Project Grant 90NL0453

The Chickaloon Village Traditional Council (CVTC) will receive $332,600 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032) to support the Ahtna Cedahwdediixen (Instructor) Development Project. Through this Project Grant award made on June 29, 2022, CVTC will work with Ahtna language elders and culture bearers to create over 100 new Ahtna language recordings and produce an immersion instructional...

The Chickasaw Nation received a $399,994 project grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032) to create the Say Something in Chickasaw Project. The project will develop high-quality, multi-platform virtual language learning products and fund an online network of Chickasaw language community classes. These efforts will expand the Chickasaw Nation's existing online language revitalization work....

The Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032) to conduct the "Koo At Latouwx Has Naxsatee, Let Them Be Teachers" project from June 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The primary goal of the project is to increase the Tlingit language proficiency of 10 Tlingit language teachers through 116 total...

The Cook Inlet Tribal Council Inc. was awarded a $1,278,286 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Alaska Native Educational Programs (CFDA 84.356) to support a schoolyard enhancement project. The grant will fund efforts from September 30, 2022 to September 29, 2023 to recognize and address the unique educational needs of Alaska Native students through initiatives that integrate Alaska Native languages and cultures into the...

The Chickaloon Native Village was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Tribal Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.639) program. The 12-month project, running from January 2025 through December 2025, aims to: Describe the run timing, enumeration, and species composition of adult salmon in Moose Creek using foot surveys. Quantify juvenile salmon abundance in Premier Creek, a Moose Creek tributary, prior to restoration work. Perform a...

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 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...

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 Wichita and Affiliated Tribes received a $396,728 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032) to establish a five-year Wichita language reawakening plan and develop foundational Wichita language curricular materials. By the end of the December 2023 award period, the Tribe will deliver six community workshops on the Wichita language, a catalogued Wichita dictionary database...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $171,325 to the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska through the Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program. The CCDF program supports child care subsidies for low-income families and activities to promote child care quality and accessibility. Through this three-year Formula Grant, the Santee Sioux Tribe will provide child care assistance and related...