UMUT Tiwahe Initiative
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
FAC T SHEE T
$44
million in new grants
in community 20m improvement projects
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UMUT TIWAHE LEADERSHIP TEAM DeAnne House, Tribal Council/Tiwahe Chair
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youth films
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film awards
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Family Matters attendees
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collaborating partners
tribal program planners
50 youth trained
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community developers
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ribal communities often experience
Juanita PlentyHoles, Tiwahe Director Antoinette Porambo, Community Resource Specialist Bernadette Cuthair, Planning Director Priscilla BlackHawk, Court Administrator
disproportionate rates of poverty and a lack
of access to services. In 2015 as part of President Obama’s commitment to protect and promote the development of prosperous and resilient tribal communities, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) received funding to support and implement a fiveyear pilot program called the Tiwahe Initiative. Tiwahe (tiwah-hay) means family in the Lakota language and symbolizes the interconnectedness of all living things and one’s responsibility to
Beverly Santicola, Grant Writer
honor family, community and the environment.
Ronald Scott, Grants and Contracts Administrator
opportunity to participate in the Tiwahe Initiative.
The BIA offered four tribal communities an Each Tiwahe Initiative tribal site was given financial and administrative resources to develop a coordinated service delivery model centered on the needs of the family and community. The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe was selected as one of the four tribes (out of 566 federally recognized tribes in the United States) to participate in the program. The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe’s Tiwahe Initiative was branded TOUR DE UTE — A JOURNEY OF WELLNESS.
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The BIA required tribes launch their Tiwahe Initiatives in three phases: Planning, Development and Implementation. The timeline inside provides a brief summary of major accomplishments between 2015–2019.