The Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund (IFKF) aims to (1) acknowledge and address structural inequities in opportunities for Indigenous youth to participate in forest research and (2) invest in the cultural and intellectual sovereignty of Tribal forest traditions alongside other forms of applied forest research. The IFKF funds projects that support:

• The education, mentorship, and training of Indigenous youth in applied forest research and/or Traditional Ecological Knowledge about forest systems;
• New applied forest research that advances Tribal priorities; and
• The synthesis and translation of forest research and/or Traditional Ecological Knowledge to advancecommunications, outreach, and economic programs for Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities.

Haudenosaunee Forest Principles 

Principal Investigator: Robin Kimmerer, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry

Monitoring Moose and Other Wildlife on Penobscot Indian Nation Lands

Principal Investigator: Benjamin Simpson, Penobscot Indian Nation, [email protected]

NEBI (Water): Connecting N’dakinna (Land), Bilowagizegad (Climate), and Alnobak (People).

Principal Investigator: Adam Wymore, University of New Hampshire

Partnership with Abenaki for Conservation and Restoration of the Threatened, Declining Butternut Tree, an Ecologically and Culturally Important Hardwood

Principal Investigator: Sean Hoban, The Morton Arboretum

Protecting the Brown Ash of the Northern Forest With Indigenous Communities

Prinicipal Investigator: John Daigle, University of Maine, [email protected]

Restoring Tribal Relations and Forest Knowledge

Principal Investigator: Les Benedict, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe

Supporting Abenaki Stewardship of the Ecologically Rare and Culturally Important Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Ecosystem

Principal Investigator: Heidi Asbjornsen, University of New Hampshire.

WaYS to Utilize Indigenous Knowledge and Technology.

Principal Investigator: tish carr, Wabanaki Youth in Science (WaYS)