Past Projects
This is only a partial listing of Red Feather’s past projects. Our projects range from a one-day installation of wheelchair ramps to the construction of straw bale homes and communal facilities.
Honanie Home - September 2009
Hopi Reservation
Red Feather Development Group has finished building the fifth straw bale home on the Hopi reservation for Beverly Honanie and her daughter.
Home Renovations - June 2009
Northern Cheyenne Reservation
Without a straw bale home to build this year, Red Feather collaborated with Lame Deer High School, the Housing Improvement Program and the Workforce Investment Act office, to renovate homes.
Robledo Home - September 2008
Hopi Reservation
Hopi community members, along with Red Feather staff and volunteers, worked long days (and many evenings) to construct this new straw bale home on the eastern edge of Bacavi village, on Third Mesa.
Russell Home - June 2008
Northern Cheyenne Reservation
Despite the brutal weather, Winfield Russell’s home project was a great success. The usual occurred: a beautiful home was built and volunteers gave selflessly to a common goal.
Home Renovation Projects - June 2007
Northern Cheyenne Reservation
Red Feather staff members returned in July from our home rehab and community-based construction projects on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana.
Duwyenie Home - September 2007
Hopi Reservation
The Red Feather trucks and trailers pulled into Montana in 2007, leaving a trickle of Hopiland sand on the highways between Bacavi and Bozeman.
Roundstone Home - June 2006
Northern Cheyenne Reservation
The Roundstone home provided a model for homeownership in the Norther Cheyenne country.
Shebola Home - September 2006
Hopi Reservation
Representation of the greatest community interest of any Red Feather build to date.
Tenakhongva Home - September 2005
Hopi Reservation
Hopi Nation’s first straw bale home on the reservation.
Turtle Mountain Enviromental Research Center - 2005
Turtle Mountain Reservation
Sustainablity, efficiency and alternatives will all be taught from within the straw bale walls of the Turtle Mountain ERC.
Crow Study Hall - July 2002
Crow Reservation
Four “Rez Protectors”, Oprah Winfrey, and Red Feather came together to make the dream of a community study hall come true.
Bear Quiver Home - July 2001
Northern Cheyenne Reservation
The first straw bale home built in the Northern Cheyenne Nation and Red Feather’s largest residential build to date.
Fastwolf Home - July 2000
Pine Ridge Reservation
A collaborative effort by several parties to give back to two Oglala elders who had raised 24 foster children.
Sierra Home - August 1998
Pine Ridge Reservation
A small one-room cabin, on the Pine Ridge Reservation, often hit with severe weather recieves a much needed update.
Horn Home - July 1997
Pine Ridge Reservation
From a one-room trailer to a secure home with dreams of a better tomorrow.
Wilbur Home - December 1997
Muckelshoot Reservation
Red Feather’s Wheelchair Ramp-A-Thon helped provide a Tulalip elder with a ramp and a deck.
