Progress 09/01/17 to 08/31/22
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Target Audience:The target audience is the residents of the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation. Changes/Problems:The program was heavily impacted by COVID-19. The scope of work over the 5-year project period was modified to address reservation shut-downs, stay-at-home orders, and other tribal council actions. There also is a lack of internet infrstructure on the the reservation,w hich made online programming difficult. The agent had to mobilze with the Tribe to assist during COVID-19. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Below is an individual story of how a Hoop House has changed the behaviors of a tribal member regarding a healthy lifestyle, which is related to long-term impact. Sasha Jones Impact Story-Duck Valley Reservation Sasha Jones, a member of the Duck Valley reservation, has been participating in the hoop house program since the beginning stages. Sasha has always "dabbled in the gardening game, "but found herself intrigued by our program's hoop house posters in 2011. After researching hoop houses, she applied for a personal hoop house under the Extension Hoop House project. She explained that the implementation of home and community gardens has been beneficial to the tribe because when she started with her own, there were only a handful of gardeners, but now that number has increased drastically. She looks at the program as a movement that encouraged other community members to get growing. She said, "I am a younger generation gardener within my community, meaning no one in my peers were into gardening." The idea of home and community gardening has begun spreading like wildfire. Sasha said that when she first joined the hoop house program there were a handful of gardeners, but there has been a drastic increase since then, with roughly fifty home gardeners this year. She believes that the program has spurred interest among the youth, she sees the inspiration that it brings for self-production, eating healthier and healthier lifestyles. She said she has even begun noticing the younger generations venturing into traditional foraging and gathering of wild vegetation. When discussing the health benefits, Sasha said that while it didn't change her eating habits in particular, because she was already a healthy eater, it has made an educational impact on her kids because they're involved with their home garden. She also explained that while one cost of having a home garden in the high desert is that "when it's available you have a ton of it, after that -there's none." For Sasha, the hoop house program enables longer growing seasons and provides her with the opportunity to grow more and have more variety than she would without a hoop house. When discussing how the program could be improved Sasha's main concern was personnel. She said that while there is one person who has consistently been a part of the program, she would like to see more consistency with personnel. Sasha also hopes to see the workshops continue as well as the mentoring. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Yes, results have been disseminated to the tribal council. Ripples Effect Mapping Ripples Effect Evaluation Mapping was completed for the Duck Valley FRTEP project in 2021. The results of mapping exercise showed how engrained the Extension program is engrained into everyday life. The impacts of the hoop house project have had astronomical effects on the reservation. Current tribal leadership want to continue this success and also move some programing back to a more historical educational area of livestock production, and youth participation and involvement. See a section of the map in Illustration 2 to see the story map. University of Nevada, Reno has engrained itself in community development programs on the reservation. The most success the program has seen is in assisting livestock producers and farmers, and in the development of the hoop house growing project. This project has developed over several years and is building capacity with local residents, instilling personal responsibility, and building self-esteem with the community. The installation of a new irrigation system has been critical and is instrumental in increasing farming activities on the reservation. With the availability of water resources, lands can be leveled for water efficiency and increased crop production. The Duck Valley reservation is geographically isolated, so getting services like land leveling, ditch work, etc. is almost impossible. Premo does work with the tribal conservation district as they purchase equipment and are able to lease it out to producers. Extension has had a role in not only bringing producers together, but assisting in increasing knowledge of new technologies and increased production by working together. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation have been a part of USDA's tribal Extension program since about 1992, which has a 30-year history. Originally, there was one Extension project which served three reservations in Nevada, which comprised of the Walker River Paiute, Pyramid Lake Paiute and the Duck Valley Shoshone Paiute. In 2017, the USDA, NIFA awarded an individual project to the University of Nevada, Reno for the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation. Over the 30-year period, the Extension program on the reservation has had a role in agricultural production on the reservation. The following programs have been highly successful in the last 10 years, however, it is important to note that the on-reservation Extension agent is involved in more than just these highlighted activities. Food Sovereignty: Hoop House Project In 2017, the program took on a food sovereignty role and expanded at a rapid pace a Hoop House program with the help