Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Tribal Grant
Objective 1: By September 1, 2019, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (MLBO) Nay Ah Shing (NAS) school and MLBO Human Resources (HR) will contract an hire an Immersion Consultant for delivery of Immersion services within the NAS Ojibwe program to project end. Objective2: By September 1, 2019, MLBO NAS and MLBO HR will contract and hire a Cultural Arts Consultant for delivery of cultural arts services including delivering of crafting and sewing programming as a component of NAS Ojibwe culminating activity. Objective 3: By September 1, 2019, MLBO NAS and Office will, bidding where necessary, prospect and acquire supplies and support contracts necessary for the expansion and enhancement of currently existing and under-resourced programming in the MLBO NAS Ojibwe language program. Objective 4: On February 26-28, 2020, MLBO NAS staff including Ojibwe Language Coordinator and relevant support staff will attend for professional development purposes the 49th Annual National Association of Bilingual Educators (NABE) Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.