Community facilities - native american tribes

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) awarded a $352,000 project grant to Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, a 1994 Land Grant Tribal College in North Dakota, on Sep 19, 2023. The grant supports the construction, enlargement, extension, or other improvement of community facilities providing essential services to the college's rural Native American community. Key activities funded through this award include agricultural research projects focused on regenerative agriculture, soil health, local food production, and Indigenous food sovereignty, as well as the development of curricula integrating trauma-focused equine assisted learning into the college's equine studies programs. The grant also enables outreach efforts delivering informal equine education, therapeutic riding, agriculture programming, and the establishment of community gardens in remote tribal areas. Additionally, the grant funds workforce development initiatives to attract and retain Native American students in STEM fields like engineering and nuclear sciences through partnerships with universities and national laboratories.