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Indigenous Builders Exchange
Learn about Red Feather's efforts to teach the details of straw bale
construction to tribal members through the IBE.
Solar Energy Initiative
Red Feather is working to incorporate renewable energy into the homes
we build. More...
Straw Bale Construction
Want to find out more about how
to build a straw bale structure?
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Programs
Red Feather believes that in order to strengthen native communities, we
must first begin by empowering native families to take the lead role in
the betterment of their own communities. Our approach builds on the strengths
of native cultural traditions and works with all generations to achieve
family and community development in the process of creating new housing
and community facilities. This allows families and communities to gain
the skills and confidence necessary to build the leadership capabilities
among their young people that will enable them to address the many other
important issues facing their lives and their nation.
The focus of Red Feather's American Indian Sustainable Housing Initiative
is to educate Indian nations on straw bale building methods that will
enable tribes to establish frameworks for long-term self-sufficiency.
It also provides a model for rebuilding reservation communities and facilitating
positive change. Using workshops and seminars to demonstrate volunteer-friendly
straw bale
construction techniques, communities are empowered to build
desperately needed homes and community facilities in a manner that also
helps restore their social structure.
We have developed four programs to complement our American Indian Sustainable
Housing Initiative in Northern Cheyenne and Hopi communities:
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