera equipment to support her business in community filmmaking projects.
Rhiana Yazzie (Navajo Nation) to support for her debut film, “A Winter Love.”
Update from Tiwahe Foundation Board of Directors
on Transition
Change is good when made under great leadership and inside of a healthy organization. The Tiwahe Foundation has had remarkable leadership in Kelly Drummer. In recent years, The Tiwahe Foundation has achieved several monumental goals that will ensure that our mission is fulfilled and its culture of philanthropy is active and healthy in perpetuity. Along with a strong reserve, the codification of internal policies and procedures, continued success of our endowment campaign and a strong group of directors, we recently launched a large scale research, evaluation and data collection project with the support and partnership of Grotto Foundation and Northwest Area Foundation.
The data was collected from over 800 of our Tiwahe Foundation grantees and will illustrate the remarkable impact that the Tiwahe Foundation, its donors and partners, have had on our American Indian communities. Early data from this research appears that an investment in Tiwahe provides at least a four-fold return!
The published data and narratives will provide us and our new leader with even more meaningful conversations that will champion The Tiwahe Foundation. It’s a very exciting time for the organization! As directors, we know very well that our donors have and will continue to have a remarkable impact on the organization, its new leadership and our American Indian communities. The board of directors are also fully committed to a clear and measurable message that also supports Tiwahe’s culture of philanthropy and we are seeking new leadership that will likewise sustain and nurture this culture over time.
As you know, The Tiwahe Foundation Board of Directors have assembled a search team comprised of both board members and at-large members of our communities. The search team is currently working alongside the search firm, Ballinger Leafblad in an active search for the new Tiwahe Foundation CEO and President. The Tiwahe Foundation CEO and President official position profile has been published nationally. BL is eager to hear from candidates that have a passion for what we do! If you have any questions or thoughts about the search feel free to contact Lars Leafblad or Marcia Ballinger at http://www.ballingerleafblad.com/contact-us/
Sincerely,
Tiwahe Foundation Board of Directors
Please Join Us for a Very Special Night
Tiwahe Foundation Circle of Giving
Keynote Speaker KAREN DIVER
Karen Diver served as Chairwoman of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa from 2007-20015. She was then appointed by President Obama to be the Special Assistant to the President for Native American Affairs, serving to the end of the Administration. Karen currently serves as Faculty Fellow for Inclusive Excellence at The College of St. Scholastica.
Join us to honor Kelly Drummer and celebrate the work of Tiwahe Grantees and the importance of language, culture, education and giving in our community.
By supporting the 2017 Circle of Giving event, you will help Tiwahe Foundation grow as a Community Foundation for the American Indian Community, honor our grantees, affirm our community, introduce more people to our work and build support to achieve our endowment goal.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2017
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
McNamara Alumni Center
University of Minnesota 200 Oak St. Minneapolis, MN 55455
Parking available at the University Avenue Ramp
6:00 Hors d’Oeuvres and cash bar, Reception and Networking
7:00 Program and Dessert
Purchase tickets online by November 20th

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