Native Voices Endowment Grants
Forecasted
Native Voices Endowment Grants support tribal members and language projects through documentation, study, and community learning to revitalize Native American languages linked to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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Funder: Endangered Language Fund
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: See program guidelines
Summary: Supports documentation, revitalization, and study of Native American languages associated with tribes encountered by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Key Information: Principal investigators must be enrolled tribal members or employees of tribal colleges, and tribal and language eligibility restrictions apply.
Description
The Endangered Language Fund administers the Native Voices Endowment: A Lewis & Clark Expedition Bicentennial Legacy to support documentation and revitalization of Native American languages. The program focuses on languages of tribes that came into contact with the Lewis and Clark Expedition between 1803 and 1806. It also offers scholarships for tribal members pursuing academic work in linguistics or a Native language, or participating in Master/Apprentice programs.
The endowment was funded by the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Council using revenues from the U.S. Mint’s sale of the Lewis and Clark 2004 Commemorative Coin. Supported work includes community-based language learning and cultural transmission, illustrated by a Salish curriculum incorporating traditional games, art, storytelling, and seasonal cultural practices.
