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Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Objective 1: Begin operation of a new Ojibwe language immersion classroom for children ages 3-5 where their parents/care takers receive language support services by October 15th 2019. Objective 2: Provide a minimum of 2 immersion opportunities per month after the launch of the Waazh classroom, as well as tangible resources for parents and care takers of children in the new immersion program.

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Lower Sioux Indian Community
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$147,466

Objective 1: By 6/30/2025, increase Full Time Teachers with at least intermediate- mid fluency from 2 to 3 at Lower Sioux Cansayapi. Objective 2: By 6/30/2025, increase Dakota fluency of (2) Early Childhood Language Nest Teachers Dakota Language to at least Intermediate Low. Objective 3: By 6/30/2025, increase language speaking at home from weekly to daily among 50 families and fluency of 20 families .5-1 level on the ACTFL fluency scale.

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Lower Sioux Indian Community
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$80,750

Objective 1: By 6/30/2025, increase Full Time Teachers with at least intermediate- mid fluency from 2 to 3 at Lower Sioux Cansayapi. Objective 2: By 6/30/2025, increase Dakota fluency of (2) Early Childhood Language Nest Teachers Dakota Language to at lea

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Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$149,783

The purpose of this project is to create curriculum aimed at families and incorporating appropriate content related to families.

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Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$149,756

The purpose of this project is to create curriculum aimed at families and incorporating appropriate content related to families.

Carlton
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Dakota Wicohan
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000

By creating an active and joyful Dakota-speaking community learning environment, we anticipate that the proposed Dakota Iapi Teunhindapi project will result in: A unique language learning model for Dakota youth in rural southwestern Minnesota, Increased trust, confidence, and ability to speak the Dakota language with adults, elders and other youth in our rural region, Sustainable community expectations and skills to continue speaking together into the future, and Language lessons in the form of flash cards the students can work with at home, exposing others in their families to the vocabula

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Dakota Wicohan
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000

By creating an active and joyful Dakota-speaking community learning environment, we anticipate that the proposed Dakota Iapi Teunhindapi project will result in: A unique language learning model for Dakota youth in rural southwestern Minnesota, Increased trust, confidence, and ability to speak the Dakota language with adults, elders and other youth in our rural region, Sustainable community expectations and skills to continue speaking together into the future, and Language lessons in the form of flash cards the students can work with at home, exposing others in their families to the vocabula

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Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$66,500

The following objectives were generated from the goals listed and outline key phases of the project that are needed to ensure overall success: Objective 1: Making an application process to hire individuals to learn the language as Apprentices. Objective 2: Work with out First Language Speakers that work within our program to serve as Master speakers and assist in the development of learning and speaking skills of the Apprentices. Objective 3: Develop a handbook for the successful implementation of the Master Apprentice project.

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Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$80,750

The Gegaanaongejig Ji-Aabadak Ojibwemowin Program will provide the children and adults of our reservation with the opportunity to acquire our Ojibwe language in such a way that Ojibwemowin becomes an integral part of their lives and shapes their knowledge of the world around them.

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Fond du Lac Tribal College
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$99,532

Ojibwemotaadidaa Omaa Gidakiiminaang - Complete staff field trainings led by elder-first speakers focused on ricing, trapping, sugar bush and basket-making. Produce high quality audio files of the language of each cultural activity and develop immersion curriculum for each incorporating the audio. Apply, test and disseminate the curriculum through workshops focused on each activity. Develop searchable archives for the audio files in teh Fond du Lac College Library.

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Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$83,799

Project Goals and Objectives: With this proposal, 1) we seek to increase Ojibwe proficiency intergenerational language speaking opportunities for community members within our camp and afterwards. 2) We want to develop teaching materials for outdoor activities for use in any camp setting, and 3) Provide a model for professional development of language camp staff.

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Recipient
Fond du Lac Tribal College
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,400
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$147,150

Raise the bar for language learning, immersion program expansion and language revitalization on a broader scale.

