2008 Current ANA Grants (by ACF Region)
ACF Region I
| ACF Region: I |
State: Maine |
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| Grantee Name: |
Penobscot Indian Nation Enterprises |
| Project Title: |
Penobscot Indian Nation
Enterprises (PINE) Leadership Apprentices Project |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$359,682 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to provide a range of business leadership learning opportunities which
include: structured self-assessments and career planning protocols, specially
tailored workshops, on-the-job training, mentoring, peer support network, a
dedicated “lessons learned” database specific to PINE businesses, and
supervised real-world problem solving. |
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| ACF Region: I |
State: Massachussetts |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) |
| Project Title: |
The
Aquinnah
Wampanoag
Land Use Master Plan
Update |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$114,339 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to expand tribal capacity to govern and manage its ancestral homelands and
resources for the benefit of future generations. The development of a Land Use Master Plan
will provide the tribe with a shared vision on how to best manage the
resources it has and may come to acquire. Using data analysis, zoning and strategic planning, the Wampanoag
Tribe will define current and future land use needs. |
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ACF Region II
| ACF Region: II |
State: New York |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Native American Community Services of Erie &
Niagara Counties, Inc. |
| Project Title: |
The Native Economic Self-Sufficiency
Training (NEST) Project |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$102,012 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project to design an economic self-sufficiency plan. The NEST project will improve economic
stability of urban Native community members by focusing on decreasing debt
levels while increasing savings. Through a series of training workshops, attendees will learn to
identify and change monetary spending. |
| ACF Region: II |
State: New York |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Friends of the Akwesasne Freedom School, Inc. |
| Project Title: |
Orihwakaionhneha “In the
Manner of the
Old Ways
Project” |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$125,500 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project that will develop culture and science curriculums in the
Kanien’keha:ka language for grades 7-10. The project incorporates building
language and cultural skills of the upperclassmen by involving them in
teaching the Kanien’keha:ka curriculum to younger students. |
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ACF Region III
| ACF Region: III |
State: District of Columbia |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
National Congress of American Indians Fund |
| Project Title: |
National Congress of
American
Indians
Policy
Research
Center |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2006 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$300,000 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project to increase the capacity of NCAIF to provide research on emerging
social issues identified as priorities by Tribal leaders and facilitate
proactive public policy development at the Tribal community and national
levels. This project will focus on two inter-related sub-projects: the
development and facilitation of social development “communities of practice”
and the development of academic and applied research curriculum for tribal
social services practitioners, Native college/graduate students in social
development-related disciplines, and Native and non-Native scholars working
on social development issues in tribal communities. |
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| ACF Region: III |
State: Maryland |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Accohannock Indian Tribe, Inc. |
| Project Title: |
Bending
Water
Park,
an Authentic
Living
Village |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$299,531 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to create and implement an authentic living village to preserve and educate
tribal families and the public on the history, traditions, and culture of the
Tribe while providing economic opportunities for Tribe members that are
self-sustaining. This project will
develop the infrastructure for the Tribe to open an authentic living
Indian
Village
titled
Bending
Water
Park. |
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| ACF Region: III |
State: Virginia |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
High Plains Indians, fbo Sappony |
| Project Title: |
The Sappony Trading
Path-Site Design and Planning |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$225,000 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a one year project
to fund the second phase of the Sappony Trading Path Project. The second phase includes the development
of detailed plans for the trail destination that will include five historic
and community sites. |
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ACF Region: IV
| ACF Region: IV |
State: North Carolina |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Coharie Intra-Tribal Council, Inc. |
| Project Title: |
The Coharie Health Access,
Improvement and Awareness Project |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$131,157 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to improve the overall health conditions and quality of life for the members
of the Coharie Tribe and increase access to health care. The main goal of this project is to
increase the awareness and knowledge of health care issues and resources
among members of the tribe. The
objective is to provide home medical visits for tribal families in order to
reduce emergency room visits and improve overall community health. |
| ACF Region: IV |
State: North Carolina |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Cumberland
County Association for Indian People Inc |
| Project Title: |
East
Star
Family
Center Program Design |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$227,002 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a one year project
designed to create a community-based approach to developing and implementing
the programs necessary to make the
East
Star
Family
Center fully
