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Right Relationship Boulder (Land Group)

Right Relationship Boulder's Land Group, fiscally sponsored by Mediators Foundation, funds Arapaho youth gatherings and presses for Indigenous guidance on Boulder open space.

Kind
Ally-led community group fiscally sponsored by Mediators Foundation (EIN 04-3002588, Boulder CO)
Native-led
mixed
Works with
Arapaho and Cheyenne nations (Boulder Valley)
Region
Boulder, CO
Focus
Funds tribal youth camps and gatherings, plant-gathering access, trail content with tribes, pushes for tribal guidance at Fort Chambers; acts at tribes' request
Registry
Fiscal sponsor Mediators Foundation Inc, EIN 04-3002588 (ProPublica; Boulder CO)

What happened

Right Relationship Boulder (RRB) is a Boulder, Colorado community group. Its Land Group page names its founders as Jerilyn DeCoteau and Paula Palmer. It does not state that its leadership is Native. Donations go through a fiscal sponsor, Mediators Foundation, which ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer lists as a Boulder 501(c)(3) with exemption issued in February 1988. The page asks donors to select "Land Group Projects" or write "RRB Land Group" on a check memo.

The Land Group says it collaborates with Indigenous peoples to broaden their access to lands in the Boulder Valley and to make sure they have input on land-use decisions. Its first goal is to support Native American tribes that were forcibly removed from Colorado's Front Range so they can reestablish a presence there. It raises funds and logistics for tribes to bring youths to their Front Range homelands. For 2026 it is raising money for an Arapaho Unity Youth Gathering for Arapaho youth and elders from Wyoming and Oklahoma, with a $30,000 goal.

A second goal is that the Fort Chambers site in Boulder be developed and managed with guidance from the Arapaho and Cheyenne nations. RRB has published a statement on a decision by the city's Open Space and Mountain Parks department.

It describes no land return or acquisition. The fundraising figure is a goal.

Good to know. Gifts are tax-deductible only through the fiscal sponsor, Mediators Foundation, and must be marked for the Land Group. The $30,000 is a fundraising goal.

Summarized with AI assistance from 5 sources and checked against their words; not yet reviewed by historians or by the nations. Report an error

What the sources say, and how this was checked

Supported by the sources below; some details rest on one source.

  1. RRB's Land Group collaborates with Indigenous peoples to broaden their access to lands in the Boulder ValleyLand Group - Right Relationship Boulder
  2. Support Native American tribes that were forcibly removed from Colorado's Front Range so they can reestablish a presence in the Boulder ValleyLand Group - Right Relationship Boulder
  3. Fort Chambers site in Boulder is developed and managed with the guidance and direction of the Arapaho and Cheyenne nationsLand Group - Right Relationship Boulder
  4. Mediators Foundation, our fiscal sponsorLand Group - Right Relationship Boulder
  5. Boulder, CO Tax exemption issued: Feb. 1988 EIN: 04-3002588ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: Mediators Foundation Inc

Research notes. An ally-led group; the page does not say whether leadership is Native. Gifts are tax-deductible only through the fiscal sponsor and must be designated to the Land Group. No land return is described. The $30,000 figure is a fundraising goal.

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Supports the return of 1

Sources

  1. rightrelationshipboulder.org/land-group/self-description
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Vetting notes
Page directs donors to select 'Land Group Projects'; or mail to Mediators Foundation, 2525 Arapahoe Ave E-4 #509, Boulder CO 80302 with 'RRB Land Group' on the memo line. Page does not say whether leadership is Native; founders named Jerilyn DeCoteau and Paula Palmer. No land return described on the page.
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Organization
Confidence
Medium

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