Written by Hailey Punis

The DAILP team extends its deepest gratitude to the Henry R. Luce Foundation for support received between 2021 – 2024 totaling $350,000. This funding has helped DAILP pay for all of our community-based contributors such as teachers, students, tribal speakers, and editors during phase two of our initiative to expand our DAILP website. 

As the DAILP team continues to promote indigenous language learning and persistence, Ellen Cushman, Bri Alexander and Sara Snyder Hopkins offer a white-paper produced under our Luce Foundation grants: “Indigenous Language Assessment: Indigenous Language Persistence, Archival Methods, and Story.” This research report overviews the assessment of indigenous language proficiency as a lifelong learning process, which could indicate the significance of intergenerational learning and support in developing indigenous language proficiency.

A tremendous thanks to the Henry R. Luce Foundation and its members for their continuous contributions that allowed DAILP to conduct important research regarding Indigenous language: ᏩᏙ.