Progress 09/01/23 to 08/31/24
Outputs
Target Audience:Introduction to the Flathead Indian Reservation: For centuries the Bitterroot Salish, Kootenai, and Upper Pend d'Oreille people inhabited territory that exceeded 20 million acres. The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes' (CSKT) Flathead Indian Reservation encompasses 1,244,000 (1.3 million) acres in four Montana counties. The Reservation, established by the Hellgate Treaty of 1855, includes a portion of the Rocky Mountains, the southern half of Flathead Lake (the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River), an extensive river corridor, forests, and a wide variety of culturally important plants, wildlife, fish, and bird species. Management of reservation resources began in 1969 with the establishment of the Tribal Realty Office, now called CSKT Tribal Lands Department (TLD). Today the Tribes own over 60 percent of the original 1.3-million-acre reservation. The remainder is tribal trust and non-tribal fee land (previously allotted), and state andfederal land. TLD is the advisory department for the Flathead Reservation Extension Office (FREO) with oversight from CSKT Tribal Council. As of October 26, 2020, there were 8,049 enrolled Tribal Members, 5,322 living on the Reservation in addition to first-and second-generation descendants and members of other tribes (CSKT, 2020). Enrolled members increased by 1,000 members in the last decade (MDLI, 2013). Target Audience and Scope of Work: During the comingFRTEP grant cycle, FREO will continue working on the FRTEP priorities and initiatives identified by CSKT in the 2022 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). FREO goals remain unchanged with continued and ongoing projects moving into the 2022-2026 FRTEP grant cycle. FREO's goals are identified by: 1) Youth, 2) Family, and 3) Community and each goal includes the pertinent FRTEP priorities. These goals and priorities are identified in the CSKT/MSUE/FREO Memorandum of Understanding and set forth in b. Rational and significance, c. Objectives and outcomes, d. Approach and e. Timeline. b. Rational and significance of the proposed project to the Tribal/Reservation Community. Changes/Problems:
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What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided??Patrick--Agriculture/Horticulture/4-H Agent July 1st, 2023 - June 30th, 2024, PD -Agriculture, Horticulture, Natural Resources Programs 08/2023 Intertribal Agriculture Council Northern Plains Regional Summit, Great Falls, MT 08/2023 National Association of County Agriculture Agents national conference and professionalimprovement conference, Des Moines, IA 09/2023 Western Region of NACAA Chad Reid Western Region AMPIC, Utah 10/2023 MSU Extension Beef Nutrition Conference, Bozeman, MT 12/2023 Montana Organics Association Annual Conference, Great Falls MT 12/2023 Intertribal Agriculture Council Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV 01/2024 Western Montana Grazing and Agriculture Conference, Missoula MT 03/2024 Montana Berry Growers Association Annual Conference, Helena MT 03/2024 Northwest Intertribal Food Sovereignty Summit, Idaho 05/2024 Attended MSU Extension Agriculture, Horticulture, Natural Resource program spring update,Billings MT 05/2024 Attendee and panel presenter, Mountain Meat Summit, Bozeman MT 05/2024 Organizer SARE Fellows Western Region Tour, Missoula MT 06/2024 Attendee, Urban Food Systems Symposium, Columbus OH 06/2024 Organizer and host, WSARE State Coordinators meeting, Missoula MT (June 2024) ?Brenda--FCS/4-H Agent July 1st, 2023 - June 30th, 2024, PD - Mental Health, Leadership, Food Sovereignty Programs 07/2023 Agent completed master's program at Salish Kootenai College 09/2023 Attended FRTEP Annual Update in Minnesota 09/2023 Attended FCS National Conference in Rhode Island 12/2023 Attended FRTEP/IAC National Conference, in Nevada 02/2024 Attended Montana Curriculum Advisory Team - two-day workshop 02/2024 Training in MWCC Mental Health Playing card game - one day training 02/2024 Attended Tribal Education IEC/JOM informational training/meeting 03/2024 Attended Northwest Indigenous Foods Summit on Coeur d'Alene Reservation 04/2024 Participated in professional development (PD) with Montana Curriculum Advisory Team. Agent iswriting a middle school mental health 4-H curriculum 04/2024 Attended annual Statewide 4-H Update Conference in Bozeman 04/2024 Attended annual Statewide FCS Conference in Great Falls How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Results for all projects and events are shared througha variety of communication techniques.These include: in-person contact, electronic emails, annual reports, social media alerts/announcments, and other forms of communication technology that help support the reciprocity of this FRTEP program. Regular communication is provided for CSKT Tribal Council, Lands Department, other Departments as needed, and community wide as appropriate. Local, State, and Federal partners are also communicated with, as appropriate, using these same techniques. