Two San Diego tribes will receive funding from the Department of the Interior to support language preservation efforts. Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians is being awarded $129,337, and the Pala Band of Mission Indians will receive $192,461.
In an effort to help tribal nations preserve and revitalize their traditional languages, an Arizona tribe and a Navajo college will receive a portion of $7 million in grants from the Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development.
The Rosebud and Santee Sioux Nations received over $300,000 as part of a national grant to protect and preserve Native language from the Department of the Interior.
Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development has awarded $7 million in grants under the Living Languages Grant Program to 45 American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and Tribal organizations.
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