Project Grant 90NL0420

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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $997,430 Project Grant to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program. This grant will fund the Tribe's Phase III Tidewater Habitat Pilot Project from January 2023 through December 2025. The goal of this project is to enhance and create complex channel habitat within 1.5 miles of a seven mile reach of the mainstem Siletz River estuary channel to support...

The Seldovia Village Tribe in Alaska was awarded a $135,374 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program. The grant will fund the "Seldovia Storybook" project, a collaborative effort to preserve the rich history and cultural traditions of the Seldovia Native community. Over the two-year project period, the tribe will host six sessions to record stories and memories from community elders,...

This $418,424 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences under the NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure – NEH Documenting Endangered Languages program will fund the University of Oregon's project to collaboratively document an endangered indigenous language. The key products of this 3-year project include: 1) a crowdsourced digital quadrilingual dictionary created using the Living Dictionaries progressive web app, with...

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (CTSI) received a $990,098 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments program (CFDA 16.587). This 36-month award will allow CTSI's CARE program to expand victim-centered advocacy services, provide culturally-informed community education, and establish transitional housing for victims of sexual and domestic violence within the...

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon (CTSI) received a $255,190 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438). The award period is from July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023 to support Siletz River Restoration Actions Phase II. The Pacific Salmon Treaty Program assists states and treaty tribes in fulfilling responsibilities under the...

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%...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded a $298,825 Project Grant under the Indian Economic Development program (CFDA 15.032) to The Klamath Tribes in Chiloquin, Oregon. The three-year grant will fund a language immersion program focused on the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin Paiute languages. The program will serve approximately 300 students in Klamath County, Oregon using the Total Physical Response learning model to support language acquisition and cultural engagement...

The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians was awarded a $118,580 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). The grant will support the Tribe's efforts to revitalize and preserve the Takelma language through June 2023. Key deliverables include continuing community-based language lessons on the reservation, outreach at tribal events, and developing contemporary...

The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes have been awarded a $106,744 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)) program (CFDA 84.415). The grant will support the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Native Language Project, which aims to promote the use of Native languages as primary instructional languages, develop culturally relevant...