The Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) is dedicated to a mission of serving American Indian nations and people in the recovery and control of their rightful homelands. They aim to promote education, increase cultural awareness, create economic opportunities, and reform legal and administrative systems to enable Indian people to own and control reservation lands.
The Economic Opportunity Grant provided by the ILTF is focused on improving the utilization and control over reservation lands within Indian Country, amidst historical funding challenges and efforts that have largely failed to mitigate poverty or prevent land loss. This grant recognizes that casino revenues have only significantly benefited a minority of Indian nations and seeks to support projects that help tribal communities with land acquisition, productive usage of Indian lands, and the development of systems that encourage direct management and ownership by the land's rightful owners.