The Bush Foundation in St. Paul has announced its new strategic direction for the next decade. (See the Strib article titled, Bush Foundation changes its focus and the way it will issue grants; the Strib editorial, Bush Foundation makes a smart shift; Pioneer Press article titled, Major state funding group alters grant focus; MPR story titled, Bush Foundation to change course of giving efforts and the companion audio interview with president Peter Hutchinson.)
One of the three new goals is:
Support the Self-Determination of Native Nations. Goal: By 2018, all 23 Native nations in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota are exercising self-determination and actively rebuilding the infrastructure of nationhood.
