The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $214,166 Project Grant to Community Strategies, Inc., a non-profit organization in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to implement the EPIC NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION PROJECT. The grant, funded under the Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)) program (CFDA 84.415), aims to promote the use of Native languages as primary...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the Douglas Indian Association (DIA) in Juneau, Alaska under the Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)) program (CFDA 84.415). The purpose of this grant is to fund the "SAYEIK LINGIT YOO X'ATANGI DEIYI: TLINGIT LANGUAGE PATHWAY PROGRAM", which aims to promote the use of the Tlingit language as...
The federal Project Grant award of $284,063 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)) program (CFDA 84.415). The grant supports the "DINE BIZAAD: KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE, KNOWLEDGE AND INDIGENOUS SOCIETIES" project implemented by Navajo Preparatory School, Inc., a Native American-owned non-profit educational...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Cherokee Nation a $135,331 Project Grant under the Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041) on December 16, 2024. The Impact Aid Program provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) impacted by federal activities that reduce their local tax base, enabling them to maintain and enhance comprehensive K-12 educational services. This award supports the Cherokee Nation's efforts to deliver...
The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes were awarded a $106,744 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 84.415). The grant will support the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes' Native Language Project over a one-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The project aims to promote the use of Native...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has awarded a $326,550 Indian Education Formula Grant (CFDA 84.060) to the Cherokee Elementary School, a federally recognized Indian Tribe located in Cherokee, North Carolina. This one-year grant, running from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, will support the delivery of comprehensive educational programs designed to address the unique cultural, language, and academic needs of American Indian and Alaska Native...
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...
This $358,451 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education National Activities (CFDA 84.415) program aims to integrate the Diné (Navajo) language into the educational curriculum at the Painted Desert Demonstration Projects, Inc. (dba The Star School) in Flagstaff, Arizona. The grant will fund initiatives to maintain and revitalize the Diné language as the primary instructional language, develop...
The Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School received a $350,207 Project Grant (S415B240018) from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 84.415). The grant, titled the "Ogikendamaawin Anishinaabe Project", is a one-year award spanning October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The project aims to maintain...
The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $310,542.00 Indian Education Formula Grant to the Indian Affairs Bureau Of, doing business as Cherokee Elementary School, to address the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of American Indian students. This federal grant, authorized under the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060), supports Cherokee Elementary School's efforts to help its Indian student...