"Board members and others committed to Indian Land Tenure Foundation’s mission have created funds to support specific goals they wish to see advanced. By contributing to one or more of these funds, you can honor the fund’s namesake or express your support for the fund’s primary purpose."
Mato Sapa Fund
The Mato Sapa Fund was established to honor the long service of Ben Black Bear, Jr., who served on Indian Land Tenure Foundation’s Board of Directors from inception until May 2007. Mr. Black Bear continues to serve as advisor to the fund, which operates to advance ILTF’s primary mission of returning reservation lands to Indian ownership and control.
Make a contribution to the Mato Sapa Fund
Racine Land Investment Fund
The Racine Land Investment Fund was established in 2007 by ILTF board member Ross Racine. An expert in resource conservation and management and a member of the Blackfeet Tribe, Racine has spent his entire career working with Indian people in the development and management of their lands. His interest is in helping Indian people use their agricultural lands in a productive and sustainable manner in order to build strong tribal economies and ensure tribal self determination.
Ross Racine’s greatest hope for his fund and for the work of the Foundation is that "reservation communities will be healthy and economically thriving because they have the ability to feed themselves through sustainable use of community-owned resources."
Make a contribution to the Racine Land Investment Fund
Margie Hutchinson Trust for Indian Land
The Margie Hutchinson Trust for Indian Land was established in 2007 by ILTF board member Margie Hutchinson to further ILTF’s charitable purposes and to benefit the community served by ILTF.
Make a contribution to the Margie Hutchinson Trust for Indian Land
Tanka Fund
The Tanka Fund was established in 2011. Native American Natural Foods, the creators of the Tanka Bar, serves as donor advisor to the Fund. The Tanka Fund will work to return buffalo to the diets, economies and cultures of tribal nations, return health to America’s grassland of the Plains, and return opportunities to Native American people.
Make a contribution to the Tanka Fund
Virgil and Lynette Dupuis Land Capital Fund
The Virgil and Lynette Dupuis Land Capital Fund was established in 2007 by ILTF board chair Virgil Dupuis to further ILTF’s charitable purposes and to benefit the community served by ILTF.
Make a contribution to the Virgil and Lynette Dupuis Land Capital Fund
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