Akweku Osh^be Yukwayotee consists of nine young On^yote?a·ká women, motivated to move beyond trauma, politics, and physical displacement to rebuild the matrilineal design, and rekindling the fire among women who traditionally made decisions regarding land, children, and direction of the Nation. Noyes funding supported knowledge gathering of shared language, medicines, foods, ceremonies, and cultural arts to revive the spirit and health of the Oneida nation at a critical moment in history.