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Little Earth
A COMMUNITY BLOOMING WHERE WE ARE PLANTED
Hear Our Story.
Special thanks to Good Relatives Collaborative for honoring us with a Bush Prize grant award, to Line Break Media for the video production, and to Oshkii Giizhik Singers for their music.
Little Earth is 9.4 acre, 212-unit Housing and Urban Development (HUD) subsidized housing complex located in the urban industrial core of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Little Earth was founded in 1973 and remains the only American Indian/Native preference project-based Section 8 rental assistance community in the United States.
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OUR MISSION: To empower residents by creating a culturally strong, supportive, healthy and unified Little Earth community.
OUR VISION: To provide the residents of the Little Earth community with holistic, culturally relevant programming, by honoring traditional Indigenous values throughout all cycles of life.
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Impact
A community blooming where we are planted. Little Earth. Our Mission is to empower Little Earth and its residents by creating a culturally strong, supportive, healthy, and unified community.
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Community
Little Earth is home to nearly 1,000 residents, 50% of whom are under the age of 21. Our community has 38 different Tribal Affiliations. Little Earth is a model of self-determination for all Native peoples, prioritizing eliminating systemic barriers through wrap-around support services designed to move communities forward as well as address existing conditions.
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Programs
Little Earth's programmatic approach is designed around five key pillars: Education, Workforce Development, Health/Wellness, Safety, and Life skills.
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