Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribal Grant
Project Details by Fiscal Year
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Recipient Type
Tribal Government
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2020
End Date
June 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Cook
Project Overview
1.) Coordinate language instruction for Grand Portage students from Head Start to Cook County High School in order to produce fluent speakers. 2.) Establish language programming for families: language table, radio program, and language camps. 3.) Develop new Ojibwe language projects based on community input.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2020 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
2019 Minnesota Special Session Laws, Chapter 2, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 9
Direct expenses
$47,423
Administration costs
$4,395
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
1.) Fluent speakers of Ojibwe graduating from Cook County High Schools. 2.) Promotion of Grand Portage dialect in language learning. 3.) Increased access to adult Ojibwe language learning. 4.) Intergenerational language learning.
Recipient Board Members
Beth Drost, April McCormick, Bill Myers, John Morrin, Rick Anderson
Project Manager
First Name
Beth
Last Name
Drost
Organization Name
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe
Street Address
83 Stevens Road PO Box 428
City
Grand Portage
State
MN
Zip Code
55605
Phone
218-475-2277
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