operational. |
| ACF Region: IV |
State: North Carolina |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Hawkeye Indian Cultural Center, Inc. |
| Project Title: |
Hawkeye Professional
Development and Self-Sufficiency Project |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2006 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$157,839 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project to provide a career ladder for the childcare center staff to receive
an early childhood professional degree and to make the program improvements
necessary to obtain a 4-Star Rating License which will result in higher
revenue and self-sustainability. |
| ACF Region: IV |
State: North Carolina |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Lumbee Nation Tribal Programs |
| Project Title: |
The Economic Development
for the Lumbee Tribe |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$110,777 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a one year project
to create a five year strategic plan that addresses economic growth and
stimulates the local economy by employing tribal members. This project will
establish tribally owned small businesses creating sustainable jobs in order
to improve tribal economic and social conditions. |
| ACF Region: IV |
State: North Carolina |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians |
| Project Title: |
Tribal Integrated GIS for
Environmental Management and Compliance |
| Program Area: |
Environmental Regulatory Enhancement |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$127,500 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a one year project
to develop an Integrated Geographic Information System (IGIS) that will
streamline processes for environmental management of Tribal Lands. This integrated system will promote more
efficient inter-departmental work and will allow the environmental resources
department to quickly process forms and requests that must be submitted to
federal agencies. |
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ACF Region V
| ACF Region: V |
State: Indiana |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Lakota Language Consortium |
| Project Title: |
Lakota Language Level 3 and
Level 4 Textbook Project |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$149,998 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to develop and produce the Lakota Level 3 and Level 4 textbooks and test
teachers in their use. The textbooks
are designed to serve as a transition from novice-level instruction in the
language to beginning intermediate-level instruction. The textbooks will be distributed to 16
participating schools on the Pine Ridge Reservation. |
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| ACF Region: V |
State: Michigan |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Hannahville Indian Community |
| Project Title: |
The Youth Employment
Development Project |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$85,985 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a one year project
for training youth transitioning into adults with skills, abilities and
motivation to become productive and sustainable employees. The Hannahville Indian Community project
will develop five training tracks, specific to different work sites, that
will help local youth obtain necessary employment skills. After completing training programs,
Hannahville Indian Community youth will then mentor local elementary students
to sustain project goals. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Michigan |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Keweenaw
Bay Indian Community |
| Project Title: |
A Land Use Management Plan
for the
Keweenaw
Bay Indian Community |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$196,899 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
that will develop a Land Use Management Plan for the Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Michigan |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
American Indian Health,
Detroit |
| Project Title: |
?G?daa minobimaadzimi (we
should live well together) Culturally Healthy Families Project |
| Program Area: |
Native American Healthy Marriage Initiative |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$150,000 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a one year project
to develop a community plan for implementing a healthy marriage and positive
co-parenting initiative and develop a customized educational curriculum
through a healthy marriage/positive co-parenting initiative. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Michigan |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians |
| Project Title: |
GTB Healthy Relationship
Project |
| Program Area: |
Native American Healthy Marriage Initiative |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2006 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$81,013 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a five year project
to provide healthy marriage and relationship education workshops, retreats,
and sessions to 370 youth and adults. Staff will be trained to present
workshops on PAIRS Jumpstart, PAIRS - Passage to Intimacy, PEERS, PAIRS -
Passion Weekend, PAIRS - If You Really Loved Me, PAIRS - Relationship Roadmap
and PAIRS - Relationship Mastery. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Michigan |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Huron Potawatomi, Inc. |
| Project Title: |
Healthy Potawatomi Families |
| Program Area: |
Native American Healthy Marriage Initiative |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$177,322 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project to provide relationship skills to a minimum of 40 non-married and
married couples and parenting skills to a minimum of 40 sets of parents in a
7 county service area. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Michigan |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians |
| Project Title: |
Pokagon Healthy Families
Planning Project |
| Program Area: |
Native American Healthy Marriage Initiative |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$93,363 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a one year project
to conduct consultation with the Tribal Council and key committees of the
Pokagon Tribe on factors that de-stabilize families, characteristics of
at-risk children and families, and components of a successfully program to
help families and youth who are at-risk; conduct an assessment of the Pokagon
