When will grant-making begin?

After an extensive and thorough national search, the Foundation’s board of trustees has recently announced Lulani Arquette to head the Foundation. With the president and CEO in place, the focus will now be to build a strong infrastructure and programmatic vision. The board of trustees expects grant-making to begin in 2010.

Capacity Building Initiative

Walter Echo-Hawk Releases New Book

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation's Board Chair, Walter Echo-Hawk, released his new book titled,"In the Courts of the Conqueror: The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided."

The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Visits Washington D.C.

“These gifts demonstrate strong tribal interest in creating a powerful funding engine for protecting and preserving Native art and culture—the very cornerstones of tribal sovereignty. A foundation of this nature will help reverse the long history of government suppression of Native culture done as part of the United States' assimilation program. Through gifts of this nature, Indian Country can direct its resources to protect what is closest to home to all Indian tribes—our own cultures."

Walter Echo-Hawk, Pawnee

Board Chair, Native Arts & Cultures Foundation