of supplemental funds from Nevada Gold, Inc. and Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ITLF). The program expanded by 300% when the Tribe allocated funds to the Hoop House program under CARES Act funds as a response to COVID-19 in 2021. The creation of the Hoop House program and the building of hoop houses has had a large impact on the reservation. Initially, only tribal programs such as Environmental, the Senior Center and Youth programs utilized the hoop houses. The progress was slow due to changeover in tribal program staff or funding issues. The introduction of community hoop houses for the tribal departments encouraged individuals to request hoop houses for their families. Since the construction of individually owned hoop houses, the FRTEP Program evaluated that the individually owned hoop houses were more successful than the community ones, due in part to location and ownership components. Management practices of the hoop house gardens changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one-on-one mentoring and educational workshops, and an increase in tribal member's knowledge of hoop house management and vegetable production. The mentoring provides seasonal crop information, planting dates, soil temperatures, irrigation systems, soil and plant amendments/fertilizers, harvesting, cover crops, and pest management. The FRTEP agent became part of a UNR Extension Native Program team that provided different experiences with specific expertise obtained in Hoop House growing. USDA Program Access Reggie Premo has been instrumental is assisting the tribe in accessing USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service program. The reservation was successful in about 2018 in receiving one of the very limited national funding opportunities for the USDA, NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program multi-million-dollar awards to construct and reconstruct an agricultural irrigation system on the reservation. Premo worked with the water resources department and provided support where needed for the application and the implementation of the program. Veggies for Kids The Western Shoshone Indians are "Newe," also meaning "The People," with a traditional territory covering southern Idaho, the central part of Nevada, northwestern Utah, and the Death Valley region of southern California. The Western Shoshone historically survived by hunting, gathering, fishing, foraging, and some farming. Most tribes in Nevada participated in hunting, gathering, and farming to provide for a remarkably holistic and diverse food supply. This traditional diet is not characteristic of today's modern diet. The Duck Valley Tribe utilizes a distinctive traditional knowledge passed down through elders to identify plants and pass down traditional stories of food supply. The Veggies for Kids kindergarten curriculum created in 2013 by the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension utilizes traditional tribal knowledge of foods and language to increase fruit and vegetable intake among elementary students attending schools on the reservation. The lessons focus on: Promote adequate intake of vegetables and fruits through increased exposure Promote the use of water and low-fat milk as preferred beverages over sweetened beverages Promote daily physical activity. Reinforce Duck Valley traditional ecological knowledge including cultural connections to the use of traditional foods, food gathering, and Shoshone translations. Introduce gardening through in-class experiences and school gardens. Engage parents through take-home assignments. Data analysis of the 2017-2018 Veggies for Kids kindergarten results indicate that the program was effective in raising student knowledge of My Plate, selected fruits and vegetables, physical activity, and influencing water consumption among kindergarten students. The Veggies for Kids programming efforts aim to influence environmental change in the classroom and improve overall student and family health. Evaluation is ongoing and is focusing on medium to long-term impact. There are efforts to evaluate the impact of the traditional knowledge and food sovereignty impact of utilizing the Shoshone language and traditional growing experiences told by tribal elders.
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Progress 09/01/20 to 08/31/21
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Target Audience:The Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation was established by Executive Order on April 16, 1877 by U.S. President Hayes. On May 4, 1886 an Executive Order by U.S. President Cleveland expanded the reservation adding more acreage to accommodate Northern Paiutes upon their release from a prisoner war camp after the Bannock War of 1878. U.S. President Taft further expanded the reservation by an Executive Order on July 1, 1910. Total acreage of the reservation currently is 289,819 acres. The reservation is located in the northwest corner of Elko County Nevada and the southern part of the state of Idaho. Reservation lands are contiguous. The tribal headquarters is located in Owyhee, which is 100 miles north of Elko, NV and 100 miles south of Mountain Home, ID. Tribal enrollment is 2,147 tribal members. Elko County School District provides elementary and secondary education through Owyhee Elementary School (195 students) and Owyhee High School(105 students) located on the reservation. Farming and ranching are the main economic sources of income on the reservation for individual tribal members, with the exception of tribal employment or school district employment. There are 12,000 acres used for farming, ranching and other agriculture use, and 269,000 acres are used for grazing cattle and horses. Tribal members have between 100 to 2,000 head of cattle each, and farm land is divided into 40-acre parcels. The tribe's Wildlife & Parks Program runs a fisheries program that contributes to the economic development of the tribe through fishing permit and campsite sales, additionally they sell a limited amount of trophy antelope and elk permits. The tribe also runs a tribal grocery store and an ACE Hardware store on the reservation. This reservation is not allotted and the land base is 100% tribally owned. It is a self-governance tribe with the US Department of Interior.This American Indian reservation is geographically isolated and sits on the Nevada and Idaho border. This reservation has participated in the Nevada FRTEP program since the early 1990's. The target audience for this project are the residents of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation. Changes/Problems:Adapting to COVID-19 issues and restrictions. