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About Indian Country Extension (ICE)

This term identifies Cooperative Extension work that occurs in Indian Country — on American Indian reservations, in tribal communities and tribal colleges. This nonformal, knowledge-based educational programming is grounded in the philosophy established in the Smith-Lever Act of 1914. The teaching is conducted by faculty, extension agents/educators and other associated employees of the extension organizations within land grant universities and colleges; tribal colleges and tribal governments.

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Pyramid Lake Project Office on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation

Nevada Cooperative Extension - Nevada
The community vitality, both economic and social, of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation is strongly dependent on agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection due to its reliance on Pyramid Lake and surrounding lands which are heavily impacted by the adjacent Reno-Sparks Metropolitan Area. The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (the "Tribe"), EIRP, and the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension ("UNCE") Washoe County Office have insufficient funding on their own to establish a... more

Revitalizing 4-H in Small Rural Schools

Muscogee (Creek) Extension - Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Helping small rural schools within the Muscogee (Creek) Nation re-establish and revitalize their 4-H programs has been the goal of the Extension Educator this past year. The focus has been placed on one school in three different counties. These three counties have an 18% Native American population. The percentage of students who are Creeks is even higher. State 4-H Ambassadors provided workshops on 4-H projects, entertained with games, and shared their 4-H story with the youth. more

Agriculture

Colville Extension - Colville
FRTEP continues to improve agriculture and natural resource management skills in order to enhance productivity, sustainability, and quality of rural life. Programming has included: more

The Rockin' 4-H Cattle Club

Warm Springs Extension - Warm Springs
This club incorporates Farm Service Agency youth loans, tribal Range and Ag. field work, and Extension education. Youth have purchased cattle pairs in the spring of 2006, and are working on growing their own herd by learning animal health, animal handling, and livestock production and management. more

Walker River Indian Reservation 4-H

Nevada Cooperative Extension - Nevada
The Walker River Indian Reservation is located in west-central Nevada and is one of the three largest Indian reservations in the State of Nevada, located in Mineral, Lyon and Churchill Counties. A recent needs assessment of reservation households identified unemployment in the rural area as the number one community risk factor followed closely by alcohol and drug abuse. The Tribe has been a part of the FRTEP since about 1992 and has had several different agents on the reservation, which have... more

Natural Resource Management

Fort Hall Extension - Fort Hall
The Fort Hall Reservation is comprised of approximately 344,942 acres of rangeland. These rangelands require development and implementation of updated methods to manage this valuable resource. As of 2005, the Fort Hall rangelands had not been inventoried since 1963. To address this issue, the extension office took the lead in developing a Rangeland Inventory Request for Proposal to secure funding through the Bureau of Indian Affairs to begin a project of this magnitude. ... more

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Michigan Cooperative Extension \| *Extension Office* 1 week 10 hours ago »
Master Food Preserver \| *Extension Program* 2 weeks 1 day ago » MSU Flathead Reservation Extension Office partnered with MSU Lake County Extension to offer the first Master Food Preserver class in Montana in over 25 years. With the increase in gardening...
Fort Peck Extension \| *Extension Office* 2 weeks 4 days ago » The Fort Peck Reservation is in northeastern Montana, and home of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes.
University of Nevada Tribal Exension \| *Extension Office* 2 weeks 4 days ago » Existing Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program (FRTEP) funds are insufficient to support tribal needs on more than one reservation. In order to fund more than one full-time operation, UNCE...
"Health and Traditions among Hopi/Tewa Women." \| *Publication* 3 weeks 5 days ago » Abstract: This paper is based on participatory action research over a 6-year period with the Hopi non-profit, Pu’tavi, and the Hopi tribal government. Discussing the functions...
Hualapai Extension \| *Extension Office* 3 weeks 5 days ago » The Hualapai and Havasupai tribes speak closely related languages and are located on ancestral lands on the edge of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. The Hualapai Reservation is nearly a...
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College \| *Extension Office* 4 weeks 6 days ago » Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College is located in Bataga, Michigan.
Diné College \| *Extension Office* 7 weeks 5 days ago » The Land Grant Office of Diné College Our Mission: The Mission of the Land Grant Office is to increase the knowledge capacity of the Navajo Nation as well as other Native Americans in order to...
Colorado River Indian Tribes Extension \| *Extension Office* 9 weeks 8 hours ago »
Agriculture and Natural Resource Management \| *Extension Program* 9 weeks 9 hours ago » Educational Field Days and demonstration trials were used to help Identify problems facing the production of established crops (alfalfa, cotton, seed crops and vegetables) and to determine...
Health and Nutrition \| *Extension Program* 9 weeks 9 hours ago » Health and Nutrition programming is combined with both of the above outlined Agriculture and 4-H Program areas. Any opportunity available is used to promote healthier lifestyles and increased...
Tanana Chiefs Conference Extension \| *Extension Office* 9 weeks 12 hours ago » As the 20th anniversary of the FRTEP program in Alaska nears, it is good to reflect on the changes and the impacts this program has had on Alaska Natives in rural Alaska. As a relatively new agent to...
Ilisagvik College \| *Extension Office* 9 weeks 12 hours ago » Ilisagvik College is a two-year tribal college located in the northernmost point of Alaska.
Cherokee Extension \| *Extension Office* 9 weeks 12 hours ago » Current activities include the revegetation of ramps (a native wild onion) as a traditional food; revegetation of river cane, white oak, and butternut trees for traditional basket making;...
Choctaw Extension \| *Extension Office* 9 weeks 12 hours ago » The MSU Extension Service's partnership with the Choctaw tribe since the inception of the FRTEP has been a story of success. As a result of this program, an average of 24 Extension activities have...