Dakhota Iapi

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$116,387
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Dakhota Iapi
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
September 2017
End Date
June 2018
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

The goal of this project is to increase fluency and proficiency in the Dakhota language by creating a Dakhota Dictionary Mobile App that is linguistically accurate and widely accessible for both adult and youth language learners in the classroom and for individual study. The Dakhota Dictionary Mobile App will expand the Dakhota language lexical database's value as an archive preserving the Dakhota language, while presenting an accessible and vibrant new resource to a large and growing community of Dakhota language learners.

Legal Citation / Subdivision
MN 2017 Session Law, Regular Session, Chapter 91, Article 4 Subd. 9
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$116,387
Direct expenses
$114,762
Administration costs
$1,625
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Documentation of the Dakota language; and creation of a 30,000+ word talking dictionary app for computers and mobile devices

Measurable Outcome(s)

Documentation of the Dakota language; and creation of a 30,000+ word talking dictionary app for computers and mobile devices

Source of Additional Funds

Private

Recipient Board Members
Ethan Neerdaels, Wayne Bendickson, Neil Mckay, Clifford Canku, John Reynolds, Katie Blue-Bendickson, Wil Meya
Project Manager
First Name
Ethan
Last Name
Neerdaels
Organization Name
Dakhota Iapi
Street Address
4048 28th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406
Phone
612-458-7372
Email
ethan@dakhota.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

161 Saint Anthony Ave
Suite 919
St. Paul, MN 55103