Give Back

At Hossle Woodworks, we’ve decided to skip the Land Acknowledgements and Social Justice Posturing. Instead, we take real action. Learn about our initiatives below and check out our tree planting campaign as well.

2% of our profits are contributed to the BEYOND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FUND to assist in returning Indian land to Indian hands.

  • Empty words. To many in Indian Country, that’s what land acknowledgements are. As more and more local governments, universities and other organizations make land acknowledgement statements at press conferences, community gatherings and public events, it raises an obvious question: Now what?

  • Inspired by a $250,000 land acknowledgement gift from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, ILTF created the Beyond Land Acknowledgment Fund to provide a conduit for organizations, institutions, governments and the like to turn talk into action. From the transfer of government land to small donations collected in elementary schools, now there is an opportunity for anyone to act collectively on a much larger scale. ILTF has the experience and knowledge to put complex land transactions together as well as a proven record of sound fiscal management. There are countless historic and religious sites across Indian Country that are meaningful to tribal communities, as well as historic fishing and hunting land that could be returned.

  • Learn about the many ways you can contribute HERE

2% of our profits are contributed to the FUND FOR REPARATIONS NOW! as a payment for 400+ years of oppression, slavery, and inequality to African American people.

  • The Fund for Reparations NOW! (FFRN!) is an intergenerational community of white people working in solidarity with the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC). Following NAARC’s Black leadership, FFRN! is dedicated to the immediate implementation of the 10-Point Plan, modeling now what reparations will look like when they are formally granted from the federal government.

    White reparationists can participate in their online reparations platform by signing a Statement of Apology, making their reparations contribution, and accessing resources aimed at building a lifelong anti-racist practice. The ultimate goal of their work is to see formal reparations for African Americans from the U.S. government within our lifetimes. In the meantime, there is the Fund for Reparations NOW!

  • Make your contribution HERE

  • Learn what else you can do HERE