Awarded Grants

25 Ohkay Owingeh Tribal youth will increase their cultural exposure through (4) workshops of six sessions each in which Elders will be utilized to teach traditional regalia making classes that educate, challenge and inspire youth to form lasting linkages to our Native culture and to participate in our cultural ceremonies.

Create a youth program that will Utilize the knowledge and skills of Elders and knowledge keepers to Increase our youth's confidence and sense of who they are, as well as Retain and integrate Nipmuc traditions and values to cultivate an awareness of individual and collective responsibilities in our youth.

Teacher Mentees will spend 1040 hours working with NPL staff and Elder Mentors. Language immersion methodology, curriculum study and development, and three intensive professional development trainings, will be utilized to increase the capacity of the NPL program and to create four new teachers to serve the on-reservation Nez Perce communities.

CCPP's Youth Fellowship program will connect Elders and Culture Keepers with Catawba Youth (16-23) so that they can mentor them in important Catawba Cultural Practices. By investing resources into our youth they can become the next generation of Catawba Culture Keepers.

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 project will create a new avenue for community youth, ages 6-17, to increase language fluency rate by reinforcing existing language immersion programs in area schools. The project will enhance their ability to retain the language and will utilize community Tewa instructors who have obtained their Native Language Teaching License.

This project will help youth increase capacity of traditional plants and animals by utilizing elder’s knowledge and life experiences. Our youth will retain lessons learned from elder mentors through experiential learning and the creation of documents that will remain as part of a library of teachings for future generations.

To support retention of the Micmac language and traditions absent or lost over time and strengthen relationships between youth and Elders BGCPI will hire a part-time Coordinator to leverage existing relationships and resources within our community to implement educational sessions and events to engage Elders and youth.

KCLC will utilize and increase its Primary (2.5–6-year-olds) classroom’s capacity by developing teachers’ skills to be more consistent in their use of best language immersion and Montessori practices and by refreshing the classroom materials and equipment to better nurture and revitalize the Keres language, culture and traditions.

The project will leverage existing language nest resources to increase grade level capacity through fourth grade, while retaining current parent volunteerism and creating monthly opportunities for citizen and tribal leadership involvement during the nest’s expansion into a language school, by incorporating surveys, focus groups, community-engaged curriculum design, and literacy materials.