Our project entitled bringing hupa language back home: connecting families, community, and classrooms will develop family based language activities for home and classroom learning, create and…

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 expand current language preservation efforts to support all community language learners. The award will fund collaboration between the Hoopa Valley Tribal Education Association, local child-serving programs, Hupa language learners and teachers, elders, and cultural leaders to accomplish these goals over the 3-year award period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027.

Our project entitled bringing hupa language back home: connecting families, community, and classrooms will develop family based language activities for home and classroom learning, create and sustain a website to archive language materials and share lessons and materials, support hupa language teacher training and credentialing, and establish a hupa language immersion nest that will serve families and children ages 18 months - 5 years. The hoopa tribal education association will collaborate with local child-serving programs, hupa language learners and teachers, elders and cultural leaders, and all of our community to accomplish the goal of creating a new generation of hupa language speakers and expanding our current language efforts to support all language learners.