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?FRTEP agent Reggie Premo attending online and in-person training in 2021 related to bee keeping and hoop house management. He paid registration and attended the Bee Keeping online course on February 26-27, 2021. Premo traveled to Reno in April 2021 for a two day training and meetings with Desert Farming Initiative (DFI), a soil scientist and a horticultural specialist. The team of experts provided hands-on training and assisted in addressing hoop house management issues on the reservation. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?There will be a two-page report to the tribal council at the end of the year. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?There will be efforts made to implement the in-school programming and to try and implement programs under COVID restrictions. There is an increasing in cases in the fall that have impacting in-person training programs.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
COVID-19 impacted program implementation under previous objectives. For this project year, the focus was on individuals being able to grow their own food. This was accomplished through the Hoop House Program with construction of individual hoop houses and management of these houses. The agents also worked with accessing USDA programs for reservation farmers. The schools were shut down and school programs were not able to be implemented during the pandemic. Hoop House Program: The Duck Valley FRTEP program has been expanding on their hoop house program on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation to increase the supply and intake of fresh fruits and vegetables to promote healthier lifestyles to interested residents living on the reservation. . ITLF funds were used to purchase supplies for the Duck Valley community hoop houses and gardens at the Head Start center and Presbyterian church, and NIFA funds paid the salary of the FRTEP agent to implement the program. These supplies included potting soil, fall plant starts, garden tools & supplies, and straw bales for mulch. There were four additional hoop houses constructed with ITFL funds and 56 hoop houses constructed on the reservation with CARES Act funds. For the four different houses for residents, PVC, 2x4 lumber, and hardware to construct 14'x20' hoop houses were purchased. Ladders, cordless drill, other small tools, and fuel were also paid for by ITLF funds. The Duck Valley Tribe provided assistance to the reservation FRTEP program and hired 5 temporary and contract employees from October 2020 through September 2021 that were under the supervision of the FRTEP agent Reggie Premo.
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Progress 09/01/19 to 08/31/20
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Target Audience:The target audience are all residents residing on the Duck Valley Shoshone - Paiute Reservation. This audienceincludes reservation ranchers, farmers, youth ages 5-17, tribal coouncil members including tribal departments and staff. Changes/Problems:Major changes in programming approach is dealing with the Covid 19 Pandemic and what is allowable and what is not allowable for our workshop programming. Program modifications will be included as needed and allowed under Tribal and State regulations. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Opportunities for training and professional development were provided through the professional development conferences offered by the Inter Tribal Agriculture Council at there annual meetings, at the Federally Recognized Tribal Extension Programs Professeional Development Conferences offered at different locations each year, at the Nevada Indian Agriculture Summits held each year, and through the University of Nevada. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Programming information has been delivered through workshops, inter-active video, social media, meetings with the tribal council, interested committees, interested groups, and individual residents. Extension activities and workshops are also advertised on the tribal marquee located on the main street of the town of Owyhee, the only town on the Duck Valley Reservation. Due to the Covid 19 Pandemic the use of workshops has been virtually reduced to comply with Tribal and State requirements, with a greater emphasis placed on zoom meetings and social media. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will complete our needs assessment this year, evaluate the results of the current programming, take this information to the tribal advisory committee and tribal council, and make appropriate changes as needed and desired. Due to the Covid 19 Pandemic our system of delivering programming will be modified to comply with all Tribal and State requirements. This is a constantly changingprogress and will require changes as the need arises and modifications will be implemented as required.
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What was accomplished under these goals?
