Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship
2023 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship
Community Partners
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Bois Forte Band; Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band)
Yuchi Language Project and Salish School of Spokane Learning Exchange
Inter-Tribal
Intergenerational Cultural Programs
Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona
The project will sustain a language immersion program where fluent Hualapai language consultants will conduct language immersion programming in each of the 4 head start classrooms 5 hours a day for the regular school year not including summer, continuing with the efforts made over the last 3 years.
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico
Inter-Tribal
Our project will create a full-time position for a licensed Ojibwe-speaking teacher in Grandma's House to increase our educational success, use our space and age groups more effectively, expand the number of families and days of participation, augment development of curriculum, and obtain licensing to leverage educational and financial resources.
Hoopa Valley Tribe, California
Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes
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.
Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, California
The project will utilize the already existing afterschool program to create language classes during the week to teach 5-12 year old’s the Cahuilla language. Ensuring the Cahuilla language is retained.