Promote the Survival and Continuing Vitality of Native American Languages

The P&M program provides funding for projects designed to ensure continuing vitality of Native American languages. This program allows for a broad array of Native language-related projects including establishing a language program, improving an existing program, and developing language instruction and activities. The EMI program provides funding for community-based projects that ensure continuing vitality of Native languages through immersion-based instruction. EMI projects must meet the requirements for either a Native American language nest or a Native American language survival school, both of which are immersive, site-based educational programs for children in accordance with 42 USC 2991b-3(c)(7) ANA supports locally determined projects that achieve community goals through specific, measurable outcomes. In an effort to perpetuate language preservation efforts for Native communities,…