January 27, 2021 Original Peoples Investment Program The Original Peoples Investment Program provided one-time funding to support projects which support the preservation and revitalization of First Nation, Métis, and Inuit art. In 2020, we received 77 applications requesting a total of $744,624.46. 44 applications were funded for a total of $399,397.89. For information about how this program was assessed, please see the Terms of Reference for the 2020 Original Peoples Investment Program. Artist, Collective or Organization Project Grant Amount Adrian Stimson Arts Mohkinitsis/Siksika Connecting through Art – The School of Badger 2020 $10,000 Alanna Blackrider – Onespot Spirit (A poetry book by Alanna Bluebird) $8,500 Angel J. Aubichon Thantoka/Buffillo $10,000 Authentically Indigenous Authentically Indigenous Community Arts Gathering $7,000 BB ISKWEW – Kayla Simpson Metamorphosis $10,000 Brittney Bear Hat These Gifts: Research and Development $6,000 Bruno Canadien Sehéh łą́h kų́ę́ nádéh (My famıly) $8,500 Celestine Twigg Poos Animation Project $10,000 Chantal Chagnon Songs and Storytelling Album $10,000 Cowboy Smithx The Silent X $8,000 Curt Young and the Healers This is My Story EP Album $7,500 Danielle Kehler Who We Are $10,000 Deedra Salange Ladouceur Ghost’ Return to Mourning $10,000 Dwight Farahat Dwight Farahat’s Mini Documentary/Video Album $10,000 Glenna Cardinal Xatalini – Spring (water) $10,000 Heather Morigeau Pine Needle Weaving with Ktunaxa Knowledge Keepers $10,000 Indigenous Resilience In Music Rhythm of the People Music & Arts Festival $7,000 Jared Tailfeathers Traditional Methods of Making: Dog Trail (Imitáá ohtáóhsokoyi a’póóhsin) Part 2 $9,500 Jarret Twoyoungmen Tibi $10,000 Jason Gordon The Missing Rose, Stage Two, Donation Website, Marketing and Memorials $10,000 Jesse Gouchey The Ancient Static $8,000 Jessica McMann CD Recording $10,000 Kalum Teke Dan Kalum Teke Dan Artist Book $7,000 Michelle Soto Winter Gear $5,000 Midewiwin Teaching Lodge Society of Alberta Midewiwin (Big) Teaching Lodge $10,000 Nika Productions I Get Lonely – A Short Film $8,516.89 Ryan Jason Allen Willert nvrlnd. inaugural residency invitation $9,908 Sabrina Wozny Golden Feather Creations Business/ Moss Bag making $10,000 Sandra Sutter Cluster Stars Song Book and Show – Parallel Process – Honouring the Oral and Written Word $10,000 Sarah Houle ᐅᑳᐄᐧᒫᐤ okâwîmâw Mother $9,984 Seth Dodginghorse Asdaguʔagujagi (When did it happen?) $10,000 Shane Ghostkeeper Ghostkeeper Music Video Production $9,989 Soloman Chiniquay Simulacrum $5,000 Sophia Lebessis Printmaking for Treaty 7 Area Artists $7,000 Status Savage Learn-Create-Teach-Reclaim $10,000 Sweety Treaty Sweety Treaty Show & Music Production $10,000 Tania Dawn Big Plume The Breath of Old Bones $10,000 Tara Beagan Whoop Up $8,000 The Napi Collective The Napi Collective – Film Camps $10,000 Travis Miller Travis Miller – Alberta Bones $10,000 Troy Emery Twigg Aakakohtomiia: The Blackfoot Story (Working Title) $10,000 Tyson Night Hung Up $10,000 Wild Mint Arts Summer Dance Training $10,000 Zach Running Coyote Kohkum & Me $9,000 Accountability Reports and Year-End Financials
