2007 Current ANA Native Language Preservation and Maintenance
Grants (By Category and By State)
| Grantee Name |
Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association |
| State |
Alaska |
| Date of Award |
8/1/2004 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
Unangam Tunuu Preservation Project Phase II Implementation |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop mentor-apprentice relationships in four Head Start programs which will reach ten traditional Unanga communities located in the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands and on the Alaska Peninsula. This project will also raise the awareness of Unangam Tunuu through a community-based campaign involving signage in Unangam Tunuu and publication and radio broadcasts of the Unanga Word/Phrase of the Week. |
| Grantee Name |
Alutiiq Heritage Foundation |
| State |
Alaska |
| Date of Award |
8/1/2004 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
Qik'rtamiut Alutit, Alutiiq People of the Island, Language Revitalization Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to revitalize the Alutiiq language by networking language Masters and apprentices, producing and distributing language materials, developing an accessible audio visual Alutiiq archive, providing instruction in Alutiiq in the Kodiak area, and developing a long-range plan for language education and for additional project funding. |
| Grantee Name |
Chickaloon Native Village |
| State |
Alaska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$178,681 |
| Project Title |
Nay'dini'aa Na' Kenaege Mentorship Program |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to increase the Ahtna Athabascan language skills of two language teachers; this includes obtaining university credit towards a certified degree in Native Languages/Athabascan Studies, thereby enhancing their ability to create a multimedia curriculum in order to provide total immersion instruction. |
| Grantee Name |
Kenaitze Indian Tribe |
| State |
Alaska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$99,736 |
| Project Title |
Den’ina Verb Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to develop the use of the Den’ina verb paradigm; this includes the development of a verb curriculum, implementation of verb classes, and internet resources. |
| Grantee Name |
Native Village of Kotzebue |
| State |
Alaska |
| Date of Award |
8/1/2004 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$1 |
| Project Title |
Capacity Building for Nikaitchuat llisagviat Immersion School |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to complete the necessary organizational development required for a major expansion of Kotzebue's existing K-6 language immersion school. This will be achieved through curriculum development and a teacher/intern training process. |
| Grantee Name |
Nuniwarmiut Piciryarata Tamaryalkuti, Inc |
| State |
Alaska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$182,380 |
| Project Title |
Cu’pig Language Natural and Cultural Hisory |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop and implement a grade 4-12 Cu’pig cultural curriculum with a focus on natural and cultural history. It will draw upon existing cultural resources to create classroom texts and curriculum based on Nuivak Island and Bearing Sea geography, natural history, and culture. |
| Grantee Name |
Sealaska Heritage Institute |
| State |
Alaska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
On-Line, CD-Rom, and Hard Copy bilingual Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian Dictionaries |
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| Project Summary |
This two year project will produce dictionaries of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian languages in hardcopy, online and CD-ROM formats. A total of 12 dictionaries will be created: four for each of the three language groups. |
| Grantee Name |
Telida Village Council |
| State |
Alaska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$58,644 |
| Project Title |
Telida Language Assessment Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to promote the survival and continued vitality of the Upper Kuskokwim Athabascan language through language assessment. The Telida Village Council will develop a community survey and interview elders across the region. |
| Grantee Name |
Yakutat Tlingit Tribe |
| State |
Alaska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$200,000 |
| Project Title |
Promote the Survival and Vitality of Native Languages |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to facilitate the transference of language skills from one generation to another by simultaneously teaching language to children, youth, and parents. This will be done through integrated classes utilizing an Apprentice/Master program. |
| Grantee Name |
San Carlos Apache Tribe |
| State |
Arizona |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$77,778 |
| Project Title |
Ndee -Apache Language Planning |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to develop a Strategic Language Preservation Plan to promote the revitalization of the Ndee Language; planning components will involve Elders and 100% of the local and private schools to develop language products. |
| Grantee Name |
California Indian Museum and Cultural Center |
| State |
California |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$82,050 |
| Project Title |
Pomo Language Distance Learning Curriculum Study |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to promote the vitality of seven Pomo languages by facilitating the sharing and accessibility of language preservation information and language resources between all 20 Pomo bands. The project will develop and disseminate a Pomo Language Distance Learning Planning Study. |
| Grantee Name |
Karuk Tribe of California |
| State |
California |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$134,058 |
| Project Title |