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Lower Sioux
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$108,233

The goal of the Cansayapi Dakota Iapi (Language) Program is to establish a permanent Dakota language program at Lower Sioux that promotes continuous language learning and speaking opportunities across the generations and community.

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Lower Sioux Immersion

Objective 1: By July 14 2020, increase Dakota language speaking among 20 preschool students age, 3-5 years. Objective 2: Extend Dakota language speaking supports and success through family language training, reaching at least 10 families, or 50% of student families by July 14,2020. Objective 3: By July 14 2020, continue to develop Dakota language resources and materials for learners of all ages, including at least 4 new Dakota language books and 10 short Dakota language videos.

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Lower Sioux Immersion

Objective 1: By July 14 2020, increase Dakota language speaking among 20 preschool students age, 3-5 years. Objective 2: Extend Dakota language speaking supports and success through family language training, reaching at least 10 families, or 50% of student families by July 14, 2020. Objective 3: By July 14, 2020, continue to develop Dakota language resources and materials for learners of all ages, including at least 4 new Dakota language books and 10 short Dakota language videos.

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Lower Sioux Indian Community

Objective 1: By July 14, 2020, increase Dakota language speaking among 60 children ages. Objective 2: Introduce and expand Dakota language learning among 45 secondary students by July 2020. Objective 3: By July 14, 2021, promote family and community engagement in the language, reaching at least 100 adults through classes and social media.

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Lower Sioux Indian Community

Objective 1: By July 14, 2020, increase Dakota language speaking among 60 children ages birth to 5 years. Objective 2: Introduce an expand Dakota language learning among 45 secondary students by July 2020. Objective 3: By July 14, 2021, promote family and community engagement in the language, reaching at least 100 adults through classes and social media.

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Lower Sioux Indian Community
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$62,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$62,000

Reestablish the Lower Sioux Cultural Resource dedicated solely towards tribal youthby hiring workforce to manage and oversee programming. Increase cultural, language and beliefs into all youth programs - develop and format cultural based youth programming. Strengthen and open dialogue between the youth and elder populations to pass on language and cultural knowlege; build partnership with Lower Sioux Senior Services. Utilize technology to aid in education and awareness; create technological resources geared specifically toward youth language learning.

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Recipient
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$83,799

Four Ojibwe language audio CDs plus one YouTube DVD created by youth in the FDL youth program.

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Lower Sioux
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$109,830

Cansayapi will: 1) Increase teaching tools for the community by translating eight (8) curriculum units for the Dakota Immersion School and developing a ?second-year high school Dakota language syllabus that meets ACTFL world standards for listening and speaking; 2) Introduce and build the Dakota language skills of 122 community members; and 3) extend Dakota language use across the community through expanded technologically-based language interpretation at Lower Sioux?s Historic Site.

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White Earth Tribal and Community College
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$71,225

Objective 1: Offer enhanced Ojibwemowin curriculum and language learning activities to students in the classroom and through the Language and Culture Center. Objective 2: Offer thoughtfully planned and well-developed Ojibwe language activities and monthly cultural awareness in-service activities for college staff/ faculty.

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Fond Du lac Tribal and Community College

1. Confirm the participation of 6 elders and 5 parents with infants and toddlers 2. Conduct 15 immersion sessions led by elder-first speakers with parents, children and staff 3. Complete audio-visual recordings of elders interacting with babies and parents 4. Engage in 15 sessions with parents to prepare multi-media parenting resources 5. Finalize parenting resources including videos, audio stories and picture books in Ojibwe 6. Distribute the resources to individuals, preschools, daycares, and immersion programs

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Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College

1. Confirm the participation of 6 elders and 5 parents with infants and toddlers 2. Conduct 15 immersion sessions led by elder-first speakers with parents, children and staff 3. Complete audio-visual recordings of elders interacting with babies and parent

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Fond du Lac Tribal Community College
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

The OOG Adult Immersion Academy and Immersion Language Nest have created valuable opportunities for learners to practice well-spoken Ojibwe and prepare to teach it to others. Program participants have hailed from every Ojibwe band in Minnesota and several in Wisconsin and Canada. We do not study the language as a subject but produce capable practitioners of it. From the beginning, our program has met the key goal specified in Dakota and Ojibwe Language Revitalization in Minnesota (2011) “…to include immersive language experiences and leadership roles for fluent speakers” (pp. 7, 12).

