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.

Ecosystem Responses to the Interacting Forces of Bridge Improvements and Beavers

Principal Investigator: Benjamin Simpson, Penobscot Nation

Forest Stewards Apprenticeship: Bridging Indigenous Knowledge, Research, and Forest Stewardship with the Penobscot Nation.

Principal Investigator: Rachel Swanwick, Forest Stewards Guild

Haudenosaunee Forest Principles 

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

Integrating Advanced Geospatial Analysis and Indigenous Forest Knowledge for Protecting Ash Species

Principal Investigator: Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, University of Maine

Managing for Tomorrow’s Panawahpskek Forests Today: An Integrative Approach to Submerchantable Competition Control

Principal Investigator: Carolyn Ziegra, Appalachian Mountain Club

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]

Restoration of Culturally and Ecologically Significant Forest Understory Vascular Plants in Haudenosaunee Homelands: Building a Model for Broader Forest Resiliency in the Northeast

Principal Investigator: Gregory McGee, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Restoring Tribal Relations and Forest Knowledge

Principal Investigator: Jessica Raspitha, 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.

Sustaining basketmaking in Waponahkik through increased accessibility, processing, and storage opportunities

Principal Investigator: John Daigle, University of Maine

WaYS to Utilize Indigenous Knowledge and Technology.

Principal Investigator: Jennifer Galipeau, Wabanaki Youth in Science (WaYS)