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Native Voices Endowment: A Lewis & Clark Expedition Bicentennial Legacy is sponsored by The Endangered Language Fund. ELF provides grants for eligible languages through the Native Voices Endowment. These funds are specifically for revitalizing and perpetuating the Indigenous languages of American Indian Nations whose ancestors encountered the 1803-1806 Lewis & Clark Expedition.
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Native Voices Endowment — The Endangered Language Fund Native Voices Endowment Grants APPLICATIONS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN! Please note that the guidelines for NVE grants have changed. You can find out more by viewing the guidelines here .
ELF provides grants for eligible languages through the Native Voices Endowment: A Lewis & Clark Expedition Bicentennial Legacy. These funds come from the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Council, which received the revenues from the U.S. Mint's sale of the Lewis and Clark 2004 Commemorative Coin.
Grants through this program are available to members of the Native American tribes that came in contact with the Lewis and Clark Expedition between 1803-1806. Grants are available for work on documentation and revitalization of the languages of these tribes (see below for list of eligible languages). Applicants (Principal Investigators) must be enrolled tribal members or employees of tribal colleges.
Scholarships for academic work in linguistics or a Native language, or for Master/Apprentice programs are also available for tribal members. To learn more about the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Exhibit, please visit www. lewisandclarkexhibit.
org/index_flash. html . Click here for a list of eligible tribes.
Native Voices Endowment Recipients Mosiah Bluecloud, Doug Whalen (Founder, ELF), Aaron Broadwell (ELF Board member), Kate Bridwell-Briner , Robert Lewis , and Kristine Hildebrandt (ELF VP). Mosiah, Kate, and Robert received NVE fellowships to the 2018 CoLang. Lindsay Marean, Jaeci Hall , and Doug Whalen in Alaska.
Jaeci received an NVE fellowship to attend the 2016 CoLang Aspen Decker ’s “Revive Our Roots Language Curriculum” demonstrates amazing and innovative work being done with a language community with few fluent speakers. Salish is highly endangered, with 17 first-language speakers. In the past year, Decker has led multiple workshop and classes where the Salish language and culture are shared through traditional games and art.
Decker incorporated seasonal cultural practices - such as gathering native foods - into interactive games that have embedded cultural knowledge. For instance, Decker taught vocabulary along with a game where young men practiced shooting an arrow into a spinning willow hoop, preparing them to hunt.
Decker also hosted two workshops with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Education Department that focused on combining storytelling, ledger art, and Stq́ĺséčt (PlainsIndianSignLanguage)
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Proposals will be accepted only from individuals who are enrolled tribal members, tribal government language programs, tribal community language programs, or tribal schools and colleges. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Native Voices Endowment: A Lewis & Clark Expedition Bicentennial Legacy is funded by The Endangered Language Fund. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
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