Endangered Language Fund: Native Voices Endowment: A Lewis & Clark Expedition Bicentennial Legacy
Deadline: 11/6/2020
Amount: $2,500 to $10,000/year
Description:
The purpose of this program is to revitalize and perpetuate the indigenous languages of American Indian nations whose ancestors encountered the 1803-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition. Eligible projects include:
  1. Native language education programs, curricula, or projects
  2. Individual language study by Native students pursuing study with universities or colleges offering coursework or research in the student’s Native language, or a fluent tribal language speaker of the student’s Native language in a mentor-apprentice program, private immersion, or other instructional arrangement
  3. Documentation and recording of a Native language for preservation and future education, such as video or audio recordings of elder speakers, private instruction, or immersion classes, books, or films
Eligible applicants:
individuals who are enrolled tribal members
tribal government language programs
tribal community language programs
tribal schools and colleges