by Rubina Cohen | Aug 17, 2018
Food is a central component of culture. When traditional foods are revalued and nutrition is understood from the perspective of the Mayan worldview, the culture itself is valued. In this part of Chiapas, it is now difficult to find traditional wild leafy vegetables in...
by Rubina Cohen | Aug 11, 2017
Recipient Wanbdiska Oyate Inc. Location Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, Manitoba, Canada Traditions Ashinabe; Dakota; Lakota Timespan August 2017 Amount $4,000.00 Website http://wanbdiska.ca/ Focus Areas Food and Healing; Ritual and Ceremony “Call out to the Spirits of...
by Rubina Cohen | Aug 11, 2017
Recipient Black Dog Institute Location Australia Tradition Aboriginal Timespan ongoing Amount $3,000.00 Website http://www.kurdijiproject.com/ Focus Areas Awareness Building; Education; Food and Healing; Youth “Kurdiji’ is the Warlpiri word for ‘shield’, and it...
by Rubina Cohen | Aug 11, 2017
Recipient California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project Location California, USA Tradition Nisenan Timespan June 2017 - June 2018 Amount $2,500.00 Website http://www.chirpca.org/ Focus Areas Education; Food and Healing; Language, Art, and Culture; Youth “We have a...
by Rubina Cohen | Aug 10, 2017
Recipient Sna Jtz’Ibajom Cultura de los Indios Mayas A.C. Location Zinacantán, Chiapas, México. Timespan July – December 2017 Amount $3,000.00 Website http://culturadelosindiosmayas.mex.tl/frameset.php?url=/intro.html Focus Areas Education; Food and Healing; Language,...
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