Native Voices Endowment: RFP 2007

[Nick Emlen]

Native Voices Endowment
Request for Proposals 2007
www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/native_voices

This is the first year of the Endangered Language Fund’s annual Native 
Voices endowed grant program for work on some of the indigenous languages of 
North America. This money comes from the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial 
Council, which received the revenue from the U.S. Mint's sale of the Lewis 
and Clark 2004 Commemorative Coins.

We will accept proposals from members of eligible tribes along the historic 
route of the 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition whose ancestors 
experienced contact with the expedition, or whose ancestral homelands were 
traversed by the expedition, or whose tribal customs or languages were 
recorded by the expedition, including tribes who were removed to Oklahoma 
subsequent to the expedition.

This year, the Native Voices Endowment grant program will make a total of 
$75,000 available to enrolled tribal members, tribal government language 
programs, tribal community language programs and tribal schools and 
colleges. Proposals will be accepted for Native American language education 
programs, individual study by Native American language students, and 
research efforts to document and record Native American languages for future 
preservation and education.

The deadline is October 15, 2007. The RFP and a list of eligible tribes are 
available here: www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/native_voices. For more 
information, email elf at endangeredlanguagefund.org.

Nick Emlen
Endangered Language Fund

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