community and Tribal programs to determine how many families are at-risk; and
develop a plan to implement a Pokagon healthy youth and families outreach
program. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Michigan |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Hannahville Indian Community |
| Project Title: |
Ensuring the Survival of
the Potawatomi Language-Digital Connections Language Project |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2006 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$97,580 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project to bridge the technology gap in language learning models by
strengthening the Tribe's digital connections to its current language
curriculum. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Michigan |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Keweenaw
Bay Indian Community |
| Project Title: |
The
Keweenaw
Bay
Indian Community Ojibwemowin Master/Apprentice Project |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$200,000 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project initiate an inter-generational Master/Apprentice Program. The six Apprentices will learn from one
Master fluent speaker, achieve fluency level 5 and become certified to teach
the language. The Apprentices will
also teach language classes assister by an elder. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Michigan |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians |
| Project Title: |
Ggitikemen Ode Zheshmowen -
“We Are Growing Our Language” |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$200,000 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project to build sentence-making and conversational skills through activities
centered on hearing and experiencing the language in real-time context. The project is designed to develop a new
generation of conversational speakers. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Michigan |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan |
| Project Title: |
Gda-Saswin-nah Ojibwe Language Training and Development
Project |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$135,263 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to increase the number of Ojibwe fluent speakers through the development of a
language nest (Gda-Saswin-nah) at the Tribe’s elementary school. The nest will include language instruction,
Ojibwe translation of core classroom curriculum, and parent and community
activities. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Michigan |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Burt
Lake
Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians, Inc |
| Project Title: |
Ottawa Bmaadiziwin – The
Ottawa Way of Sustainable Life: Making
use of Traditional and Scientific Ecological Knowledge in Tribal
Environmental Protection Training. |
| Program Area: |
Environmental Regulatory Enhancement |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$103,283 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to create and implement a nine-session training program focused on both
traditional and scientific knowledge for better natural resource
management. After the training has
concluded, participants including Tribal members and environment staff will
be selected for the newly formed Tribal Environmental Protection Advisory
Board. This Board will represent the
Tribe in land and resource management. |
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| ACF Region: V |
State: Minnesota |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
American Indian Economic Development |
| Project Title: |
Financial Literacy
Project: Re-configuring AIEDF’s
American Indian Small Business Development Technical Assistance
Model/Services and “Indianpreneur” Training Course |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$294,628 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a one year project
to complete a comprehensive revision of the “Indian-preneur” training
course. AIFDF will infuse additional
financial literacy concepts throughout the 108 page Manual and the
accompanying Power Point Presentation and pilot this in three geographic
areas. This project will train twenty-eight
Indian-preneurs in the pilot of the revised Indian-preneur training
course. This will increase their
financial literacy competencies as evidenced by a pre and post financial
literacy assessment. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Minnesota |
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|
| Grantee Name: |
Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council |
| Project Title: |
Bois Forte Electronic
Health Record Implementation Project |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$131,068 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to implement an electronic Health Information Technology Project at its
Nett
Lake
and Lake Vermilion Medical and Dental Tribal Health Clinics. The Research and
Planning that have been conducted will aid in the implementation of the
Electronic Health Record systems. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Minnesota |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Fond du Lac Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa |
| Project Title: |
The Fond du Lac Energy
Efficiency and Strategic Planning project |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$140,055 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to create an energy management plan and also to create a strategic plan for
the reservation. This Energy
Efficiency project is in response to rising energy costs and will make public
facilities and local residents more energy efficient and create sustainable
energy production. The
Fond du Lac Band of
Lake Superior
Chippewa community will also develop a strategic plan for the reservation
which includes short and long term goals for decisions involving capital and
membership. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Minnesota |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Migizi Communications, Inc. |
| Project Title: |
American Indian Cultural
and Economic Corridor Development Project |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$301,126 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project to develop a master plan to implement an American Indian Cultural and
Economic Corridor in the Phillips area of the Twin Cities. This project will provide training to 150
