Project Grant 90NL0685

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under the Indian Economic Development program (CFDA 15.032) to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, a federally recognized Native American tribe in South Dakota. The grant will fund a 3-year community immersion project with the following key objectives: Provide 600 in-person, virtual, and pre-recorded immersion opportunities using the dual language model for community learning through Dakota language classes,...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $365,771 Project Grant under the Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)) program (CFDA 84.415) to the Wounded Knee District School, a federally recognized tribal government educational institution in Manderson-White Horse Creek, South Dakota. The grant, titled "TOKATA WICOICAGE LAKOL WOUNSPE: LEVERAGING SCHOOL-BASED AND...

The Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation received a $360,200 project grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032) to establish a long-term Ojibwe and Neiyo language immersion initiative. The funding will support the Tribe's efforts to help curb the rapid loss of these languages, as original Ojibwe speakers have dwindled to zero and the languages are in a heightened state of peril....

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...

This federal Project Grant award of $2,600,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund through the Native Initiatives program (CFDA 21.012). The grant aims to promote economic revitalization and community development by providing financial and technical assistance to the Lakota Fund, Inc., a Native American-owned non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) based in Kyle, South Dakota. The Lakota Fund will...

This $1.25 million project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program will fund the San Jose State University Research Foundation's "Reading Nation Waterfall: Increasing Access to Literacy and Libraries for Native American Children and Families" project from September 2022 to March 2025. Working with the National Head Start Association and five Native American tribes, the Foundation will increase access to children's books and library...

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 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...

This $2.2 million Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration project grant to the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation will support supplemental employment and training services for low-income Native American youth ages 14 to 24 living on or near Indian reservations in South Dakota. Specifically, the Native American Employment and Training program grant will fund services such as tutoring, dropout prevention strategies, paid and unpaid work experiences,...

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) was awarded a $400,000 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 fund the Ojibwe Language Education and Apprenticeship Project to preserve the Ojibwe language and cultural practices. KBIC will train and mentor a tribal member to become a fluent Ojibwe language instructor through an apprenticeship with their current...