TULALIP FOUNDATION

THE TULALIP FOUNDATIONS WAS AWARDED A GRANT OF $144,957 IN 2021 FROM THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF TRUST SERVICES UNDER THE TRIBAL RESILIENCE PROGRAM WITH A GOAL OF LAYING A FOUNDATION FOR UNIFYING AND THEN WORKING TOWARDS A VISION OF FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND SECURITY FOR THE TULALIP TRIBES IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. WORK CONTINUED ON THIS GRANT PROJECT IN 2022. THE PROJECT WILL WORK THROUGH THREE DISCREET OBJECTIVES: 1) ORGANIZING STAFF AND PROGRAM COORDINATION ACROSS SEVERAL TULALIP TRIBAL DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS; 2) CONDUCTING AND COMPLETING A FOOD SYSTEM ASSESSMENT; AND 3) DEVELOPING A TULALIP FOOD SOVEREIGNTY RESILIENCE CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN. THIS PROPOSAL IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT BUILDING CAPACITY WITHIN VARIOUS TULALIP TRIBAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO HELP GROW THE TRIBES' COMMITMENT TO SECURING FOOD SYSTEMS AND LIFEWAYS SUCH THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN MEET THE GROWING PRESSURES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ECOLOGICAL INSTABILITY WITH A PLAN FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND SECURITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

THE TULALIP FOUNDATION CONTINUED TO PARTNER WITH THE HIBULB CULTURAL CENTER (HCC) TO ON A DONATION CAMPAIGN IN SUPPORT OF THE HCC'S VISION OF "KEEPING THE CULTURAL FIRES BURNING." THROUGH THEIR FINANCIAL GIFTS, TRIBAL MEMBERS, TRIBAL EMPLOYEES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONTRIBUTED TO THE LEGACY OF HIBULB CULTURAL CENTER, SUPPORTING ITS MISSION TO KEEP THE CULTURAL FIRES BURNING AND PROVIDING A FOUNDATION FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNING. IN TOTAL, THE GREATER TULALIP COMMUNITY DONATED OVER $3,000 FOR THE BENEFIT OF HCC EDUCATION, CONSERVATION, CULTURAL RESOURCES, ROTATING EXHIBITIONS, AND THE NATURAL HISTORY PRESERVE.