youth on media, technology, and entrepreneurial training; and develop 3
enterprise opportunities for American Indian youth and adults. This project will increase the Minneapolis
American Indian community’s capacity to seize 21st century entrepreneurial
opportunities. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Minnesota |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Minneapolis
American
Indian
Center |
| Project Title: |
Phase III Marketing &
Sales of QUICWA System |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$202,500 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to launch the marketing campaign of the QUICWA system and internet based
Indian Child Welfare Case Management and Compliance monitoring system. Five systems will be sold. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Minnesota |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Red
Lake
Band of Chippewa
Indians |
| Project Title: |
Red
Lake
Path
of Life Project |
| Program Area: |
Healthy Marriage |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2006 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$197,453 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a five year project
to establish a network of mentor couples who will be role models to at-risk
couples participating in marriage and pre-marriage educational courses. It
will also develop an educational course specific to
Red
Lake
culture that has been modified from existing marriage curricula. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Minnesota |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians |
| Project Title: |
Anishinaabeg Language
Revitalization and Preservation Plan |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$98,190 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a one year project
that will determine the status of the Anishinaabeg language by administering
and then analyzing results from the language assessments of members of the
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa living on or near the Bois Forte Indian
Reservation. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Minnesota |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Fond du
Lac Reservation Business Committee |
| Project Title: |
Anishinabemowin Language
Immersion Canoe/
Jii-man
Building Project (Jii-Man Project) |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$60,765 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
language preservation project that will develop and administer an annual
language immersion program where participants are involved in intensive canoe
building sessions that are conducted entirely in the Ojibwe language. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Minnesota |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Leech
Lake
Band of Ojibwe |
| Project Title: |
Niigaane Ojibwemowin
Immersion Project |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$149,997 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project to develop, pilot and revised as necessary methods for lesson
delivery with K-6 grades in operation. The project will provide intensive in-service development for teachers
and train them to assist in the content delivery methods relevant to Ojibwe
students in an immersion setting. This
project will also develop local expertise in matters of curriculum methods
and content delivery and language training in order to provide training to
future teachers and Elder participants. Teachers will reach an advanced level of Ojibwemowin proficiency to
ensure a high level of language transmission to the students in grades K-6 at
Niigaane. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Minnesota |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Fond du Lac Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa |
| Project Title: |
Fond du Lac THPO TEPA Project |
| Program Area: |
Environmental Regulatory Enhancement |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$53,596 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to enhance the self-governance capabilities of the
Fond
du Lac Band of
Lake Superior
Chippewa by establishing a Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) and
enacting a Tribal Environmental Policy Act (TEPA). |
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| ACF Region: V |
State: Ohio |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
American
Indian
Education
Center |
| Project Title: |
Strong and Stable Native
Youth |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2006 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$243,742 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project to implement a culturally-tailored version of the ‘Strengthening
Families’ program curriculum which will provide intensive community outreach,
case management and referral services for families. The project will also
establish a family-focused talking circle and a series of cultural classes
such as beading, singing, drumming, and storytelling. |
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| ACF Region: V |
State: Wisconsin |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Great Lakes Indian
Fish and Wildlife Commission |
| Project Title: |
GLIFWC’s
AMA
Ceded
Territory (Wild Rice
Program) |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$180,997 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to increase the number of tribal members harvesting wild rice from ceded
territory waters and ensure the continuation of cultural traditions among
tribal youth. This project will expand
wild rice processing capacity to support community food production. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Wisconsin |
| |
|
| Grantee Name: |
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of
Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians |
| Project Title: |
The “Greening” of the LCO
Development Corporation |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$191,336 |
| |
|
| Project Summary: |
This is a one year project
that aims to build the capacity of LCO Development to become the most
successful green construction company with in the Great Lakes region of
Wisconsin,
Minnesota,
and
Michigan. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Wisconsin |
| Grantee Name: |
Mashkisibi Boys and Girls Club |
| Project Title: |
The Educational Excellence |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$111,817 |
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| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
