Cooperative Agreement A18AC00057

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation will use a $164,792 project grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Economic Development program (CFDA 15.032) to continue and expand an Umatilla language immersion preschool program and develop curriculum and teaching materials. The program aims to revitalize the critically endangered Umatilla language, of which only three fluent speakers remain. Services include a four-hour preschool with 50%...

This Project Grant award of $250,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215) will support the development and implementation of a professional development framework for school administrators and teachers. The framework aims to build...

Arctic Slope Community Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $172,026 project grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032) to develop an Iñupiaq language web dictionary, sentence builder, and translator from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The goal of the project is to preserve the Iñupiaq language through digital tools for indefinite use by Iñupiaq speakers, learners, researchers, and educators. Key...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded a $210,000 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Indian Economic Development Program (CFDA 15.032) to the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Inc. (APIA), a federally recognized tribal organization in Alaska. The grant supports APIA's "UNANGAM TUNUU ACHIGAASALIX-LEARNING TEACHING OUR LANGUAGE" project, which aims to preserve the Unangax (Aleut) language through immersion programs and other cultural revitalization...

The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Low Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (CTCLUSI) received a $322,300 project grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Economic Development program (CFDA 15.032) to revitalize their three tribal languages - Miluk, Hanis, and Shayuushtha U Quuiich Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw - between June 2022 and December 2023. The funding will support oral tradition protocol development, digital transcription of language materials...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) to the Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Institute, Inc. in Hayward, Wisconsin. The grant, titled "EZHIGING OJIIBIKAN: ADULT OJIBWE LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROJECT", will support the institute's efforts to preserve and promote the Ojibwe language and culture through comprehensive educational programming for elementary...

The American Institute of Indian Studies will receive $675,750 in funding under a Block Grant award from the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education. The grant is part of the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad federal program (CFDA 84.021), which aims to support overseas projects in modern foreign language training, research, and curriculum development. Specifically, the Institute will use the funds to deliver Advanced Intensive Immersion Language Programs in India...

The Comanche Nation Language Department (CNLD) was awarded a $384,242.48 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032) to expand its existing Comanche language curriculum and develop the first ever online Comanche Level 1 course. CNLD will utilize archival audio and video recordings along with minimal new recordings to create five instructional units consisting of approximately...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program totaling $295,076.98 supports the Northwest Indian Language Institute and National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages at the University of Oregon. The grant funds faculty and language experts to pivot in-person indigenous language learning and restoration activities toward online and on-demand trainings due to continued limitations...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $110,496 Project Grant under the Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041) to the Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Institute, Inc. in Hayward, Wisconsin. The funding will support the institute's core mission of preserving and promoting the Ojibwe language and culture through comprehensive educational programming for elementary and secondary school students from May 2024 to September 2029. Waadookodaading, which is...