Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria

The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria will use Basic grant funds to purchase materials to support a book-making workshop for youth to create a book in the Tribal language to use for educational outreach. The Library will contract with a Tribal Citizen artist to facilitate the workshop and pass down expertise in both the arts and language learning and acquisition to provide Tribal citizens with introductory language materials they can use with their families to support lifelong language learning skills. The Tribe will also use funds to organize a Youth-in-Service program for high school-aged Tribal citizens to be trained in basic cataloging and organizing. Youth will receive a stipend upon completion of the program, which will culminate in the presentation of a culturally relevant research project of their choosing at a Tribal event.