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?To meet this Goal: Empower youth in a variety of programs to develop social, emotional, and academic competencies using culturally appropriate, approved methods. We will continue to promote positive youth development through the school year by providing weekly in-school mentoring for youth K-12, summer day camps for all ages, and mental health education for middle and high schools youth. This will provide support for continued development of social, emotional, academic, and cultural competencies, promote mental health awareness/training, and following the FFA/4-H programming calendar. To meet this Goal: Empower families toward a self-determined food secure lifestyle with the ability to respond to personal needs for healthy and/or culturally adapted Indigenous foods. We will continue to provide youth and adults with hands-on educational experiences in gardening, nutrition, cooking, and food preservation of foods grown, gathered, and/or hunted. To meet this Goal: Enable community members through research-based education to learn about food sovereignty through growing and selling commodities while managing land use for productivity and financial security. We will continue to provide youth and adults with education relevant to land use, indigenous food, marketing local food, community/village distribution, and small business development for financial security.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Goal: Empower youth in a variety of programs to develop social, emotional, and academic competencies using culturally appropriate, approved methods. Objectives include providing youth development weekly programming year around in mentoring to develop social, emotional, academic, and cultural competencies, promote mental health awareness/training, and following the FFA/4-H programming calendar.Lake County Fair support/ Lake County 4-H supports and training. /Two Eagle River School Program: started youth agriculture and horticulture program after school at Two Eagle River School. The club meets weekly after school. Explores topics in agriculture and horticulture. Two Eagle River School Agriculture Club classes and field trip (April-May 2024, ongoing) /River Honoring activities with Tribal Lands Department (May 2024) /74 Students participated 4-H mentoring program promoting social/emotional/academic skill building. / 100 Youth from RHS/MHS, participated in 5 in-school 4-H CYFAR grant opportunities that promoted mental health awareness and diversity. /15 Youth participated in the 4-H supported Dixon Starbase Science Camp. /30 Youth participated in mental health activity booth 2 pow wows. /1,200 Youth received new water bottles and stickers, promoting positive physical and mental health choices, through 8 CSKT Education Depart. Back 2 School Events. /140 Freshman participated in Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) series of 5 lessons in RHS/MHS. /100 Teens attended Mental Health break out session at National 4-H Congress, in Atlanta, Georgia. /60 Youth joined/participated in 4-H Trading Card Club promoting drug & alcohol abstinence. /90 Seventh graders participated in 9-week middle school mental health series called "Got Skills? BuildingPositive Mental Health Strategies." /10 Youth participated in Fairy Garden activity for 4-H Lake County Winter Project Day. /200 3rd and 4th graders visited booth KWH Career Fair. /100 Middle school and high school students participated in mental health activity at Wellness Fair days. Goal: Empower families toward a self-determined food secure lifestyle with the ability to respond to personal needs for healthy and/or culturally adapted Indigenous foods. Objectives include providing youth and adults with hands-on educational experiences in gardening, nutrition, cooking, and food preservation of foods grown, gathered, and/or