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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">First Nations Development Institute </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Awarding 10 grants ranging from $45,000 to $75,000 to help ensure Native languages continue to thrive. Native-controlled nonprofit organizations and tribal government
programs actively advancing Native language immersion programs are encouraged to apply.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Learn more and apply by March 4:
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<div class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"><a href="https://www.firstnations.org/rfps/native-language-immersion-initiative-grant/?fbclid=IwAR1m8aeFGBkcNVIvhppVnRaKoaCgEv4SMnFKa1beMr2Jkjdx2FW0ibQ_e-c" id="OWAa951a72a-10d6-50b2-5ee4-61bb8c98540c" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Native
Language Immersion Initiative Grant | First Nations Development Institute</a></span></div>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-weight: 700;">Type of Eligible Entities</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">Tribes, Native-controlled nonprofits, and Native-controlled community organizations with active Native language immersion programs located in the United States or
U.S. territories are eligible to apply. First Nations considers “Native-controlled” to mean that the majority (more than 50%) of the organization’s Board of Directors is tribally-affiliated.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">Types of eligible applicants include, but are not limited to:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">Federal- and State-Recognized Tribal Governments and Departments</span></li><li style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin: 0px 0px 8px;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">Native-controlled 501(c)(3) nonprofits</span></li><li style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin: 0px 0px 8px;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">Native-controlled community organizations with fiscal sponsorship</span></li><li style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">Native §7871 Organizations</span></li></ul>
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<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>Cassandra E. Osterloh </b></span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(Cherokee Nation)</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>,</b></span><span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><img width="122" height="122" style="width: 122px; height: 122px; max-width: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:c86f6106-a28f-4f60-8817-6bb0c9de33fe"><b>Tribal
Libraries Program Coordinator</b></span><span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Library Development Bureau,
<b>New Mexico State Library</b></span><span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>ALA-APA Councilor, NM Chapter</b></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">cassandra.osterloh@dca.nm.gov <br>
<b>Learn more: <a href="https://nmstatelibrary.org/services-for-new-mexico-libraries/tribal-libraries-program/" class="ContentPasted0 OWAAutoLink" id="OWA947d3645-954e-0c88-5114-77c2ae280991">
Tribal Libraries Program</a></b><br>
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