The Lummi Indian Business Council received a $107,053 Formula Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060). The grant period runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. Funding will support addressing the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of Indian students served by the Lummi Tribe of Lummi Reservation to help these students meet state...
The Lummi Indian Business Council, also known as the Lummi Tribe of Lummi Reservation, was awarded a $165,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (CFDA 11.302 - Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations) to develop a 5-year Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the Tribe and annual updates. The award will also support the planning and implementation of projects that build economic resilience, support...
This $129,129 Indian Education Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA 84.060) will provide funding to the Lummi Indian Business Council, the governing body of the Lummi Nation, a federally recognized American Indian tribe in Bellingham, Washington. The grant supports the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of Indian students in the Lummi Nation community, allowing them to meet challenging state performance...
The Lummi Indian Business Council, also known as the Lummi Tribe of Lummi Reservation, will use a $104,835 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs to expand broadband infrastructure and internet services across the Lummi Reservation. Funded through the Indian Economic Development program administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs under Assistance Listing Number 15.032, the grant will support the Tribe's goal of establishing a tribally-owned internet...
The Lummi Indian Business Council was awarded a $577,208 Project Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) program (CFDA 84.250). The grant, with an award date of October 1, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2025, will fund the Lummi Nation Vocational Rehabilitation Program. This program provides vocational rehabilitation services to American Indians...
This federal Project Grant award for $3,507,698.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600). The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2029, will support the Lummi Indian Business Council in delivering comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutritional, and social services to low-income pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children in the Lummi...
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%...
This federal Project Grant award of $109,494.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (CFDA 10.567), supports the Lummi Indian Business Council in Bellingham, Washington to provide nutrition education and USDA food assistance to low-income Native American households on or near the Lummi Reservation. The two-year grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, enables the...
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 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....