Some Funds Fr Northern USA Languages

[Andre Cramblit]

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