Grantee Profile

Camas Foundation

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1 Grant
$10,000 Total Awarded
2023 Year

Awarded Grants

2023

Kalispel Language Literacy sxʷuytn

2023 Kalispel Language Literacy sxʷuytn

$10,000
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Community Partners

Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation

Funding Area

Program Native Arts, Language, and Knowledge
Focus Area Language
Project Native Language Immersion Initiative

Description

The project will increase the presence of language in the community, and number of Kalispel language speakers helping to revitalize and retain the Kalispel language, creating language connections in the community and within families where language may have been lost. The curriculum and learning path will be shared with tribes.