Organization
Dream of Wild Health
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Dream of Wild Health, a Native-led Minneapolis nonprofit, farms 30 acres in Hugo, Minnesota, tripling its farm in 2020 with a 20-acre purchase.
- Kind
- 501(c)(3) Native-led nonprofit (farm, seed and food sovereignty)
- Native-led
- yes-verified
- Works with
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul Native American community (intertribal)
- Region
- Great Lakes; MN
- Focus
- Owns a 30-acre farm in Hugo MN; recovering Indigenous seeds, foods, medicines and land stewardship for urban Native people
- Registry
- EIN 41-1632662 (own donate page; ProPublica Minneapolis MN)
What happened
Dream of Wild Health (DWH) is an intertribal nonprofit serving the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Native American community. Its site says it began in 1998 as a program of Peta Wakan Tipi, a nonprofit founded in 1986, and that founder Sally Auger retired in 2011. ProPublica lists it in Minneapolis under EIN 41-1632662, with tax exemption issued in August 1989. Its staff page names Neely Snyder (St. Croix Ojibwe) as executive director.
DWH says it owns a 30-acre farm in Hugo, Minnesota. Its project timeline says DWH acquired an original 10-acre farm between 2004 and 2019, and that in March 2020 it purchased a 20-acre property. The farm site says that purchase expanded the farm from 10 acres to 30. This is a Native-led organization buying land for a farm, not a federal or treaty-based return.
The farm grows organic Indigenous foods, including corn, beans and squash from seeds the group says a Potawatomi elder gave it. DWH reports growing more than 26,000 pounds of produce in 2023, distributed through a weekly food share and partner Native organizations in the Twin Cities. Its capital campaign describes a Center for Native American Food Sovereignty and a farm incubator program offering land and tools to emerging Native farmers.
The produce, pounds and campaign goals are DWH's own statements.
Good to know. The farm land was bought by the nonprofit, not returned to a tribe. Online gifts may go through givemn.org; checks are payable to "Dream of Wild Health".
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What the sources say, and how this was checked
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DWH owns a 30-acre farm in Hugo, MN
Dream of Wild Health - AboutIn 2020, we purchased land, expanding our acreage from 10 acres to 30 acres.
Dream of Wild Health - Our Farm20-acre property purchased
Dream of Wild Health - Capital CampaignNeely Snyder Executive Director St Croix Ojibwe
Dream of Wild Health - Staff & BoardTax exemption issued: Aug. 1989
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer - Dream Of Wild Health
Research notes. Land purchased by a nonprofit for a farm; no tribal-government title or federal transfer. Pounds and campaign details are the organization's own. Online gifts route through givemn.org per the record's vetting notes; confirm payee (its donate page lists "Dream of Wild Health" for checks).
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- Vetting notes
- 2026-10-17: ProPublica hit Dream Of Wild Health, Minneapolis MN, EIN 411632662; own donate page states EIN/Tax ID 411632662 and check payee Dream of Wild Health. Staff page names Executive Director Neely Snyder (St. Croix Ojibwe) and a Land Stewardship Manager with Native affiliations. Online gift routes via givemn.org linked from own page. Farm ownership stated on own About page. Source: https://dreamofwildhealth.org/staff-board/ ("Neely Snyder Executive Director St. Croix Ojibwe")
- Kind
- Organization
- Confidence
- High
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