ANA Success Stories
2007 Success Stories
- Fort Belknap College: The Fort Belknap Reservation spans 675,147 acres in northern Montana, and is the home of the Assiniboine (Nakoda) and Gros Ventre (White Clay) people. There are over 5,200 enrolled community members, of which 2,900 reside on the Reservation. At the time this project was proposed, about eight fluent White Clay speakers remained. (More...)
- Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon: The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde (CTGR) Community’s reservation spans 9,800 acres in northwest Oregon. CTGR is composed of more than 20 Tribes and bands whose traditional lands included regions throughout western Oregon and northern California. The Tribe currently enrolls approximately 5,000 community members. (More...)
- Hoopa Valley Tribe: The Hoopa Valley Tribe is located in the Klamath-Trinity Mountains of northern California. Hoopa Valley is home to over 2,500 residents, of which nearly 2,300 are Native Americans of Hoopa, Karuk or Yurok origins. (More...)
- Intersections, Inc.: Intersections Inc. is a non-profit faith-based organization founded in 2002 and based in American Samoa. The mission of Intersections, Inc. is to make lasting positive differences in the lives of families by empowering them to break the cycle of poverty by improving the physical, social and spiritual aspects of family life. (More...)
- Kaw Nation: During the 1870s, the Kaw people lived in what is now Kansas when land seizures forced the Tribe’s relocation to its present territory in Oklahoma. Based near Kaw City, the Kaw Tribe has 2,777 enrolled members. (More...)
- Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians: The Lac du Flambeau Tribe is located in northern Wisconsin on land that the Tribe has inhabited since 1745. The Tribe implemented the Youth Entrepreneurship Project for middle school and high school students. Unemployment and poverty within the community is high; by instituting this Project the Tribe hoped to spearhead the revitalization of the individual enterprises within the reservation. An additional benefit was that youth took part in leadership and community service, which helped promote civic and cultural responsibility. (More...)
- Oceti Wakan: Founded in 1994, Oceti Wakan is a nonprofit Native American faith-based organization whose primary goal is the preservation of Lakota culture. The organization develops language books, CDs and school curricula to further its cultural preservation goals. (More...)
- Organized Village of Kasaan: The Organized Village of Kasaan, the oldest Haida village in Alaska, was established in 1934 and is one of four Tribes located on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. The remote location of Kasaan has a significant impact on the community, as it directly affects the cost of supplies, transportation options, and other basic goods and services. (More...)
- Pueblo of Laguna: The Pueblo of Laguna Reservation encompasses 533,000 acres of land situated 45 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The reservation is currently home to over 4,200 Pueblo community members concentrated in six villages: Laguna, Mesita, Paguate, Encinal, Seama, and Paraje. (More...)
- Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma: Members of the Sac and Fox Tribe are descendents of the Sauk and Fox, two Algonquian-speaking peoples of the Great Lakes region. The two Tribes were historically independent, but closely related in culture and language. Sac and Fox Tribal lands are dispersed throughout Lincoln, Payne, and Pottawatomie counties of north-central Oklahoma. The Tribe has 3,356 enrolled Tribal members, 2,275 of whom live in Oklahoma. (More...)
- Spruce Island Development Corporation: Spruce Island Development Corporation (SIDCO) is a non-profit corporation formed in 2004 by the joint efforts of the City of Ouzinkie, the Native Village of Ouzinkie and Ouzinkie Native Corporation. (More...)
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