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Release date: 04/20/2010 
Contact Information: Daniel Heffernan, 303-312-7074; Richard Mylott, 303-312-6654
New community center part of bright future for site
(Denver, Colorado – April 20, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe a $200,000 brownfields grant to clean up and revitalize the Old White Horse Day School property on Bureau of Indian [...]

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Source: Department of Health & Human Services
Posted on: 9th March 2010

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration for Native Americans (ANA) announces the availability of $42 million in competitive grant funding for fiscal year 2010 for community-based projects.
The projects will need to promote economic and social self-sufficiency and cultural preservation for American Indians, Alaska [...]

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New Group Is Formed to Sponsor Native Arts By ROBIN POGREBINPublished: April 21, 2009
Even as arts groups around the country are cutting back because of declining endowments and donations, a new foundation to support the work of American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native artists is being established with an initial $10 million from [...]

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San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Grants $100,000 to American Indian College Fund
DENVER, March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians located near Highland, Calif. renewed its commitment to American Indian education with a grant of $100,000 to the American Indian College Fund (the Fund) for scholarships benefiting Native students.
Fifty [...]

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Special deliveryThe UPS Foundation makes a donation of $128,000 to American Indian College Fund By Staff reports
Story Published: Jan 8, 2009
DENVER, Colo. – The UPS Foundation awarded the American Indian College Fund (the Fund) $128,000 for scholarships benefiting American Indian students for 2008-09 academic year scholarships.
John Cooper, employee relations manager at UPS in [...]

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The San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians donates $2 million for NAU’s Native American cultural center
(Flagstaff, Ariz. Jan. 6, 2009) – The San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians has announced a contribution of $2 million to Northern Arizona University for designing and building a Native American cultural center on its Flagstaff campus.
NAU aspires [...]

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$1.75 Million Grant To Strengthen Tribal Partnerships
Release date: 12/03/2008
Contact Information: Latisha Petteway, (202) 564-4355 / petteway.latisha@epa.gov
Washington, D.C. – Dec. 3, 2008) Northern Arizona University’s Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals received a $1.75 million grant to support a steering committee of tribal co-regulators to work with EPA on solid and hazardous waste cleanup issues. [...]

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Target reaches out to American Indian college studentsNew Mexico Business Weekly
Target Corp. has granted $20,000 to the American Indian College Fund, the scholarship provider announced in a statement released today.
The 2009 Target Tribal College Scholarship Program will award scholarships to American Indian Students attending tribal colleges in states where Target has an established business presence, [...]

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Department of Justice Announces New Funding for Tribal CommunitiesTuesday, November 04, 2008 :: infoZine Staff Nearly $100 Million Provided for Indian Country Initiatives in 2008
Washington, D.C. – infoZine – U.S. Associate Attorney General Kevin J. O’Connor today announced more than $50 million in additional grant funds from the Justice Department to help tribal communities, bringing [...]

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SSC Awarded Grant For Native American Student Program
Seminole State College has received word from the U.S. Department of Education that it has been awarded a $1.2 million Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI) grant.
SSC was one of only six institutions from across the country selected to receive the grant, which will be funded over a [...]

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