that focuses on reinforcing the importance of the commitment to school and
academic success. Utilizing elders,
teachers, parents, community advisors and community partners, this project will
develop a high yield learning curriculum. The subject focus areas are discussions with knowledgeable adults,
leisure reading, writing activities, homework help and study, community
service, and games that sharpen cognitive skills. Five participating teen members will also
receive training as Peer Leaders to help facilitation of learning activities. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Wisconsin |
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| Grantee Name: |
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council |
| Project Title: |
Honoring Our Families |
| Program Area: |
Native American Healthy Marriage Initiative |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2006 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$183,886 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a five year project
to establish focus groups at each of the 7 Tribal sites within the Great
Lakes Inter-Tribal Council to provide guidance in curricula development,
family recruitment and case management processes. An Interdisciplinary Family
Case Management Team (IFCM) will be developed at each Tribal site to help
strengthen healthy marriages and relationships of up to 10 families per site
per year. The IFCMs will provide relationship and healthy marriage
educational workshops and community events. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Wisconsin |
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| Grantee Name: |
College of
Menominee Nation |
| Project Title: |
Building Teacher Capacity
for Programming Menominee Language |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$154,510 |
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| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to establish vital collaborative partnerships between Menominee learning
agencies. The partnerships will
provide assistant teachers with the necessary skills to teach the language
and integrate its use across curriculums. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Wisconsin |
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| Grantee Name: |
Great Lakes Indian
Fish and Wildlife Commission |
| Project Title: |
Anishinaabe Inaadiziwin –
Anishinaabe Way
of Life |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$150,000 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to develop materials to be used for teaching the Anishinaabe language that is
specific to hunting, fishing and gathering. The materials will be specifically related to traditional subsistence
gathering and harvesting activities and include words and phrases that are
specific to those activities. The
produced materials will be directed to middle school students and
higher. This project will promote
cultural awareness by infusing Anishinaabe values, tradition and language
into all of its endeavors. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Wisconsin |
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| Grantee Name: |
Oneida Tribe of Indians of
Wisconsin |
| Project Title: |
On^yote?a.ka (People of
Standing Stone) Language Curriculum |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$150,000 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to complete four levels of conversational units of curriculum. The project will also establish an Oneida
Language Committee to work together to make the curriculum functional and
user friendly with accompanying audio. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Wisconsin |
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| Grantee Name: |
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin |
| Project Title: |
The
St
Croix Plan for Ojibwemowin Preservation and Maintenance |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$127,000 |
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| Project Summary: |
This is a one year project
to create a design for an immersion language nest. The project will also create multi-media
curriculum for students, parents and language instructors. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Wisconsin |
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| Grantee Name: |
Waadookodaading, Inc. |
| Project Title: |
Immersion
Charter
School – Surviving Through Grade 5 |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$245,100 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project to provide at least 500 hours of Native language instruction to at
least 15 students. This project will
increase the Ojibwe proficiency levels by providing 4th & 5th grade
classes and develop a comprehensive curriculum ensuring a cohesive program
Ojibwe language and content studies to Grade 5. This project will provide immersion
training for teachers and expand parent and community involvement. Waadookodaading will have a curriculum that
will ensure students achieve at grade level in dual languages. |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Wisconsin |
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| Grantee Name: |
Great Lakes Indian
Fish and Wildlife Commission |
| Project Title: |
GLIFWC’s Ceded Territory
Environmental Regulatory 404 Permit Project |
| Program Area: |
Environmental Regulatory Enhancement |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$78,197 |
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| Project Summary: |
GLIFWC’s Ceded Territory
Environmental Regulatory 404 Permit Project |
| ACF Region: V |
State: Wisconsin |
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| Grantee Name: |
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians |
| Project Title: |
Lac du Flambeau Water
Regulatory Enhancement Project |
| Program Area: |
Environmental Regulatory Enhancement |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$64,521 |
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| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to revise regulatory codes on water quality standards, shore land
development, and wellhead protection with input from Tribal public, technical
and legal advisors. Staff will receive
training on regulatory enforcement. Tribal staff affiliated with construction projects and contractors
will receive training to reduce soil erosion during construction. |
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ACF Region VI
| ACF Region: VI |
State: New Mexico |
