Project Grant 90NL0716
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma received a $900,000 Project Grant from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. The "Ne Mi Ta Si Wi Nwi To Wa" (I Want to Speak Shawnee) project delivers structured Shawnee language instruction designed to increase language fluency among tribal members. Core services include both in-person and online language...
- Summary of Federal Project Grant Award The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes received a $889,457 Project Grant from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) to develop comprehensive language preservation and education resources for the Kirikiri:s people. The award, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028, will fund creation of an online dictionary website and mobile application alongside establishment of a school-based Kirikiri:s language...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Sicangu Community Development Corporation received a $782,810 Project Grant award from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) to implement "Cultivating Lakota Language Stewards: A Comprehensive Apprenticeship Initiative." The three-year project, awarded on July 1, 2025, and concluding June 30, 2028, is designed to develop and support language apprenticeship programming that cultivates fluent...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Makoce Agriculture Development, Inc. received a $771,968 Project Grant from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) to preserve cultural food knowledge on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The three-year project, awarded on September 30, 2025, and concluding September 29, 2028, supports ANA's mission to promote economic and social self-sufficiency for American Indian tribes through community-driven...
- Passamaquoddy Language and Cultural Revitalization Initiative The Administration for Native Americans (ANA), under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612), awarded $668,073 to the Pleasant Point Indian Reservation/Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik on July 1, 2025, to implement a three-year language and cultural revitalization initiative through June 30, 2028. The project delivers an immersion education model serving approximately 200 beneficiaries (100 children ages 18 months to 12 years and 100...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation received a $1.95 million Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award funds research into cost-effective methods for reintroducing Pacific salmon to the Upper Columbia River watershed in Washington. Primary deliverables include implementing...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Cherokee Nation received a $900,000 Project Grant from the Administration for Native Americans under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) for the SQUEYOHVGA/Teach Me Project, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. This three-year initiative delivers comprehensive language revitalization and educational services designed to promote economic and social self-sufficiency within the Cherokee Nation community. The project encompasses intake evaluations to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Cherokee Nation received a $900,000 Project Grant from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) funding stream, awarded September 30, 2025, with completion targeted for September 29, 2028. The "Language Built Project" (Gawonihisdi Anegstanv'i) addresses the critical shortage of Cherokee language translators by developing a comprehensive master apprentice training curriculum and delivering intensive...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe received $816,989 in project grant funding from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) program, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. This award supports the Nexsayemucen Centralization initiative, which represents the tribe's effort to consolidate and strengthen organizational infrastructure and service delivery systems. The Native American Programs funding mechanism is...
- The Administration for Native Americans (ANA), under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612), awarded Oglala Lakota College a $747,142 Project Grant on July 1, 2025, for the Lakota Language Education and Resource Development Project, with a completion date of June 30, 2028. The project deliverables consist of three primary components designed to address the critical status of the Lakota language, which has fewer than 1,000 fluent speakers remaining, most over 65 years old. First, the...
The Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation received a $900,000 Project Grant from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) to develop a comprehensive, place-based ethnobotany curriculum focused on traditional plant knowledge and cultural preservation. The three-year initiative, running from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028, will document 120 plants native to the tribe's original territories, capturing information on their locations, uses, and cultural significance through photographic documentation at three growth stages and GPS mapping. The project will produce 240 culturally specific lessons organized into four categories—medicinal, edible, ceremonial, and utilitarian plants—designed for delivery at Back to the Heart School and Wellpinit School through classroom instruction and field experiences. The project deliverables include a comprehensive digital database and website providing plant information in both Spokane and English, complete with scientific classifications, traditional uses, and harvesting practices. The initiative will incorporate collaboration between language staff, tribal elders, and students, integrating traditional knowledge with modern educational methods to create sustainable educational resources and materials for future publication. This effort directly supports the Native American Programs' objective of promoting cultural preservation and self-sufficiency within federally recognized tribes while establishing practical, long-term educational resources for knowledge transmission to future generations.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $900.0k | 9/25/25 |