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At a essential second for Indian Country, Native News Online is embarking on our most formidable reporting venture but: “Cultivating Culture,” a three-year investigation into two forces shaping Native neighborhood survival—meals sovereignty and language revitalization.

The devastating affect of COVID-19 accelerated the lack of Native elders and with them, irreplaceable cultural data. Yet throughout tribal communities, progressive leaders are combating again, reclaiming conventional meals programs and respiration new life into Native languages. These aren’t simply cultural preservation efforts—they’re highly effective pathways to neighborhood well being, therapeutic, and resilience.

Our devoted reporting staff will spend three years documenting these tales via on-the-ground reporting in 18 tribal communities, producing over 200 in-depth tales, 18 podcast episodes, and multimedia content material that amplifies Indigenous voices. We’ll present policymakers, funders, and allies how cultural restoration immediately impacts bodily and psychological wellness whereas celebrating profitable fashions of sovereignty and self-determination.

This is not company media parachuting into Indian Country for a fast story. This is sustained, relationship-based journalism by Native reporters who perceive these communities. It’s “Warrior Journalism”—fearless reporting that serves the 5.5 million readers who depend upon us for information that mainstream media usually ignores.

We want your assist proper now. While we have secured partial funding, we’re nonetheless $450,000 wanting our three-year price range. Our quick objective is $25,000 this month to maintain this essential work shifting ahead—funding reporter salaries, journey to distant communities, pictures, and the deep reporting these tales deserve.

Every greenback immediately helps Indigenous journalists telling Indigenous tales. Whether it is $5 or $50, your contribution ensures these very important narratives of resilience, innovation, and hope do not disappear into silence.

The stakes could not be greater. Native languages are being misplaced at an alarming fee. Food insecurity plagues many tribal communities. But options are rising, and these tales have to be informed.

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Levi Rickert (Potawatomi), Editor & Publisher