The Duck Valley FRTEP project is a multi-year project in which many of our projects are ongoing programs started in the previous years. For the 2019 - 2020 program year we have ongoing and completed programs in the following areas of our Table 2 (Extension Activities Time-line). Farmer and Rancher Duck Valley Reservation Tribal Outreach Ongoing collaboration with tribal producers on the reservation to assist with USDA-NRCS EQIP outreach to included application assistance. Contacts made: 120 Assisting tribal produces by providing information on how to apply for FSA loans for startup funds to cattle ranching and/or crop production. Contacts made: 25 Addressing concerns from tribal producers (ranchers) related to tribes work on irrigation infrastructure where it relates to livestock water delivery. Contacts made: 500 Working with the local Duck Valley growers to provide ongoing assistance with hoop house and gardens on the reservation & plans for the farmer's market for the coming year. Meetings with local growers are ongoing. Contacts made: 250 Attending ongoing monthly Water Resources Board meetings to discuss all water related matters on the Duck Valley reservation. This includes public water meetings to provide updates on the rehabilitation efforts with the Duck Valley Irrigation Project & how USDA Programs have financially contributed to this project. Contacts made: 500 On-going monthly Joint meetings with Tribal council to discuss various agriculture related projects. Contacts made: 120 Collaborating with the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes tribal chairman and council to obtain their support for our UNCE Native Programs thorough support letters and/or tribal resolutions. Contacts made: 25 Total Contacts: 1,540 Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). Duck Valley FRTEP was instrumental in obtaining this funding and is contributing resources and expertise in the implementation of the project and is an ongoing process A list of projects started and/or completed in 2019 include: China Dam Diversion Rehabilitation Pipeline design for converting open ditches to pipelines Irrigation Modernization including Livestock water design and Implementation Canal head works replacement design Designs are now complete to fully replace the concrete head works on 2 major canal laterals. Dirt work was started in November 2019. Total contacts: 500 Indian Land Tenure Funding (Keepseagle Lawsuit) Beginning in December of 2018 each of the above projects have received an additional $10,000 (funding was obtained from the Keepseagle Lawsuit) from the Indian Land Tenure Foundation to enhance each project by allowing for funding items not allowed in the original application, as the funding was used for personnel, travel, and limited equipment and supplies. An additional $25,000 was received in 2019 for each project from this same source. This funding will be a one-time funding and has been utilized to enhance our FRTEP program and has been primarily used for obtaining materials, supplies, and travel for our existing hoop house program. Total Additional Funding $ 35,000 Hoop House Barrick Gold funded a pilot project in 2011, which consisted of six PVC framed hoop houses on the Duck Valley Reservation. The following year (2012) fifteen 14x24' (family-sized) steel-framed hoop houses on eight Western Shoshone reservation communities were constructed to withstand the climatic conditions of the area. This new design was used to construct 15 additional hoop houses on the Duck Valley and seven other Western Shoshone Reservations supported bymonitoring and educational workshopsfor the eight Western Shoshone tribes that included one-on-one mentorship and education about growing vegetables in a hoop house. Monitoring visits were scheduled in Spring or early summer and late summer or fall, as each season requires a different strategy for each site based upon soil improvements and tools required for growth during these seasons. Monitoring and educational programs held in 2019 through Duck Valley FRTEP, worked with the tribes and individuals to sustain the management of the Hoop Houses. There were 63 producers on the following reservations and colonies in the spring of 2019: Duck Valley (15 producers); Yomba (9 producers); Duck Water (12 producers); Ely Colony (6 producers); Wells Colony (8 producers), Elko Colony (6 producers), and Southfork (7 producers). The team also followed up with monitoring visits in the fall. The Nevada Gold funded Hoop House program through Duck ValleyFRTEP is making big impacts on the tribal reservations financially, physically and mentally. Access to fresh produce has encouraged these communities to revert back to traditional practices and foods while educating all age groups. Even before COVID-19 reservation grocery stores didn't provide fresh produce the way that community and private hoop houses have. With the advent of the COVID - 19 Pandemic, there have been numerous additional requests from reservation community members to construct the smaller family sized hoop house units that are located at or near individual home sites. Many hoop house operators acknowledge the even greater need for hoop houses and community gardens during the coronavirus because of the decreasing access to fresh produce across the nation. Youth Development RezRIDERS Reducing Risk through Interpersonal Development, Empowerment, Resiliency, and Self-determination (RezRIDERS) is a program for adolescences that focuses on core values, optimism, self-determination and self-regulation. The two primary outcomes of the RezRIDERS program is to reduce adolescent substance use through self-regulation and to reduce depression