Who has helped Cradleboard to survive?
• The Cradleboard Teaching Project came into existence because it was needed. For twelve years the only support came from the Nihewan Foundation for American Indian Education, and all the work was done on a volunteer basis by a few teachers. • In 1996 the W.K. Kellogg Foundation gave the Nihewan Foundation a two-year major grant to develop Cradleboard as a national project. This really turned the tide and made us viable. • A second generous grant was received from the Ford Foundation. More recent grants have been generously donated by the Herb Alpert Foundation, the Lynn and Norman Lear Family Foundation, the Toyota USA Foundation, and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Business Council. • In-kind contributions have been highly significant, particularly from Rotary Club chapters.
