Mission

The Cultural Conservancy is a Native American nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and revitalization of indigenous cultures and their ancestral lands. It is a research, education, and advocacy organization. It provides mediation, legal, information referral, and audio recording services. It also produces educational programs and materials and technical trainings on Native land conservation and land rights, cultural and ecological restoration, and traditional indigenous arts and spiritual values.

Issues

Energy, Water pollution, Wildlife, Environmental justice, Community organizing, Land rights, Cultural resource promotion

Activities

Research, Organizing, Education, Direct action, Service to Native Americans

Programs/
Projects

Major projects include working with California Indian communities that don't have federal recognition and have no land base. Cultural Conservancy works on helping them to regain federal recognition and access to ancestral land. They work with Indian communities, doing organizing, research and media work, referring to legal assistance groups. They do toxic prevention and education, for example they have worked on the Ward Valley campaign to prevent toxic waste dumping. They also campaign against genetically modified organisms (GMO) for reservations, by bringing information to communities that focuses on the health impacts of GMOs in agriculture. They try to help communities steer away from commodity foods and reliance on big agribusiness.

Constitutency

Native American/Indian

Geographical Focus

National

Staff

4

Volunteers

6

Membership Base

Low income, Middle income, Urban, Rural, Reservation, Coalition

Annuual Budget

$100,000

Year Founded

1985