Project Grant 19124625523

This federal Project Grant award of $900,000.00 from the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Native Americans (CFDA 93.612 Native American Programs) supports the First Peoples Fund, a non-profit, American Indian-owned organization based in Rapid City, South Dakota. The funding will enable the organization to expand access to arts and culture resources for the Oglala Lakota creative community over a three-year period from September 2024 to September 2027. Key initiatives...

This $365,771 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA 84.415, Indian Education National Activities) aims to leverage school-based and home-based learning to restart intergenerational Lakota language transference. The grant recipient, Wounded Knee District School, is a federally recognized tribal government educational institution located in Manderson-White Horse Creek, South Dakota, serving Native American students. The...

The federal Project Grant award of $150,000.00 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program (CFDA #45.311) will support the project "I Lea Ka Hula I Ka Hoopaa: Linguistic Ties of Mele and Hula" conducted by Kahuli LEO LE A, a minority-owned, Native Hawaiian non-profit organization. The project aims to preserve and perpetuate the linguistic connection and methodological framework between the...

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $143,520 Indian Education Formula Grant to Sicangu Oyate Ho (Voice Of The Burnt Thigh People), Inc. for the period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. The grant is provided under the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060) to address the unique educational and cultural needs of Native American students so they can meet challenging state performance standards. Sicangu Oyate Ho...

The federal Formula Grant award of $145,658.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.060) program. The grant supports the Little Wound School Board, Inc., a tribal government entity operating the Little Wound School, a pre-K to 12th grade educational institution on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Kyle, South Dakota. The funding is used to deliver comprehensive...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has awarded a $126,311 Indian Education Formula Grant (CFDA 84.060) to Sicangu Oyate Ho (Voice Of The Burnt Thigh People), Inc., a tribally owned educational institution located in St. Francis, South Dakota. This one-year grant, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, will support Sicangu Oyate Ho's comprehensive educational programs designed to address the unique cultural, language, and academic needs of...

The federal Formula Grant award of $449,168.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060). The award supports a comprehensive educational program for American Indian and Alaska Native students at the Todd County School District 66-1 in Mission, South Dakota. The funded services include academic instruction, cultural programming, teacher professional...

This Project Grant award of $449,877 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will fund a 3-year project to document traditional ways of communicating in Diné/Navajo and Lakota communities. The goal is to address the imminent loss of linguistic and cultural knowledge by creating digital audiovisual recordings of naturally occurring language use and associated pragmatic knowledge. This...

The Sicangu Oyate Ho Inc. received a $156,739 Formula Grant award from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.060) federal grant program. The grant period runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. Under this award, Sicangu Oyate Ho Inc. will provide services and programs to address the unique educational and culturally-related academic needs of American Indian students attending local...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Mclaughlin School District 15 2 in McLaughlin, South Dakota a $103,706 Indian Education Formula Grant (CFDA 84.060) for the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. This formula grant funding supports the Mclaughlin School District's comprehensive educational programs designed to address the unique cultural, language, and academic needs of its American Indian and Alaska Native student population....