Project Grant 90NL0596

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...

The Cultural Heritage Improves Learning and Development (CHILD) Project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education through the Alaska Native Educational Programs grant program (CFDA 84.356), aims to prepare Alaska Native preschool students in partnership schools to be kindergarten ready. The $3.042 million project grant was awarded to the Bristol Bay Borough School District on September 30, 2021 for a three-year period concluding on September 29,...

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 Santa Clara Pueblo will use a $130,105 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program to develop community outreach and educational programming. Over a two-year period ending August 2024, the Tribe will create an assessment tool to understand community needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, hold monthly roundtables with stakeholders, identify four outdoor learning spaces, and plan and implement twelve Montessori...

The Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments, Inc. (dba Catg) received a $743,481 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families to support the "CH?ANJAA NAII GOOGWANDAK: ELDERS? STORIES" program. The three-year grant, awarded September 1, 2021 and set to conclude August 31, 2024, will promote the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages as part of the Administration for Native Americans' Promote...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families awarded a $1,800,000 Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) grant to the Pueblo of Jemez in New Mexico. The grant will fund a 3-year project from July 2024 to June 2027 to organize the Jemez community and offer structured language classes to promote everyday oral communication in the Towa language. The project aims to strengthen the preservation of the Jemez Pueblo's cultural heritage and promote social...

The Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community Council received a $174,009 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program. The grant funds will support the following activities over the 2-year project period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025: Provide teaching workshops for community members to improve video production, video editing, and audio editing skills. Create and...

The Kagman Elementary School Immersion Language Project received a $311,939 Formula Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2021 with a completion date of September 30, 2024 through the Promote the Survival and Continuing Vitality of Native American Languages program (CFDA 93.587). The CNMI Public School System will deliver language immersion and preservation services to promote the survival...

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 Papahana Kuaola (PK) will develop a culture-based early literacy program for $156,814 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (NANH-L). PK will create learning materials and engage 1,364 participants across 13 schools on Oahu, Molokai, and Maui through hands-on activities, bus tours, outdoor experiences, and community events centered around moolelo (stories), ali'i (royalty)...