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| Grantee Name: |
National Indian council on Aging, Inc. |
| Project Title: |
Helping Grandparents Raise
Grandchildren across Indian Country |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$241,579 |
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| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
designed to assist Tribal communities across Indian country in mitigating
challenges faced by grandparents raising grandchildren. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: New Mexico |
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| Grantee Name: |
Native American Pueblo Parent Resources, Inc. |
| Project Title: |
“First Steps” A Culturally
Relevant and Appropriate Model for Primary Prevention of Child Abuse/neglect |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2006 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$255,990 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project to develop a culturally appropriate comprehensive model for the
prevention of child abuse/neglect within the communities served. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: New Mexico |
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| Grantee Name: |
Cornerstone Ministries, Inc. |
| Project Title: |
Strong Families, Strong
Future Project |
| Program Area: |
Native American Healthy Marriage Initiative |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$292,925 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project to implement culturally appropriate marriage/relationship education
programming for 375 adults and this project will also increase the
community’s awareness of the value of healthy marriages and families by
conducting a Tribal Leadership Summit with 150 individuals and training 45
youth workers to conduct healthy relationship education. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: New Mexico |
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| Grantee Name: |
Native Pride |
| Project Title: |
The
Good Road of Life: Responsible
Fatherhood |
| Program Area: |
Native American Healthy Marriage Initiative |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$150,000 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a one year project
to develop a culturally competent Fatherhood curriculum titled “The Good Road
of Life: Responsible Fatherhood”. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: New Mexico |
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| Grantee Name: |
Shiprock Home for Women and Children |
| Project Title: |
Navajo Healthy Marriage
Opportunities Project |
| Program Area: |
Native American Healthy Marriage Initiative |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2006 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$200,000 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a five year project
to provide marriage enrichment activities in the form of PREP training, couple
mentoring, and marriage retreats; parenting activities utilizing the ‘Family
Spirit Program’ curriculum; and fatherhood activities using the ‘Dads and
Donuts’ program. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: New Mexico |
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| Grantee Name: |
Pueblo of Isleta |
| Project Title: |
Developing a Department of
Language and Cultural Preservation |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$150,000 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to develop language education materials. The project will also provide workshop and conference opportunities to
teachers and elders interested in becoming certified language instructors. |
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| ACF Region: VI |
State: Oklahoma |
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| Grantee Name: |
Association of American Indian Physician, Inc. |
| Project Title: |
Family Wellness and Youth
Distress Phase II |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$230,029 |
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| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to create the foundation for a tribal court model. This ensures the support of family oriented
services that promote the health, safety and well being of the local
community, while retaining cultural identity. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: Oklahoma |
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| Grantee Name: |
Cherokee Nation |
| Project Title: |
Cherokee
Lifeways
Afterschool and Community Project |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$366,665 |
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| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project to create a way for the schools, communities and the Cherokee Nation
to work together to integrate Cherokee language and culture into the regular
curriculum of the schools and establish effective programming in Cherokee
community centers to combat negative behavior that prevents children from
being success in their social, cultural and scholastic life. This project will provide language, culture
and healthy lifeway activities in 14 rural schools and 14 communities. This project will increase use of Cherokee
language teach, computer skills and prevent high school dropout. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: Oklahoma |
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| Grantee Name: |
Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation |
| Project Title: |
Citizen Potawatomi Native
American Financial Education and Entrepreneur Training Program Expansion Project. |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$202,288 |
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| Project Summary: |
This is a one year project
to build organizational capacity to deliver higher levels of business
technical assistance, workshops, and financial education programs to support
Native businesses and to increase Tribal members’ capacity to address
barriers to economic self sufficiency. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: Oklahoma |
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| Grantee Name: |
Kaw Nation of
Oklahoma |
| Project Title: |
Kaw Nation Constitution
Reform Project |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$227,108 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project that will revise the tribal constitution to define and clarify roles
and responsibilities between Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of
