Wilderness Inquiry engages 20,000 Minnesotans through outdoor adventures, promoting equity in access to outdoor activities, places, and careers and supporting stewardship and conservation values for current and future generations.
The Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program (CPL) is managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to provide competitive matching grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, state, and national non-profit organizations and governments. Grant activities include the enhancement, restoration, or protection of forests, wetlands, prairies, and habitat for fish, game, or wildlife in Minnesota. A match of at least 10% from nonstate sources was required for grants of $100,000 or less, and a match of at least 15% from nonstate sources was required for grants over $100,000.
To transform vacant, inaccessible riverfront land around Minneapolis's Upper Lock into a place of environmental and cultural healing, restoration, education, and connection rooted in two principles: Mni Wiconi (water is life) and Mitakuye Owas'in (we are all relatives). By centering a Dakota way of life and values, this place will demonstrate how to care for the land and water as relatives. Dakota people working with the land and water that the Dakota originated from (Mni Sota) will activate healing for our community and the many relatives who will grow to thrive at Owamniyomni (St.
We will add to the number of American Indians presenting artistic work and ideas, and expand our audiences to promote a vibrant, honest American Indian world view in Minnesota by supporting 3 short term projects led by artists in our coalition: The January Buffalo Show, RedTalk Symposium, and Live At the Buffalo Show CD Audio Mastering and short run printing.
Pangea World Theater’s Lake Street Arts!- Circling utilizes story circles, poetry, community conversations and site specific theater to deepen our engagement with stakeholders through the arts to create both a space for histories to be gathered and visions for a more just, sustainable and livable Minneapolis to emerge. Lake Street Arts!- Circling centers the realities and dreams of Dakota, Ojibwe, Latinx, Asian, Immigrant, Black and East African communities along Lake Street.
Pangea World Theater is launching a new institute that brings social practice and community based artists together to utilize Placemaking/Plackeeping projects that center Indigenous, Black and Immigrant knowledge and cultural approaches to transforming Minneapolis and our shared world. The Seeding Change Institute will hold a research and development cohort of ten artists to shape the curriculum and structure for future institutes. The SCI will open to general applications in the fall of 2023.
Staffing, programming, supplies and contracted services to operate a Park Ambassador Program within the Hyland-Bush-Anderson Lakes Regional Park that would focus on increasing usage by minorities and other underrepresented populations by conducting community outreach, meet and greet park users, education of regulations, address reservation/maintenance concerns and creating programs of interest to underserved segments of the public developed based upon surveys, engagement and outreach.
Staffing, programming, supplies and contracted services to operate a Park Ambassador Program within the Hyland-Bush-Anderson Lakes Regional Park that would focus on increasing usage by minorities and other underrepresented populations by conducting community outreach, meet and greet park users, education of regulations, address reservation/maintenance concerns and creating programs of interest to underserved segments of the public developed based upon surveys, engagement and outreach.