Karuk Language Distance Education Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop and implement a tribally-certified Karuk distance learning course. The project will compile results of a survey of 15 tribal language programs that identify strategies for successful tribal language distance education courses, develop tribal standards for the certification of language teachers and establish levels of language fluency. |
| Grantee Name |
Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Stewards Point Rancheria |
| State |
California |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
Kashia Pomo Tribe Kashaya Language Preservation and Maintenance Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to provide language workshops, record and archive oral histories from the 9 original Kashia families, complete an educational language DVD, and complete one series of Kashia children's educational books. The project will also complete a web link for members to use the Kashaya language tools. |
| Grantee Name |
Smith River Rancheria |
| State |
California |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$121,479 |
| Project Title |
Taa-laa-wa Dee-ni'Wee-ya' (The Tolowa Peoples' Language) Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop an age-appropriate language curriculum that will be utilized in four local schools. This project will also assist the tribe in obtaining documented recordings of their remaining fluent speakers. |
| Grantee Name |
Yurok Tribe |
| State |
California |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$161,871 |
| Project Title |
Yurok Tribe Fluency Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop language tests and curriculum units that will include academic coursework in basic, intermediate and advanced grammar. The project will also hold intensive summer institutes to provide mentoring to teacher interns. |
| Grantee Name |
Southern Ute Indian Tribe |
| State |
Colorado |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$94,181 |
| Project Title |
Ute Language and Culture Expansion Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop a language curriculum that will be utilized in the Montessori school. An archive will be established that will include a pronunciation dictionary, a language CD for children, and audio recordings for beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses. Additionally, the curriculum will be utilized to train 80 tribal employees bi-weekly in the Ute Language and to provide cultural awareness training to 400 employees. |
| Grantee Name |
Guam Community College |
| State |
Guam |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$148,106 |
| Project Title |
Protehi I Lengguähėn Chamorro |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to identify, plan and design four scripts in the Chamarro language for use in media based learning modules. |
| Grantee Name |
Penobscot Indian Nation |
| State |
Maine |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$177,496 |
| Project Title |
Native Language Teacher Preparation Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to develop a teacher/apprentice program that will involve both Native and non-Native teachers. The project aims to create a bilingual community where the Penobscot language is used as the language of commerce, government, education, and community life. |
| Grantee Name |
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians |
| State |
Michigan |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$88,318 |
| Project Title |
Grand Traverse Band ANA Language Preservation Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to preserve the Anishinaabemowin language by developing a Head Start immersion curriculum. |
| Grantee Name |
Hannahville Indian Community |
| State |
Michigan |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$69,825 |
| Project Title |
Ensuring the Survival of the Potawatomi Language-Digital Connections Language Project |
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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. |
| Grantee Name |
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community |
| State |
Michigan |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
KBIC Anishinaabeg Language Revitalization and Preservation Plan |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to perform an assessment of the Ojibwe language on the L'Anse Indian Reservation. The results of the assessment will be used to develop a language preservation plan for the Tribe. |
| Grantee Name |
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians |
| State |
Michigan |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$171,738 |
| Project Title |
Waganakising Odawamowin Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop and implement an Odawamowin language curriculum. |
| Grantee Name |
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians |
| State |
Michigan |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$200,000 |
| Project Title |
Ggitikemen Ode Zheshmowen - “We Are Growing Our Language” |
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| 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. |
| Grantee Name |
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan |
| State |
Michigan |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$125,759 |
| Project Title |
Gda-Saswin-nah Ojibwe Language Training and Development Project |
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| 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. |
| Grantee Name |
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians |
| State |
Minnesota |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$100,000 |
| Project Title |
Ojibwemowin, Red Lake Language Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to preserve and promote the revitalization of the Ojibwe language at Red Lake. This project will engage youth and elders in the development of a five year plan for language preservation. |
| Grantee Name |
White Earth Tribal and Community College |
| State |
Minnesota |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$53,799 |
| Project Title |