tribal government. It will also ensure
the just functionality of the Constitution Committee and will educate tribal
members on the importance of participating in the constitution reform
process. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: Oklahoma |
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| Grantee Name: |
Kiowa Young Men's Association |
| Project Title: |
Kiowa Young Adult
Empowerment Project |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$140,149 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a one year
intergenerational project designed to assist young adults with problematic
issues confronting their progress towards financial, vocational and social
self-sufficiency. Six workshops will
be designed to teach values and methods of the Kiowa culture to assist young
adults in setting long and short range goals. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: Oklahoma |
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| Grantee Name: |
Modoc Tribe of
Oklahoma |
| Project Title: |
Modoc Tribe: Rebuilding with Technology |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$257,396 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to develop and implement a technology plan for the Modoc Tribe. The project will increase the efficiency
and technological capabilities of the Tribe by installing new computer
equipment, software and networking technology in the new tribal
administration building. The project
will then transform the old temporary office building into a video training
center to be used by the Tribe or anyone in the surrounding area. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: Oklahoma |
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| Grantee Name: |
Osage Nation |
| Project Title: |
The Creating a
Self-Sufficient Economic and Business Environment |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$126,546 |
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| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
that has the goal of creating a self sufficient economic and business
environment. The Osage Nation will
develop a five year economic plan to identify viable community business
plans, infrastructure needs, tourism priorities, private business ventures
and possible research. This grant will
also supply diverse training in financial literacy and entrepreneurship. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: Oklahoma |
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| Grantee Name: |
Otoe-Missouria Tribe |
| Project Title: |
The Otoe-Missouria Tribal
Information Office Start-up |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$79,709 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to establish an Information Office. The Information Office will be established to serve as a hub for two
way communication between tribal government and the tribal community. Communication is intended to reach all
tribal members as well as tribal employees through scheduled community
meetings. The Information Office will
also server as a host for focus groups and employees will also conduct
surveys to attain the pulse of the community. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: Oklahoma |
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| Grantee Name: |
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma |
| Project Title: |
UKB Mentoring Emerging
Leaders Destiny |
| Program Area: |
Social and Economic Development Strategies |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$154,934 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
that will provide business learning opportunities for Tribal members through
on-the-job training, leadership workshops and business/computer classes. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: Oklahoma |
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| Grantee Name: |
Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma |
| Project Title: |
Marriage Matters |
| Program Area: |
Native American Healthy Marriage Initiative |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$250,000 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a three year
project to provide workshops on pre-marital education, marital education and
healthy relationship skills to youth, adults and couples to improve healthy
marriages and families and provide public advertising campaigns through 7
advertising agencies on the value of healthy marriage, parental involvement,
and responsible fatherhood. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: Oklahoma |
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| Grantee Name: |
Citizen Potawatomi Nation |
| Project Title: |
Potawatomi Language
Preservation Project |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2009 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$121,890 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
that will teach the Potawatomi language to younger generations of the
Nation. A language curriculum will be
developed for early childhood, youth, intermediate, and advanced adult
abilities. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: Oklahoma |
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| Grantee Name: |
Euchee Tribe of Indians |
| Project Title: |
TahA Onk’a fA: We Carry
athe Euchee Language Further |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$191,875 |
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|
| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to implement Master-Apprentice learning teams. The apprentices will become language
bearers and implement children’s immersion routines. The project will also develop videos based
on oral presentations made for the entire community. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: Oklahoma |
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| Grantee Name: |
Kaw Nation |
| Project Title: |
Designing materials to
Teach Kanza Literacy through Historical Texts |
| Program Area: |
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance |
| Start / End Date: |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2010 |
| FY 2008 Amount: |
$77,386 |
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| Project Summary: |
This is a two year project
to plan and develop readers for historical Kanza stories and texts. The focus
of this project is to increase Kanza literacy amongst the Kaw Nation. |
| ACF Region: VI |
State: Oklahoma |
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