Endangered Language Fund: Native Voices Endowment

[Harold F. Schiffman]

Endangered Language Fund: Native Voices Endowment

Date: 25-Jan-2007
From: Nick Emlen <emlenhaskins.yale.edu>


We are happy to announce that the Endangered Language Fund will be
managing and distributing a new $1.6 million grant program, the Native
Voices Endowment. This money comes from the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
Council, which received the revenues from the U.S. Mint's sale of the 2004
Lewis & Clark Commemorative Coin. Grants through this program will be
available to the Native American tribes that came in contact with the
Lewis and Clark Expedition between 1804-1806. The investment will be
managed by the Oregon Community Foundation. It will generate an estimated
$75,000 in interest each year, which will be 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. To learn
more about this grant program, and to view a list of eligible tribes,
please visit our website:

www.endangeredlanguagefund.org

Nick Emlen Endangered Language Fund

http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-294.html

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