hunted.8 gardening newsletters distributed to Tribal Health Employees through email distribution. /Development and pre-work and installation for Pablo Recovery Village Gardens. Hands on gardening classes with program participants. (April 2024 start- ongoing) /Development and installation of egg laying poultry program for Pablo Recovery Village and Two Eagle River School. /Master Gardener Guest Lectures in Kalispell and Thompson Falls (April, May 2024) /Head Start Family Night Gardening Class (April 2024, 25 participants) /Arlee CDC Gardening Class (May 2024, 5 participants) /Online gardening classes, two presentations (May 2024) /Development work to support establishing garden at The Retreat Elder Care Facility (April, May 2024, ongoing) /3 Adults attended FRTEP hosted Beginning Conversations/meetings in: Freeze Drying with Extension. /7 Adults participated in capacity building, collaboration with FRTEP/SNAP/MT PECH in Farm to Table/School Food Director grant. /20 Adults participated in FRTEP presentation at WeCAN Peer Learning Network - Ignite Presentation onSocial Emotional Learning through 4-H mentoring program. /50 +/- MSU colleagues attended FRTEP/SNAP virtual presentation done for MSUE Directors spotlight,regarding FREO/SNAP Instapot collaboration. /25 people participated in Co-taught Mental Health First Aid - Youth, for State of Montana School NursesAssociation, in Anaconda, MT. / 11 People participated in Co-taught Mental Health First Aid - General, for GlacierNationalPark / Administration employees, in Columbia Falls, MT. /11 People participated in Co-taught Virtual Mental Health First Aid - General, attendees from across USA. /15 People attended virtual presentation for WeCAN, on how can Community engage youth in communityservice. /34 Caregivers participated in 4 MSU Respite Care Retreats/Arlee-8, Hot Springs-0, Elmo-3, SKC-23. /8 Adults participated in raspberry jam class at Arlee CDC. /2 Adults participated in MSUE info table at CSKT Men 4 Wellness Fishing Derby. /1,210 Youth and Adults participated in SNAP programming offered through the FRTEP. Goal: Enable community members through research-based education to learn about food sovereignty through growing and selling commodities while managing land use for productivity and financial security. Objectives include providing youth and adults with education relevant to land use, indigenous food, marketing local food, community/village distribution, and small business development for financial security.Demonstration gardens at Polson MSUE FREO office with produce donated to Polson Tribal Senior Center Lunch Program /Attendance at three Harvest Festivals in fall 2023 /Soil Health lectures to various organizations /Fall Beef Nutrition workshop, November, 6 producers in attendance / Development on site composting plan CSKT Processing Center as part of Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing Grant Program /Poultry Processing workshop western MT /Development of employee training plan CSKT Processing Center as part of Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing Grant Program /Lake County Private Applicator Pesticide Applicator License Renewal training, 1 day long, 15 participants, October /Co-organized and hosted Western Montana Grazing and Agriculture Conference in January. Two-dayconference covering agriculture and grazing topics. /Co-organized and hosted Montana Berry Growers educational conference. /Organized and hosted CSKT and Lake County Initial Applicator Pesticide Training (March 2024) /Development work and hosting of CSKT Tribal Producer Summit (April 11, 2024, 45 attendees) /Development work and hosting of CSKT irrigation efficiency two-day intensive training (June 2024, 20 attendees) /CFAC Soil Health and Farm IPM Management presentations for Certified Farm Startup (April 2024, 15 people) /Pasture management seminar lecture, Kalispell (April 2024, 25 participants) /MSU Extension Forestry Stewardship Workshop 3 days, Frenchtown (May 2024, 18 participants) /Weed District Crew Training Invasive grasses training, Ronan (May 2024, 45 participants) /CSKT Team to Mountain Meat Summit, Bozeman MT (May 2024, 5 participants) /7 Adults from WA State University Western Extension Rick Management Education Center attended Ripple Mapping presentation. /10 Adults attended presentation at virtual Gracious Space round table. /9 People attended Real Colors training at SARE Fellows conference /3 Presentations/office updates to CKST-Tribal Council.
