We overjoyed to announce that Right Relationship Boulder is a Colorado Outdoor Equity Grant Recipient a second time!

We are elated beyond words for youth and elders to be in their ancestral homelands of Colorado. Right Relationship Boulder’s Cultivating Connections Group gratefully announces the awarding of $60,000 from the state of Colorado’s Outdoor Equity Grant for continuing the Arapaho Language and Culture Camp into years ahead. 2025 will be our fourth year of camp! Through this grant, Arapaho elders will teach language and culture in their ancestral homelands. Youth will learn life skills and be able to experience the land and mountains, some for the first time. This state grant invests in organizations that increase access to the outdoors for youth and families from communities that are traditionally underrepresented in outdoor recreation and conservation. The Cultivating Connections Group will also continue to raise funds for additional support through our GoFundMe. Thank you to all who have contributed, we appreciate your generosity.

We are elated and grateful to be one of the recipients chosen for this grant and thank everyone for their support and contribution toward language and culture revitalization. Thank you!

Learn more here: Colorado Outdoor Equity Grant Program

Our Work

The Cultivating Connections Group (previously known as the Visiting Group) fosters and facilitates sustainable person-to-person relationships based on the values of Reciprocity, Respect, Responsibility, and Relevance by supporting Indigenous communities in meeting their goals, including holding an annual culture and language youth camp; providing detailed information on lodging for Indigenous peoples when visiting Boulder Valley; and creating opportunities for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to visit one another. Our two main projects are the Annual Arapaho Language & Culture Camp held each summer and the Visiting Project (lodging/hosting of Indigenous persons in the Boulder Valley/Front range).

Vision Statement

The Cultivating Connections Group commits to a society where Indigenous Peoples are honored, respected, and integral to life in the Boulder Valley.

Cultivating Connections Group Contact

For general inquiries on Cultivating Connections Group information: contact Sallie Robinson Ward at sallierw@me.com

For Visiting Project inquiries only: contact Linda Woods at lwcounsel@gmail.com

Project Funding Sources

Colorado Outdoor Equity Grant

Arapaho Language & Culture Camps GoFundMe

Visiting Project

Are you an Indigenous person that would like to request a place to stay in the Boulder Valley/Front Range? Indigenous folks looking to visit: fill out this form

OR, are you interested in hosting Indigenous persons or groups in your home or have a community center where groups can stay? To host Indigenous persons or groups please fill out this form

Support Arapaho Language & Culture Camps

The Cultivating Connections Group with RRB is fundraising for Arapaho Language & Culture Camps. Arapaho elders and students come together in their ancestral homelands of Colorado each summer. These educational experiences help students learn Arapaho history, language, culture, science, reading, and writing (English and Arapaho). Elders teach prayer, values, and language. The youth come to more deeply know who they are, where they come from, and have this knowledge for the rest of their lives.

“We could hear the songs of our ancestors in the wind through the trees and feel their footprints as they walked in this place.” – 2022 camp attendee

In support of the annual camps, Right Relationship Boulder is seeking donations through GoFundMe. Blessings and prayers for all who donate. May you receive abundance for your generosity!

Go to GoFundMe HERE

News & Media

Sky-Hi News: Arapaho Elders and Youth Return to their Ancestral Lands this Summer at YMCA

Pictures and Videos from 2023 Arapaho Language & Culture Camp