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 $365,771 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA 84.415 - Indian Education National Activities) supports the Wounded Knee District School, a federally recognized tribal government educational institution, in leveraging school-based and home-based learning to restart intergenerational Lakota language transference. The funding, titled "Tokata Wicoicage Lakol Wounspe," will be used to promote the use of the Lakota...
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 Hoopa Valley Tribe to develop family-based Hupa language activities, create a website to archive language materials, support Hupa language teacher training and credentialing, and establish a Hupa language immersion program for children ages 18 months to 5 years. The project aims to create a new generation of Hupa language speakers and...
The Bois Forte Band of Chippewa received a $172,482 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032). The funding will support the Tribe's Ojibwe Language Revitalization Project to preserve the unique Bois Forte dialect and develop a long-range strategic plan to revitalize the language. Key deliverables include collecting audio recordings of remaining fluent elder speakers to archive the...
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 U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has awarded a $126,311 Indian Education Formula Grant (CFDA 84.060) to Sicangu Oyate Ho (Voice Of The Burnt Thigh People), Inc., a tribally owned educational institution located in St. Francis, South Dakota. This one-year grant, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, will support Sicangu Oyate Ho's comprehensive educational programs designed to address the unique cultural, language, and academic needs of...
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 Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded a $298,825 Project Grant under the Indian Economic Development program (CFDA 15.032) to The Klamath Tribes in Chiloquin, Oregon. The three-year grant will fund a language immersion program focused on the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin Paiute languages. The program will serve approximately 300 students in Klamath County, Oregon using the Total Physical Response learning model to support language acquisition and cultural engagement...
This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) program (CFDA 84.250), will provide $444,445.00 to the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribal government to deliver vocational rehabilitation services to American Indians with disabilities residing on or near the Lake Traverse Reservation. The funding will support culturally appropriate services designed to...
The federal Project Grant award of $500,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (CFDA 10.567). The grant funds will be used by the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, a federally recognized Native American tribe in South Dakota, to operate food distribution sites and deliver nutrition education services for low-income tribal members residing on or near the Lake Traverse Reservation. The two-year grant...