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Progress 09/01/22 to 08/31/23
Outputs
Target Audience:Introduction to the Flathead Indian Reservation: For centuries the Bitterroot Salish, Kootenai, and UpperPend d'Oreille people inhabited territory that exceeded 20 million acres. The ConfederatedSalish & Kootenai Tribes' (CSKT) Flathead Indian Reservation encompasses 1,244,000 (1.3million) acres in four Montana counties. The Reservation, established by the Hellgate Treaty of1855, includes a portion of the Rocky Mountains, the southern half of Flathead Lake (the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River), an extensive river corridor, forests, and awide variety of culturally important plants, wildlife, fish, and bird species. Management ofreservation resources began in 1969 with the establishment of the Tribal Realty Office, now called CSKT Tribal Lands Department (TLD). Today the Tribes own over 60 percent of the original 1.3-million-acre reservation. The remainder is tribal trust and non-tribal fee land(previously allotted), and state and federal land. TLD is the advisory department for the FlatheadReservation Extension Office (FREO) with oversight from CSKT Tribal Council.As of October 26, 2020, there were 8,049 enrolled Tribal Members, 5,322 living on the Reservation in addition to first-and second-generation descendants and members of other tribes (CSKT, 2020). Enrolled members increased by 1,000 members in the last decade (MDLI, 2013). Target Audience and Scope of Work:During the coming FRTEP grant cycle, FREO will continue working on the FRTEP priorities and initiatives identified by CSKT in the 2022 Memorandum of Understanding(MOU). FREO goals remain unchanged with continued and ongoing projects moving into the 2022-2026 FRTEP grant cycle. FREO's goals are identified by: 1) Youth, 2) Family, and 3)Community and each goal includes the pertinent FRTEP priorities. These goals and priorities are identified in the CSKT/MSUE/FREO Memorandum of Understanding and set forth in b.Rational and significance, c. Objectives and outcomes, d. Approach and e. Timeline.b. Rational and significance of the proposed project to the Tribal/Reservation Community. Changes/Problems:The biggest and most impactful change this year has been the addition of a second full time agent. CSKT, is the first Tribal Government, in Montana,to work with MSUE to create a permenant and sustainable MSU extension agent position. Currently, the CSKTand MSU are sharing payroll/fringe and a small portion of the opporating expenses for this new agent postion. The remaining operating expenses are coming from the FRTEP grant. 100% of this new position works directly to fulfull the FRTEP grant goals and objectives. These align with CSKT intended and approved areas of interest and work. Having this new agent hasallowed for stronger, timely, and sustainable educational opportunities through the work of the FTEP Team. Additionally, in 08/2023 the agent funded 100% through the FRTEP grantcompleted a Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction. Degree work was focused on integrating indigenous knoweldge using culturally revitalizing and tribally approvedmethodologies. This change in professional eduction statuswill impact the payroll and frindge benefits planned for within the original FRTEP grant budget. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?FRTEP supported opportunitiesfor traningnd professional development (PD) for two office/FRTEP agents. The first is Brenda Richey (Agent 1) and the second is Patrick Mangan (Agent 2), who joinedthe MSU/FRTEP officially in May of 2023 but hasbeen working collaboratively with the FRTEP agent to meet CSKT needs and requests since Spring of 2022. FRTEP began supporting his PD in December of 2023. Agent 1 PD: 09/2022 NEAFCS Conference - Online 11/2022 Creating Culturally Safe Space - Montana 12/2022 FRTEP/IAC Conference - Nevada 02/2023 FRTEP Conference - Florida 09/2022 05/2022 Salish Kootenai College 42 Hours - Integrated Indigenous Knowledge Classes -Montana 02/2023 Talking Circles - Online 04/2023 MT 4-H Update - Montana 06/2023 CSKT 4-Day Culture Camp - Montana Agent 2 PD: 12/2022 FRTEP/IAC Converence - Nevada 01/2023 Western States Niche Meats Processing Conference - Colorado 01/2023 Western MT Agriculture/Grins Conference - Montana 02/2023 FRTEP PD - Florida 03/2023 MT Berry Growers Conference - Montana 03/2023 IAC Meat Pocessing Fly In - Oklahoma 05/2023 MSUE Agriculture Program Update - Montana? How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Results for all projects and events are shared througha variety of communication techniques.These include: in-person contact, electronic emails, annual reports, social media alerts/announcments, and other forms of communication technologythat help support the reciprocity of thisFRTEP program.Regularcommunication is provided for CSKTTribal Council, Lands Department, other Departments as needed, and community wide as appropriate. Local, State, and Federal partners are also communicated with, as appropriate,using these same techniques. