Culture Bearers

* Required

Full Name*

Preferred Name

Pronouns*

Website

Email*

Phone*

Submission Questions

Please share your practice with us in a personal statement that answers the following questions. (Answers can be written, audio or video.)

How do you describe your practice of being a Culture Bearer? How do your practices and values keep culture alive? How is your practice a way of life?

How do you educate, exchange, and share in order to preserve ancestral knowledge? How are you transmitting knowledge to the next generation?

How is your practice connected to this land–Mni Sota? How is your practice connected to Black Lives Matter, decolonization, Indigenous People, and returning things to their rightful places?

Submission File*

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, mp3, mp4, m4v, Max. file size: 256 MB.

Community Elder Recommendation

* Please upload one recommendation from a community elder acknowledging and describing your role as a culture bearer and their relationship with you. (Recommendation can be written, audio or video.)

Community Elder Nomination File*

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, mp3, mp4, m4v, Max. file size: 256 MB.

Community Mentee Recommendation

* Please upload one recommendation from a community youth / young adult / mentee describing their experience and describe learning from you and their relationship with you. (Recommendation can be written, audio or video.)

Community Youth Nomination File*

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, mp3, mp4, m4v, Max. file size: 256 MB.

Demographics

Gender

Please indicate the gender you identify with

Specify Gender*

Race / Ethnicity

Please indicate the race or ethnicity you identify with including the specific cultural community which you're from

Specify Race / Ethnicity*

MCKNIGHT CULTURE BEARERS FELLOWSHIP

Submission Form

Submission Form

* Required

Submission Questions

How do you describe your practice of being a Culture Bearer? How do your practices and values keep culture alive? How is your practice a way of life?

How do you educate, exchange, and share in order to preserve ancestral knowledge? How are you transmitting knowledge to the next generation?

How is your practice connected to this land–Mni Sota? How is your practice connected to Black Lives Matter, decolonization, Indigenous People, and returning things to their rightful places?

Community Elder Recommendation

Community Mentee Recommendation

Demographics

Gender

Race / Ethnicity