Projects
USDA Regional Food Business Centers
TPS is a Regional Partner in the $30M USDA-funded Northwest & Rocky Mountain Regional Food Business Center, supporting Native farmers, ranchers, and food businesses. In collaboration with Oregon State University, we provide technical assistance, capacity building, and outreach across six states to uplift Native producers and Tribal initiatives. Through Native Grown & Gathered, we are assessing Tribal food systems, connecting communities to funding and resources, and expanding Indigenous-led food sovereignty efforts.
Empowering Native Creators with Smartsheet & Matika Wilbur’s “The Salmon People”
We partnered with Smartsheet, Inc. to support the launch of The First Residence, an Indigenous artist residency hosted by the Seattle Kraken and Climate Pledge Arena. We led the artist selection process, facilitated communications, and developed a training on sustained Native partnerships. The residency, featuring Swinomish and Tulalip artist Matika Wilbur, showcased Coast Salish storytelling, climate awareness, and immersive art—setting a new standard for authentic Native collaborations in corporate and cultural spaces.
Message Testing and Content Creation with Piikani Lodge Health Institute
We partnered with Piikani Lodge Health Institute (PLHI) to reframe conservation messaging for the Blackfeet Nation, ensuring it aligned with Indigenous values and lifeways. Through community focus groups, messaging analysis, and strategic communications, we developed a culturally grounded approach that resonated with the Blackfeet people. The final strategy included informational articles, leadership talking points, newsletters, and social media assets, strengthening support for land-based initiatives that truly serve the Nation’s interests.
Plant Teachings for Growing Social-Emotional Skills Toolkit
We led the development and storytelling of the Plant Teachings for Growing Social-Emotional Skills Toolkit, a culturally grounded resource that promotes resilience, wellness, and land-based learning through Coast Salish teachings. Created in partnership with GRuB, the Squaxin Island Tribe’s Northwest Indian Treatment Center, and Seattle Indian Health Board, the toolkit includes a book, plant teaching cards, movement videos, and activity guides designed for behavioral health providers, educators, and community leaders. Rooted in Indigenous science and ways of knowing, the toolkit encourages mindfulness, healthy relationships, seasonal awareness, and ecological restoration, while strengthening community connection to place, plants, and cultural knowledge.
Ancestral Beverage Education Through Native Infusions
In partnership with Arcora Foundation, Tahoma Peak Solutions is expanding its culturally grounded initiative to promote oral health through ancestral beverage education. This initiative supports Tribal Dental Clinics and Native health education programs across the Northwest with hands-on training, educational resources, ongoing support, and community collaboration. We will be doing a 6-month internship for tribal dental and community health educators.
We are partnering with Seattle Indian Health Board’s Urban Indian Health Institute to offer Native Infusion trainings to urban Native educators.