San Jose State University

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro received this grant which was transferred to the San Jose State University. The San Jose State University, in partnership with The National Head Start Association and representatives from each of the five Reading Nation Chapters - Crow (Montana), Eastern Band of Cherokee (North Carolina), Lumbee (North Carolina), Northern Cheyenne (Montana), and Santo Domingo Pueblo (New Mexico) - will increase access to literary resources and libraries for Native American children and families. The anticipated outcomes of the project will be increased convenience and access to free, librarian-curated children's books for Native American children, increased culturally relevant library programming and resources, and the formation of strategic local partnerships between cross-disciplinary organizations working together to improve literacy. In partnership with local and national library associations and community organizations, the project also will develop and disseminate a Native American literacy and library model that can be replicated.