College Receives First Nations Development Institute Grant

Fort Peck Community College recently received a $15,000 grant from the First Nations Development Institute of Longmont, Colo.

This award will support the efforts of Fort Peck Community College’s Traditional Food Preservation and Storage project.

The project anticipates working with Fort Peck Community College’s Student Senate in assisting with food storage needs, which includes the processing of a buffalo from the tribal buffalo herd. The grant will fund equipment such as a walk-in refrigerator and commercial dehydrator. The project anticipates working with the local community garden programs in assisting with food storage need in terms of dehydration and for gathering traditional foods.

The project anticipates working with traditional food gathering and preservation experts to document and promote traditional food awareness within the Fort Peck Community College campus community. Project lead Elijah Hopkins will coordinate the project programing.

FPCC serves the people of the Fort Peck Reservation and Northeast Montana by providing quality academic, vocational and community based programs, empowering the next generation of workers, leaders and citizens while being entrusted with the preservation and promotion of Assiniboine and Sioux Culture. For more information about FPCC visit www. fpcc.edu