Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI) has distributed approximately $1.5M to Southern Alberta to support various initiatives. This includes:
- Almost $200,000 for the Tsuut’ina Nation’s Tsuut’ina Gunaha School Language Incorporation Strategy
- approximately $141,000 for Opokaa’sin Early Intervention Society’s Blackfoot Language Keepers,
- $358,000 for Peigan Board of Education Society’s Piikani Language Revitalization Project,
- $80,000 for the Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary,
- approximately $124,000 for Pathways Community Services Association’s Indigenous Languages and Literacy Program: Cree Language, and
- $98,500 for Elizabeth Fry Society of Calgary: Alberta’s Indigenous Languages and Literacy Program.
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