Awarded Grants

The purpose of the proposed project is to build our internal capacity and increase our knowledge base in the following areas: Lakota language fluency, teacher education, and the best practices in indigenous language revitalization.

Mission: Our goal is to raise the self-valuation of Arapaho individuals on the Wind River Reservation in order to increase success in education, employment and the development of community assets through collaboration with the Northern Arapaho tribal government, all local schools, communities, parents and fluent speakers of the Arapaho language.

The Wâchônumuhucheek Wâânutam8ôk Project lays the groundwork for comprehensive state and tribal language teacher certifications for our growing preK - Grade 8 immersions school, while continually incorporating parent and family involvement into school design and students' grade level advancement in order to retain 90 percent of our current immersion cohort.

This project will increase the number of proficient first language speakers within the Oneida community by creating an immersion-only classroom that utilizes the current On^yote’aka Tsi Nitwaw^not^ and Head Start “As it happens” curriculum.

The Teacher Training program will increase the capacity of our current and new teachers to effectively impart traditional and standard curriculum while maintaining total immersion in the Kanienkeha (Mohawk) language, creating a strong learning foundation at all age levels.

Conference sponsorship

The goal of the project is to create an opportunity for a local Native American tribe to acquire, preserve and protect sacred documented homelands through controlled land management, and to increase educational opportunities for both tribal members and general public regarding tribal cultural.

Native Giving Distribution

Native Giving Distribution

Native Giving Distribution