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Dakota Creative Connections Suspends Grantmaking

February 25, 2010—

Over the course of two years, artists from North Dakota and South Dakota collaborated with the Bush Foundation to explore new ways of supporting the professional development of artists in the region through the Dakota Creative Connections grant program

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Fellow Bios

Jody L. TallBear

2009 Leadership Fellow
Minnesota

Career Field: Law and Corrections
Secondary Field: Law enforcement, Corrections, Judiciary
Fellowship Plan: To increase knowledge of the development of tribal and renewable energy policy through a self-directed study program.
Long-Term Goal: To provide leadership to tribal nations in the development of renewable energy as a vehicle for economic development that will diversify and strengthen tribal economies.

Native tribes in Minnesota and the Dakotas have the opportunity to develop their considerable energy resources (such as wind power). TallBear plans to stand by them as an advocate for the inclusion of tribal interests in renewable energy policy and projects. She will embark on a self-directed study of federal policies and regulation governing renewable energy development as well as the capacity of Indian country to develop renewable energy as a vehicle to strengthen and diversify tribal economies. TallBear will graduate from Hamline University School of Law in May 2009.