Ojibwe Language Assessment on the White Earth Reservation |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to promote the survival and continuing vitality of the Ojibwemowin through language assessment. The results of the assessment will be used to develop further language projects at the college. |
| Grantee Name |
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians |
| State |
Mississippi |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$139,759 |
| Project Title |
Okchalechi |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to produce a master DVD/VHS of motion sing along songs sung in Choctaw. A companion bilingual teachers’ guide will be prepared to outline the cultural and language significance of each song. Training will be provided to Early Childhood Education, Pre-K and K Teachers. |
| Grantee Name |
Chief Dull Knife College |
| State |
Montana |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$142,446 |
| Project Title |
Northern Cheyenne Language Reading and Writing Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to establish a core of twelve certified Northern Cheyenne teachers. The teachers will work to develop reservation-wide Northern Cheyenne reading and writing literacy by focusing upon the writing of the Northern Cheyenne language and by collecting materials from elders such as songs, myths, and legends to develop into a language curriculum. |
| Grantee Name |
Fort Belknap College |
| State |
Montana |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$200,000 |
| Project Title |
Promote the Survival and Continuing Vitality of Native American Language |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to help achieve community language goals by producing and disseminating instructional media, videos, CDs, and a White Clay grammar manual. These materials will enhance current and future efforts to teach the language. |
| Grantee Name |
Salish Kootenai College |
| State |
Montana |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$137,675 |
| Project Title |
Learning in Motion-Language Teaching Institute |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to create a Language Teaching Institute that will produce fluent teachers and fluent speakers. |
| Grantee Name |
Stone Child College |
| State |
Montana |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$149,912 |
| Project Title |
Stone Child College Cree Language Implementation Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to preserve and maintain the continued vitality of the Cree language by conducting family Cree language classes and Cree language youth immersion camps. |
| Grantee Name |
Nebraska Indian Community College |
| State |
Nebraska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$87,213 |
| Project Title |
UmoNhoN Language Revitalization Strategic Action Plan for Language Preservation Creation |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to train community members on language preservation issues, both pedagogical and individual to the tribal community, in order to develop a strategic action plan for preserving the OmoNhoN language. Language specialists and community members will be engaged in the development of a plan that encompasses current community language assessment data and encourages teaching of language skills from one generation to another. |
| Grantee Name |
Santee Sioux Nation |
| State |
Nebraska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$61,859 |
| Project Title |
Santee Dakota Language Assessment Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to collect language assessment surveys and develop a community strategic action plan for language maintenance and revitalization. |
| Grantee Name |
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska |
| State |
Nebraska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2004 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
HoChunk Renaissance Language Program's HoChunk Teacher Training Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to implement a Master-Apprentice program, develop and administer the HoChunk Language fluency test, train fluent HoChunk speakers as teachers, and digitize, transcribe and translate language recordings. |
| Grantee Name |
Wijokadoak, Inc. |
| State |
New Hampshire |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$86,105 |
| Project Title |
Western Language Assessment |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to support the preservation and continued development of the Western Abenaki Language. The project will catalog existing language materials for instructional purposes. |
| Grantee Name |
Indigenous Language Institute |
| State |
New Mexico |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$150,712 |
| Project Title |
Language Materials Development Center |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to establish a Language Materials Development Center which will provide multi-media technology and expertise to Tribes and individuals interested in developing materials for language instruction and preservation. The center will be a state-of-the-art center and Language Repository to research and produce digital media materials, games, books, storybooks, dictionaries, CD-ROMs, videos, DVDs, web pages and interactive internet instruction. |
| Grantee Name |
Mescalero Apache Tribe |
| State |
New Mexico |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$170,434 |
| Project Title |
Apache Language Preservation and Revitalization on the Mescalero Apache Reservation |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to initiate a master-apprentice program, create Apache language materials and develop language workshops and classes. |
| Grantee Name |
Citizen Potawatomi Nation |
| State |
Oklahoma |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$129,786 |
| Project Title |
Potawatomi Language Preservation Project |
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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. |
| Grantee Name |
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma |
| State |
Oklahoma |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$118,991 |
| Project Title |
