PHOENIX INDIAN CENTER LANGUAGE & CULTURE APPLICATION GRIC 2017.PDF

Created: 02/14/2017 • Last updated: 03/06/2017
General information
Organization Phoenix Indian Center
Contact First name Patti
Contact Last name Hibbeler
Contact e-mail phibbeler@phxindcenter.org
Contact phone number 6022646768
Address
Street 4520 North Central Avenue, Suite 250
City Phoenix
State AZ
ZIP Code 85012-7814
From what tribe is the Gila River Indian Community
organization requesting the
grant?
Total grant amount request 300,000
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The Gila River Indian Community offers multi-year awards. If your
organization is requesting a multi-year grant for this project or program
from the Gila River Indian Community, enter the amount to be requested
each year.
Amount
Year 1 (Gila River Indian
100,000
Community Grants Only)
Year 2 (Gila River Indian
100,000
Community Grants Only)
Year 3 (Gila River Indian
100,000
Community Grants Only)
Year 4 (Gila River Indian
Community Grants Only)
Year 5 (Gila River Indian
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/28/2017 (NOTE: Click or use up/down arrow keys to move among
fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Chairman Denny Barney
4. Mailing Address: 301 W Jefferson 10th Floor
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Melody Henderson Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Phoenix Indian Center
8. Is this a 501c non-profit Organization? No Yes If yes, attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Jolyana Begay-Kroupa Title: Director of Development
10. Phone Number: 602-264-6768
11. Mailing Address: 4520 N Central Ave Suite 250
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85012
13. Email Address: jbegay-kroupa@phxindcenter.org Website Address: phxindcenter.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: Urban Amercian Indian Cutural Enrichment
15. Purpose of Grant: This project will fund American Indian culture classes, seminars & storytelling
sessions for the community participants interested in Native American culture and language. A portion of
the funding will be designated for staff who will assist in organizing and coordinating the described services.
16. Priority Funding Area Education
17. Annual amount requested $100,000
18. Number of years that funding is 3
requested
19. Total amount requested (annual $300,000
amount x number of years)
20. Has your organization received past Click here to enter text.
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year
and amount
21. Geographic area served Greater Phoenix Area
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Outcome  Approval Recommended/Amount $  Denial

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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative
in paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe the organization’s history, mission and goals.
The Phoenix Indian Center is the oldest American Indian non-profit organization of its kind in the United States.
The Center was formed in 1947 as an outgrowth of Native people moving to urban Phoenix not only to sell
their crafts and goods but as a result of U.S. Government public policy.
The Federal Government’s Indian Relocation Act (PL 959) created a mass migration of American Indians from
rural, reservation settings to large scale cities across the United States during the 1950-1960s. The Act was an
attempt to assimilate American Indians into the prevailing non-Indian city life culture and remove their practice
of Native culture and traditions through the break-up of reservation systems. As a result, several Indian
Centers were formed in the major “relocation” cities across the country. These Centers were crucial in
providing a place for American Indians to connect and socialize with other Indians and to receive various
necessary services as they were removed to live city-life. Phoenix was designated as one of the original
“relocation cities.”
Today, well over 125,000 American Indians reside off-reservation in Maricopa County, ranked second by
county with largest number of American Indians (U.S., Census Bureau’s 2006-2008 American Community
Survey (ACS).
The Phoenix Indian Center has evolved over its years of existence, adding several programs and services for
job readiness/employment, prevention, youth, cultural revitalization, and community engagement. Each year
the Center reviews the needs for our ever-growing American Indian population in the metropolitan Phoenix
area and seeks funding to offer more services to address these needs. As the Center evolves, one thing
remains true – we provide a safe, supportive environment for American Indian people looking for opportunity in
this dynamic but unfamiliar and often challenging urban setting.
2. If the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please describe your relationship with
Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether it be through partnerships,
collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality governmental sub-
division please enter the text “Not applicable.”
Maricopa County has agreed to serve as the municipality for this grant. The relationship is more than that, the
workforce development staff connect monthly with Maricopa Workforce Connection.
3. Describe the proposed project and planned goals and activities.
The proposed project will offer:
1) Culture classes for the community participants interested in Native American culture and language to
address the need to gain knowledge and preservation of cultural stories, traditions and practices. Various

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culture enrichment classes will be offered on a semester basis and varied throughout the week on different
days, times and locations for both youth and adults. Based on a recent language and culture survey that was
given to urban American Indian locally, the following classes were the top classes chosen to best reflect their
interests:
• Tribal Bread-Making
• Beading
• Singing
• Moccasin-Making
• Shawl-Making /Traditional sewing
• Weaving/Basketry
• Additional course offerings may also include: Cradleboard making, Pottery and Arts & Dance classes.
Location of some classes will be held at Steele Indian School Park historic Band Building which will house the
Native American Cultural Center. This soon to be fully renevated building will come equipped with a multi-
purpose room, and a full commercial kitchen to accommodate the bread making classes. We will contract with
various instructors to teach the different classes.
2) Additionally a special seasonal quarterly cultural story telling event to share different cultural stories and
traditional teachings from different American Indian tribes (both locally and nationally). Each event will feature
at least three to four speakers from different American Indian tribes and will be held in various locations
throughout the Phoenix area. Organizing the Storytelling events is another avenue chosen to provide
education in culture, language thus preserving and enriching the lives of urban American Indian families and
members of the community interested in learning about the American Indiant culture and language.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the
Gila River Indian Community.
The Cultural Enrichment program at Phoenix Indian Center will educate and inform urban American Indians
about their heritage and roots as well as the community participants interested in Native American culture and
language.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by
the project.
The 2011-2013 Census American Community Survey estimated the urban-living Amercan Indian population in
Maricopa County (off reservation) was 127,364. Though 60% of the clientele of Phoenix Indian Center are
Navajo, the rest represent the diverse tribal backgrounds from around the United States. Currently, many
American Indians who are no longer surrounded by their language and community report being detached from
their heritage. Additionally, many were born and raised in the urban setting with no connection to their
ancestral roots. This to-be-newing funded program will provide opportunities for the urban Native community
members to engage and to learn in their heritage, language, culture, and traditions which can promote self

