The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) last week announced a $30,000 funding opportunity available to tribal nations, nonprofits, and states working with tribal communities for projects “that expand the reach and impact of the federal Indian boarding school initiative,” according to an agency press release. The funds will support projects aimed at cultural and language revitalization, community conversations on the impact of federal Indian boarding schools, research related to unmarked graves and burial sites associated with the intuitions, repatriation efforts, oral history projects, and the creation of educational materials on the history of federal Indian boarding schools. Any non-tribal entity that applies for funding must be in consultation with a federally recognized tribe, Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Shelly Lowe (Diné) told Native News Online.
The revitalization of Indigenous languages is essential because language reflects philosophies that guide social, political, cultural and ecological relationships.
The revitalization of Indigenous languages is essential because language reflects philosophies that guide social, political, cultural and ecological relationships.
/PRNewswire/ The Language Conservancy (TLC), a nonprofit dedicated to Indigenous language revitalization, today unveiled the world s largest collection of.