The Biden administration recently awarded over $11 million to the new Native American Language Resource Centers program and the Native American Teacher Retention Initiative. In an announcement by the U.S. Department of Education, the programs aim to support educational opportunities for Native American students and educators. On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced.
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, announced new awards totaling more than $11 million for the new Native American Language Resource Centers (NALRC) program, the first-ever Native American Teacher Retention Initiative (NATRI) program, and the State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) program. Combined, the grant awards will strengthen the vitality of Native American languages in schools, support Native American teachers, and ensure Tribal Educational Agencies can coordinate grant resources alongside state and local partners.
The new grants will support Native American language use, revitalization, and instruction to advance the goals of the Native American Languages Act of 1990, which recognized the inherent rights and freedoms of Native Americans to use their Indigenous languages. The full list of Native American Language Resource Center Act grant recipients includes:
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