Project Grant T365C210014

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Oglala Lakota College received a $747,142 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Native Americans under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) awarded July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. The Lakota Language Education and Resource Development Project addresses the critical status of the Lakota language, with fewer than 1,000 fluent speakers remaining, predominantly over age 65. The project delivers three primary...

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 Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, a federally recognized Native American tribe in South Dakota. The grant will fund a 3-year community immersion project with the following key objectives: Provide 600 in-person, virtual, and pre-recorded immersion opportunities using the dual language model for community learning through Dakota language classes,...

Grant Award Summary The Sicangu Community Development Corporation received a $782,810 Project Grant 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." Awarded on July 1, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2028, this three-year initiative focuses on language revitalization and cultural preservation for the Sicangu Lakota Oyate community...

This Project Grant award of $449,877 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will fund a 3-year project to document traditional ways of communicating in Diné/Navajo and Lakota communities. The goal is to address the imminent loss of linguistic and cultural knowledge by creating digital audiovisual recordings of naturally occurring language use and associated pragmatic knowledge. This...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the restoration and early-stage documentation of Chiricahua-Mescalero language recordings. Funded at $851,646 over three years from July 2022 to June 2025, the award will advance the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program's goal of ensuring long-term availability of primary humanities resources. Specifically, the Fort Sill Apache Tribe will restore archival-quality digital master...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) to Euchee Language Projects, a Native American non-profit organization, to implement the "WE SHALL OVERCOME: GROWING YUCHI YOUTH CULTURE BEARERS" initiative. This three-year grant, running from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027, will support community-driven projects to strengthen the Yuchi language and...

Grant Award Summary: E Ho'a I Ke Ala - To Light the Path Papahana Kuaola received a $1,776,536 Project Grant from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) to implement a 36-month Hawaiian language revitalization initiative beginning July 1, 2025. The project, titled "E Ho'a I Ke Ala - To Light the Path," develops and delivers multi-sensory Hawaiian language learning resources and instruction designed to serve 130 participants....

The Comanche Nation Language Department (CNLD) was awarded a $384,242.48 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032) to expand its existing Comanche language curriculum and develop the first ever online Comanche Level 1 course. CNLD will utilize archival audio and video recordings along with minimal new recordings to create five instructional units consisting of approximately...

The Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point (Sipayik) received a $668,073 Project Grant award on July 1, 2025, from the Administration for Native Americans under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) to implement a three-year Language and Cultural Revitalization Initiative. The initiative establishes an immersion education model at the Sipayik Museum and Youth Center, delivering structured language instruction to approximately 100 children (ages 18 months to 12 years) and 100 adults, each...

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....