DULUTH, MN (KDAL) – The Northland Foundation has announced a new program that was created to partner with Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities in Northeast Minnesota.
The program called Maada’ookiing means the ‘distribution’ in Ojibwe. In the Indigenous community, the act of giving and sharing is recognized as a mutual act that benefits the entire community.
Tony Sertich, the President of the Northland Foundation says the program evolved from a desire to acknowledge the deep inequities that exist and then act on that knowledge.
The program features grassroots grants of up to $2,500 to support creative solutions from the Indigenous community. Northland plans three grant rounds in the next year, with the first round open to applicants starting May 1st.
Anyone interested in discovering more about Maada’ooking and details of the grant opportunity is encouraged to visit https://northlandfdn.org/special-initiatives/maada-ookiing.php