symptomology. Below is a list of meetings held to begin the process and classes I had facilitated in 2019 for the 5th graders of the Owyhee Combined School. This program began in November and lasted until the advent of the Covid 19 Pandemic outbreak.It is planned to resume this programming after the requirements of the Covid 19 Pandemic are lifted. Total Contacts: 86 Veggies For Kids The Veggies for Kids program objectives directly support healthy eating, as its intent is to promote increased intake of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, water and nutrient dense beverages; and increase appreciation and use of healthy traditional Native American and Hispanic foods, and an introduction to vegetable growing concepts and experiences. This is an in school program which included grades kindergarten through third grade and had students in the Owyhee Combined Schools participating for a ten session program and a summer session that included pre and post testing. The Covid 19 Pandemic occurred just as our program began and had to be postponed for this year with the closing of the school to prevent the possible spread of the disease. Our program is planning to continue when we are able. Nevada Tribal Advisory Council In 2018 the UNCE Native Programs had collaborated with IAC Pacific Region Representative Keir Johnson, and NV State USDA Programs to established the Nevada Tribal Advisory Council and hold quarterly meetings to address any issues tribes may be experiencing on their tribal lands. Other agencies and organizations have also been invited to the meetings. Tribal councils have been sent letters encouraging them to approve tribal resolutions identifying their tribal representatives and an alternate member to be a part of this group. Meetings in 2019 which Duck Valley is a part of, include: March 28, 2019. During the same timeframe as the NV Indian Summit held in Reno, NV we held the Tribal Advisory Council meeting with USDA Agency representatives. Contacts: 15 October 22, 2019. During the same timeframe as the Native Waters on Arid Lands (NWAL) conference in Reno, NV we held the Tribal Advisory Council meeting with USDA Agency representatives. Contacts: 15 Total Contacts: 30
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Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/19
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Target Audience:The target audience are all the residents living on the Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Indian Reservation. This audience includes reservation ranchers and farmers, reservation youth ages 5 -17, tribal council members including tribal departments and staff. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Opportunities for training and professional development were provided through the professional development conferences offered by the Inter Tribal Agriculture Council at there annual meetings, at the Federally Recognized Tribal Extension Programs Professeional Development Conferences offered at different locations each year, at the Nevada Indian Agriculture Summits held each year, and through the University of Nevada. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Programming information has been delivered through workshops, inter-active video, social media, meetings with the tribal council, interested committees, interested groups, and individual residents. Extension activities and workshops are also advertised on the tribal marquee located on the main street of the town of Owyhee, the only town on the Duck Valley Reservation. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will complete our needs assessment this year, evaluate the results of the current programming,take this information to the tribal advisory committee and tribal council, and make appropriate changes as needed and desired.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The Duck Valley FRTEP project is a multi-year project in which many of our projects are ongoing programs started in the previous years. For the 2018 - 2019 program year we have ongoing and completed programs in the following areas of our Table 2 (Extension Activities Time-line). Farmer and Rancher Duck Valley Reservation Tribal Outreach • Ongoing collaboration with tribal producers on the reservation to assist with USDA-NRCS EQIP outreach which included application assistance. Contacts made: 120 • Assisting tribal produces to apply for FSA loans for startup funds to cattle ranching and/or crop production. Contacts made: 25 • Addressing concerns from tribal producers (ranchers) related to tribes work on irrigation infrastructure where it relates to livestock water delivery. Contacts made: 500 • Attending ongoing monthly Water Resources Board meetings to discuss all water related matters on the Duck Valley reservation. This includes public water meetings to provide updates on the rehabilitation efforts with the Duck Valley Irrigation Project & how USDA Programs can financially contribute to this project. Contacts made: 500 • On-going monthly Joint meetings with Tribal council to discuss various agriculture related projects. Contacts made: 120 • Collaborating with the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes tribal chairman and council for support letters and/or tribal resolutions for UNCE related Programs. Contacts made: 25 In process of establishing a Tribal Advisory Committee in utilizing USDA programming Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). Duck Valley FRTEP was instrumental in obtaining this funding and is contributing resources and expertise in the implementation process A list of projects started and/or completed in 2018 include: • China Dam