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Fond du Lac Tribal Community College
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

The OOG Adult Immersion Academy and Immersion Language Nest have created valuable opportunities for learners to practice well-spoken Ojibwe and prepare to teach it to others. Program participants have hailed from every Ojibwe band in Minnesota and several in Wisconsin and Canada. We do not study the language as a subject but produce capable practitioners of it. From the beginning, our program has met the key goal specified in Dakota and Ojibwe Language Revitalization in Minnesota (2011) 'to include immersive language experiences and leadership roles for fluent speakers'(pp. 7, 12).

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Fond du Lac Tribal College
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,101

Ojibwemotaadidaa Omaa Gidakiiminaang - will train five staff members in the language and practice of traditional activities associated with babies and parenting, led by knowledgeable elder-first speakers with years of experience. Staff members will spend a total of 16 days with four elder-first speakers engaged in language associated with pregnancy, birthing, newborns, infants, toddlers, cradleboard, moss bags, baby swing, and baby rattles. We will make audio-video recordings of these training sessions to have as a detailed record and reference tool.

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Dakota Wicohan
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$113,605
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,602

Increase rural community capacity to teach and transmit Dakota language. Create a safe, nurturing immersion - learning environment that actively engages 15 intergenerational families in learning and speaking Dakota together through traditional Dakota lifeways.

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Dakota Wicohan

By creating an active and joyful Dakota-speaking community learning environment, we anticipate that the proposed Unspeunkiyapi project will result in: 1. A unique language learning model for Dakota youth in rural southwestern Minnesota. 2. Increased trust, confidence, and ability to speak the Dakota language with adults, elders and other youth in our rural region. 3. Sustainable community expectations sills to continue speaking together into the future. 4. Informational language lesson videos made available for youth and adults who are not part of the program.

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Dakota Wicohan

By creating an active and joyful Dakota-speaking community learning environment, we anticipate that the proposed Unspeunkiyapi project will result in: 1. A unique language learning model for Dakota youth in rural southwestern Minnesota. 2. Increased trust, confidence, and ability to speak the Dakota language with adults, elders and other youth in our rural region. 3. Sustainable community expectations sills to continue speaking together into the future. 4. Informational language lesson videos made available for youth and adults who are not part of the program.

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White Earth Nation

1.) Develop and create an Ojibwe Language Resource Kit for our White Earth Ojibwemowin Teachers who have attained Eminence. 2.) Provide technology for Ojibwemowin Teachers to utilize language apps and programs in the classroom during community gatherings. 3.) White Earth will purchase a block of Rosetta Stone Level 1 Ojibwemowin subscriptions for Enrollees and Non-Enrollees. 4.) White Earth will establish virtual weekly community Language Tables. 5.) White Earth will establish virtual weekly Teacher language tables, closed to the public.

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White Earth Tribal and Community College

1.) WETCC Cultural Director will identify facilitators, coordinate dates, events, location, agenda and professional development credit for participant and utilize WETCC co-curricular assessment to capture and assess data. 2.) WETCC Cultural Director will identify and coordinate dates, location, facilitatory, agenda, food, advertisement and Professional Development Certificates for participants.

Mahnomen
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White Earth Tribal and Community College

1.) WETCC Cultural Director will identify facilitators, coordinate dates, events, location, agenda and professional development credit for participant and utilize WETCC co-curricular assessment to capture and assess data. 2.) WETCC Cultural Director will identify and coordinate dates, location, facilitatory, agenda, food, advertisement and Professional Development Certificates for participants.

Mahnomen