Grantee Profile

Goldbelt Heritage Foundation

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2 Grants
$125,000 Total Awarded
2022 - 2023 Years

Awarded Grants

2023

Wooch Ée Tultóow - We Are Teaching Each Other

2023 Wooch Ée Tultóow - We Are Teaching Each Other

$50,000
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Community Partners

Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes

Description

The Wooch Ée Tultóow project will increase the capacity of GHF by supporting creation of Lingít Yoo X̱'atángi curriculum and resources, who will utilize existing partners and educational settings to provide instruction to students ages preschool through fifth grade and monthly opportunities and resources for intergenerational language transmission.

2022

Haa Yóo xátaangi haa kustiyeex sitee! - Our Language is Our Way of Life!

2022 Haa Yóo xátaangi haa kustiyeex sitee! - Our Language is Our Way of Life!

$75,000
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Community Partners

Other

Description

The project will increase secondary school students’ Tlingit language fluency through bolstering emergent language teacher’s knowledge through a master-apprentice model, utilizing innovative technology to create three seasonal curriculum units. Leveraging the skills and knowledge of Tlingit Elders, this program will help revitalize Tlingit language in Southeast Alaska.