Tipi at Sunset

Walter McClintock Lantern Slide (undated)

C C License

Yale Collection of Western Americana

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Funding opportunities for language preservation are available.

The Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 authorizes appropriations for Fiscal Years 2008-2012. For more information, visit this link.

The Administration for Native Americans of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides funding for native language preservation and maintenance. Visit the site. Application information can be found here. To see recent grants awarded in the state of Montana, click here. 

Foundation for Endangered Languages offers grants.

Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project evaluates the degree of language endangerment and the urgency of the situation when it awards its grants.

A 2007 News Release announcing a grant for the Ktunaxa Nation in Canada to preserve the language notes that there are still speakers in Montana.