Bah-Kho-Je Cat. III Language Implementation Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to develop comprehensive intergenerational language activities and materials for teaching the Bah-Kho-Je language. Acquisition of new language skills will be achieved through intergenerational communication. |
| Grantee Name |
Kaw Nation |
| State |
Oklahoma |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$71,874 |
| Project Title |
Kanza Language Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop, test, implement and evaluate culturally appropriate language software. |
| Grantee Name |
Osage Tribe |
| State |
Oklahoma |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
Design and Development of the Osage Language Program |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to design and develop the basic infrastructure to support the language department program. A formal curriculum will be developed for beginner and intermediate classes. A repository of audio and visual media will be developed for use in program design as well as preservation of existing repository materials in sustainable formats. Oral histories of elders will be recorded. An Osage language website will be created. |
| Grantee Name |
Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma |
| State |
Oklahoma |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$118,991 |
| Project Title |
Bah-Kho-Je Cat. III Language Implementation Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to develop comprehensive intergenerational language activities and materials for teaching the Bah-Kho-Je language. Acquisition of new language skills will be achieved through intergenerational communication. |
| Grantee Name |
Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community of Oregon |
| State |
Oregon |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$200,000 |
| Project Title |
Chinuk Wawa K-5 Capacity Building Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to develop and pilot culture-based curriculum taught in Chinuk. The project will include 5 Elders, 15 preschool students, 15 Kindergarten students, and 20 K-5 after school students. Distance learning and internet will be utilized to benefit members in Portland and Eugene. |
| Grantee Name |
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation |
| State |
Oregon |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$178,439 |
| Project Title |
Wiyat'ish Naknuwit “For the Future” Master-Apprentice Language Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop a Master-Apprentice program for the purpose of preserving and maintaining the Tribes' three languages: Cayuse/Nez Perce, Umatilla, and Walla Walla. The focus of this project is to produce 6 teachers who will have the level of proficiency and training to be eligible for tribal and State licensure. |
| Grantee Name |
Lower Brule Community College |
| State |
South Dakota |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$182,195 |
| Project Title |
Professional Lakota Language Instructor Development Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project that will train certified Lakota language instructors in the Lower Brule Education system to meet State World Language Standards. |
| Grantee Name |
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation |
| State |
Washington |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$108,773 |
| Project Title |
Chehalis Language Canoe Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project that will create a language program that incorporates language centered activities to reintroduce the shovel-nosed canoe into Chehalis reservation life for multigenerational learning. |
| Grantee Name |
Spokane Tribe of Indians |
| State |
Washington |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$120,236 |
| Project Title |
Spokane Tribal Language Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to create self-guided language based lesson plans for teachers and students. The project will create and maintain a web-site to support the training of two new language teachers. |
| Grantee Name |
College of Menominee Nation |
| State |
Wisconsin |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$156,655 |
| Project Title |
Building Teacher Capacity for Programming Menominee Language |
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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. |
| Grantee Name |
Ho-Chunk |
| State |
Wisconsin |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$81,780 |
| Project Title |
Ho-Chunk Language Assessment Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to establish a demographic baseline of language acquisition among Ho-Chunk members residing in five Wisconsin counties. The final report will demonstrate the critical status of the Ho-Chunk language to Tribal membership, its preservation, and the Tribe’s desire to maintain the sacred language. |
| Grantee Name |
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians |
| State |
Wisconsin |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$158,220 |
| Project Title |
LdF Gifted and Talented (Student & Family) Ojibwe Language Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to produce language workbooks which will be utilized for language classes and immersion camps. Each language session will be videotaped for the development of future language materials. |
| Grantee Name |
Waadookodaading, Inc |
| State |
Wisconsin |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$170,700 |
| Project Title |
Waadookodaading Immersion Charter School: Enhancing Language Fluency for Very Young Children and Their Parents |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to build Ojibwe immersion “language nests” for infants and toddlers, and expand the pre-school immersion programming. This project will also expand inter-generational language learning through family language classes, seasonal immersion feasts and other immersion programs involving parents, grandparents and elders of young children. |
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