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?To meet thisGoal: Empower youth in a variety of programs to develop social, emotional, and academic competencies using culturally appropriate, approved methods. We will continue to promote positive youthdevelopment through the school year by providing weekly in-school mentoring for youth K-12,summer day camps for all ages, and mental health education for middle and high schools youth. This will provide support for continued developmentofsocial, emotional, academic, and cultural competencies, promote mental health awareness/training, and following the FFA/4-H programming calendar. To meet thisGoal: Empower families toward a self-determined food secure lifestyle with the ability to respond to personal needs for healthy and/or culturally adapted Indigenous foods. We will continue toprovideyouth and adults with hands-on educational experiences in gardening, nutrition, cooking, and food preservation of foods grown, gathered, and/or hunted. To meet this Goal: Enable community members through research-based education to learn about food sovereignty through growing and selling commodities while managing land use for productivity and financial security. We will continue toprovideyouth and adults with education relevant to land use, indigenous food, marketing local food, community/village distribution, and small business development for financial security.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Goal: Empower youth in a variety of programs to develop social, emotional, and academic competencies using culturally appropriate, approved methods. Objectives include providing youth development weekly programming year around in mentoring to develop social, emotional, academic, and cultural competencies, promote mental health awareness/training, and following the FFA/4-H programming calendar. 93 youth participated in the weekly 4-H National Mentoring Program / 150High school students participated in the fall YAM program / 7teens participated in the weekly CYFAR program centered on positive mental health/ 301st-6th grade students participated in summer STARBASE STEM Camps /3 teens attended 2-day 4-H Youth Congress/facilitated 7 Youth Education Services! (YES!)collaboration meetings / taught 36 GOT SKILLS mental healthlessons for 120 students in RMS 7th Grade PE classes / attended 4 Collaboration meetings for March 2023School/Family Volleyball Tournament /500middle & high school youth & 70 adults participated in Mental Health Fair & Volleyball, DodgeballTournaments / 1200youth & adultsparticipated in the mental health awareness event featuring Mike n Bone Comedy duo FRTEP supportedas a concluding event for March Mental Health awareness/ promoted positicecoping skill for 1500 Pre-K through 12th grade studnets in 9 reservation wide-community back to school events. / FRTEP agent taught 8 youth, Building Fairy Gardens, in MSUE Lake County 4-H Winter Activity Day / 8 meeting for CYFAR grant / FRTEP agent presented virturally for the 2023 CYFAR Annual Conference / 3 teens addressed food insecurity by participatingin a school garden rennovation that would include cultural space for a traditional meat drying rack Goal: Empower families toward a self-determined food secure lifestyle with the ability to respond to personal needs for healthy and/or culturally adapted Indigenous foods. Objectives include providing youth and adults with hands-on educational experiences in gardening, nutrition, cooking, and food preservation of foods grown, gathered, and/or hunted. 1,045youth and adults participated in 449health & nutrition classes provided, year around, through SNAP programming. These classes were categorized as 61individual series of classes and 4 single outreach classes / multiple meetings with SNAP at local and State level to promote indigenous food education / FRTEP agent presented No Kid Hungry partnerhsip work at the MT Family Consumer Science Update / 30 high school students and adults participated in the IndigiKitchen cooking bootcamp / 8 high school youth competed in the County wide 4-H Stir Ups Competition / applied for and received 3rd No Kid Hungry grant - 100 instapots for teen SNAP classes / 8 people attended meat - pressure canning class at Arlee CDC / Goal: Enable community members through research-based education to learn about food sovereignty through growing and selling commodities while managing land use for productivity and financial security. Objectives include providing youth and adults with education relevant to land use, indigenous food, marketing local food, community/village distribution, and small business development for financial security. 200 youth in K-4th participated in the 4-H/FFAPoultry Project / 2005th graders attended the annual CSKT River Honoring where FRTEP Agent taught about invasive species and land management / 6 collaborative meetings with local 1994 /multiple CSKT Food Sovereignty, Lands, Economic Dept's, and Producer meetings & meat processing webinars / 5 adults attended meat processing and research center tour in Montana / FREO team met with CSKT Lands to tour Bison Springs Ranch with goal of creating a Farm to Table project / 5middle school students participated in the Drones in Ag project /25 agriculuture producers attended the 04/23 Flathead Reservation IAC Annual Conference / 2 CSKT Food Sovereignty Meetings&Confer. / attended mulitple Gracious Space updates / hosted 5 University of Idaho researchers for food sovereignty project / 2 CKST Council Meetings / multiple meetings for MSU SARE grantwork on Reservation / 2 MSU Community Deveopment Meetings / agent advised/attendedMT Railroad meeting
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