Diversion Rehabilitation o China dam was originally constructed in the 1930's and partially rehabilitated in 1985. It is the main diversion structure on the Duck Valley Irrigation Project. It diverts water into 2 main canals which branch off into several sub-canals & over 50 laterals throughout the project area. • Pipeline design for converting open ditches to pipelines o Currently the Tribal Irrigation Program had contracted out approximately 5 miles of irrigation pipeline on 2 major canal laterals to install 21" irrigation pipeline, with appurtenance structures o Engineers have completed designs for an additional 10 miles of pipeline of which another 5 to 8 will be installed in 2019 • Irrigation Modernization including Livestock water design and Implementation o 25 nose pump devices have been installed in various location within the irrigation project. o 2 thermosink watering systems have been installed as a demonstration project. o Well appurtenances, water distribution, stock-trough designs are in progress. • Canal head works replacement design Total Contacts: 1,540 Hoop House • Working with the local Duck Valley Garden Growers group to continue assistance with hoop house and gardens on the reservation & plans for the farmer's market for the coming year. Meetings with local growers are ongoing. Contacts made: 250 • Barrick Mines to submit a request of $27,436 to fund our Hoop House Monitoring Program, Our Pilot Rez-Rider Program, and the Duck Valley Hoop House Program. This funding was received from Barrick Mines in June 2018. It was requested by Barrick Mines that we submit future funding requests through the University of Nevada as a part of their overall request. A proposal was submitted as requested and was funded in the amount of $77064 that included an evaluation component determining the effectiveness of the hoop house program. The budget allocated $47064 for the programming component and $30000 for the evaluation component. Each year our program will construct two additional hoop houses and maintain existing hoop houses of the Western Shoshone Tribes in Eastern Nevada, Employ a hoop house specialist for an eight month growing season period, and provide funding to continue our existing hoop house monitoring visit program. • On October 25, 2018 our program arranged a community dinner using our tribal hoop house & garden produce to include traditional foods (deer/elk meat & chokecherry pudding). It was a great turnout. Youth Development RezRiders, • Identify target youth (5th grade) and hold classes during summer months • Schedule the extreme sports activities (trips) during late summer • For this fall, get into the Owyhee School 5th grade class to schedule classes for entire year Veggies For Kids • The Veggies for Kids program objectives directly support healthy eating, as its intent is to promote increased intake of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, water and nutrient dense beverages; and increase appreciation and use of healthy traditional Native American and Hispanic foods, and an introduction to vegetable growing concepts and experiences. This is an in school program which included grades kindergarten through third grade and had 102 of the students in the Owyhee Combined Schools participating for a ten session program including pre and post testing. Due to the loss of SNAP ED funding our FRTEP program continued this 10 year old program in the elementary school located on the Duck Valley Reservation with the funding help of the Keepseagle grant. • Organized Native Food gathering field trips for chokecherries and pine nuts • Held hoop house educational classes for the Summer Youth Program. A total of 5 classes were held. ?
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Progress 09/01/17 to 08/31/18
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Target Audience:The target audience are all the residents living on the Duck Valley Shoshone - Paiute Indian Reservation. This audience includes reservation ranchers and farmers, reservation youth ages 5 - 17, and tribal council members including tribal departments and staff. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Opportunities for training and professional development are available through the professional development conferenes offered by the Inter Tribal Agriculture Council at their annual meetings, at the Federally Recognized Tribal Extension Programs Professional Development Conferences offered at different locations each year, at the Nevada Indian Agriculture Summits held each year, and through the University of Nevada. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Information has been delivered through workshops, inter - active video, social media, meetings with the tribal council,interested committees, interested groups, and individual tribal residents. Extension activities and workshops are also advertised onthe Tribal Marquee located on the main street of the town of Owyhee which is the only town on the Duck Valley Reservation. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We are in the process of evaluating our results of the the previous year's programming and willconduct reservation focus sessions to determine the effectiveness of our programming, take the evaluation and focus group session results to the tribal advisroy committee, and make appropriate changes as needed and desired.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The Duck Valley FRTEP Project is an ongoing project and has recently setup a four-member advisory committee which have included two youth. It should be noted that most of the program activities take place in the Spring, Summer, and Fall months, and we are in the process of implementing more intensive programming activities, which also will include a larger contact base. To date we have ongoing and completed programs in the following areas of our Table 2 (Extension Activities Time-line) Farmer/Rancher Met one on one with farmers/ranchers to assist with USDA-NRCS and FSA applications, livestock watering options and irrigation pipeline design and implementation within the Duck Valley Irrigation Project, discuss options for improvement to farm/ranch operation Coordinated & facilitated 2 public water meetings involving tribal council, programs, farmers, ranchers, and overall community to address irrigation and livestock water projects involving USDA-NRCS Programs Coordinated & facilitated ongoing meetings with tribal council, programs, USDA-NRCS, BIA, and other local & state agencies to address Irrigation infrastructure projects Collaborated with Mineral County Extension to conduct an RMA outreach workshop with subjects including 1) Climate concerns and issues including the drought monitor 2) Risk Management Insurance Alternatives that are relevant to the Indian Reservations 3) USDA program updates and Disaster Programs aimed at wild fires on reservation lands 4) Update on the Keepseagle settlement payments and options for reporting payments Collaborating with other Nevada Tribes to organize a Nevada Tribal Advisory Council for providing tribal input to the USDA agencies for tribal agriculture and related programs Constructed two additional Hoop Houses on the Duck Valley Reservation. One for the Head start program and one for growing produce for the initiation and development of a farmers market on the Duck Valley Reservation Submitted and received funding from Barrick Mines to construct one hoop house, provide hoop house monitoring visits to 8 Shoshone Tribes in Eastern Nevada in which our program has constructed in previous years to aid in facing the challenges that the hoop house growers encounter. Funding amounted to $27,436. Submitted an additional request to Barrick Mines amounting to $47064 for constructing two additional hoop houses and maintaining existing hoop houses of the Western Shoshone Tribes in Eastern Nevada, Employing a hoop house specialist for an eight month growing season period, and provide funding to continue our existing hoop house monitoring visit program. This is a five year funding request that if funded will begin in 2018 and go until 2022. Organized and conducted two Farmers Market Activities in which produce and other goods were sold to the residents of the Duck Valley Reservation. This activity is in the infancy stage with the expectation of growth over time. Youth Development Established a four member FRTEP Advisory committee to include two youth Organizing a youth self-esteem and leadership program through a concept developed by the RezRiders program successfully implemented in New Mexico, which also requires a commitment of additional tribal programming resources and tribal volunteers. Secured additonal funding from Barrick Mines to provide for the youth activities identified in this program. Conducted a Hoop House construction workshop in which youth participated in actual construction activities from beginning to end, including layout, fabricating the hoop house structure , attaching the plastic covering, and putting in vents and doors. Organized and conducted a hands on outside and hoop house gardening workshop which included site preparation, selecting and planting garden crops, transplanting techniques for different plants, and setting up drip line irrigation systems Currently in the process of developing curriculum for identifying native foods on the reservation which includes identifyingfoods in the Western Shoshone language, identifying and utilizing cultural gathering techniques, and preparing and preserving the foods as was done in the past and also including current modernized techniques Currently in process of developing curriculum for the cultural hand game activity which includes, making the bones and sticks used in the game, learning and creating songs used for the hand game activity, and developing youth hand game contests which would include the formation of teams on other reservations Hoop House and Garden Coordinated and facilitated Hoop house monitoring visits on the Duck Valley Reservation Organized and coordinated monthly meetings for the Duck Valley Garden Growers to plan for upcoming growing season and farmers market Constructed two additional Hoop Houses on the Duck Valley Reservation. One for the Head start program and one for growing produce for the initiation and development of a farmers market on the Duck Valley Reservation Submitted and received funding from Barrick Mines to construct one hoop house, provide hoop house monitoring visits to 8 Shoshone Tribes in Eastern Nevada in which our program has constructed in previous years to aid in facing the challenges that the hoop house growers encounter. Funding amounted to $27,436. Submitted an additional request to Barrick Mines amounting to $47064 for constructing two additional hoop houses and maintaining existing hoop houses of the Western Shoshone Tribes in Eastern Nevada, Employing a hoop house specialist for an eight month growing season period, and provide funding to continue our existing hoop house monitoring visit program. This is a five year funding request that if funded will begin in 2018 and go until 2022. The activity having the greatest impact is the design and implementation of the Duck Valley Irrigation Infrastructure Project as it will have lasting effects on resource usage and revenue from Ag operations
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