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identity and self sufficiency. The class will also provide an opportunity for members of the community to learn
about the American Indian culture and language.
Each class will have 20-25 people enrolled while the seasonal storytelling events will reach about 75 people
per event with refreshments for attendees.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program.
This will be a new program for Phoenix Indian Center, however, Phoenix Indian Center does provide Navajo
Language and Culture programs thanks to Navajo funding.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
Hiring of coordinator in fall to plan/create class and storytelling timeline.
Each semester, instructors, class participants and location will be determined for the culture classes.
The Seasonal Storytelling events will happen quarterly throughout the Phoenix area.
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
Local school districts will serve as host for the classes as well as encourage students to participate. Tribal
cultural department throughout the state and nation will provide guidance, directions, and instructors for the
classes as well as story telling events.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this
project?
The plan is to implement the program as much as funding allocated starting in either the fall or spring
semester.
10. Describe your plan for project sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously
described sustainability plan.
Since this is a new program, Phoenix Indian Center is requesting three years of start-up funding from Gila
River Indian Community. Once the impact and strength of the program is shared throughout the community,
this will be an attractive program for additional funders.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.

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Each culture enrichment class will offer a post retrospective survey and registration to determine the impact of
the class.
Secondly, each of the quarterly storytelling events will include a sign in sheet and evalution/survey to gauge
the attendees impact and knowledge gained at each event. All findings will be reported annually to funders and
suppporters.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community
for state shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is
included in a separate attachment, please indicate that here.
Annual support from Navajo Nation – $147,000
Annual sponsorship or in-kind donations for fundraising event from tribal enterprises: Tohono O’Odham, Fort
McDowell Yavapai Nation, Yavapai-Prescot, Yavapai-Apache, White Mountain Apache Tribe

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Project Budget
Budget Period: January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail
page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other funders
1. Project Coordinator 1 FTE 40000 $0 $0 40000
2. ERE @ 21% 8400 $0 $0 8400
3. Travel 540 $0 $0 540
4. Quarterly Seasonal Storytelling 9560 $0 $0 9560
5. Recording Seasonal Storytelling 4000 $0 $0 4000
6. Materials for class 19500 $0 $0 19500
7. Rental Facility Costs 6000 $0 $0 6000
8. Consultants to teach classes 12000 $0 $0 12000
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include
the dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Personnel – Project coordinator to work on this project and make sure the cultural activities are coordinated
and outreach is conducted to fill the classes and events.
2. ERE – – 21% FICA, Medicare, Workers’ Compensation, Unemployment insurance, health & life insurance,
retirement
3. Travel- In state mile, the project coordinator will be traveling to different sites in the Phoenix Metro area to
conduct outreach and to attend the storytelling sessions and classes. In State mileage 1,000 miles at .54
cents.
4. Quarterly Seasonal Storytelling – Hire 3 speakers for each quarter to conduct storytelling for the community,
each speaker would be paid a consultant fee of $750. We will also provide beverages and light snacks for each
of the seasonal storytelling events, which will include water for the participants, we estimate $140 per session.
5. Videographer – Recording the seasonal storytelling sessions to make them available on our website and at
future events, this would entail hiring a professional videographer to make sure we have a high quality video
we can use many times.
6. Materials – we plan to offer 6 types of classes, Bread Making, Beading, Moccassin Making, Singing, Shawl
Making/Sewing, and Weaving/Basketry. We will offer 4 classes in the spring, 2 classes in the summer and 4
classes in the fall. Each of these classes will be a semester long depending on the subject matter and what
amount of time the consultant needs. Depending on demand we may also offer Cradle Board Making, Pottery,
Art and Dance classes. The materials will be provided for all of the participants who join, we anticipate
materials to cost approximately $2,000 for each of the classes offered depending on the subject with little to no
expense for the singing and dance classes.
7. Rental Facility – Location of classes will be at the Steel Band Building with will be completed soon and will
come equipped with a multi-purpose room, and a full commercial kitchen to accommodate the bread making
classes. We have a classroom on site, but expect demand to be high for these classes so anticipate needing
more space which we would either partner with another organization or rent the space.
8. Consultants – Hire consultants to teach the various classes, with expertise in the area. $1,200 each for 10
classes offered in the spring, summer and fall.

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Phoenix Indian Center Preliminary Results
The Tribal Language Needs Assessment was completed by the Phoenix Indian Center between
November 2016- January 2017 to determine the tribal language needs and preferences of urban
American Indians living in Maricopa County. There were a total of 204 participants, and of
those, 94% (n=198) were affiliated with a tribal group. The majority of participants were female
(77%; n=136) between the ages of 26-45 years of age (51%). As the survey was conducted at
various community events, and open to anyone who wished to participate, results show that 85%
of participants lived in Maricopa County (n=166).
Out of 179 responses, the following languages were identified by participants as being most
interested in learning: Navajo/Dine n = 112; Apache n =8; Hopi n =8; Pima n= 7; Yaqui n= 6.
There were a number of other tribal languages that one or two participants identified.
In an attempt to gain an understanding about the current tribal language use and need in
Maricopa County, a series of questions were asked regarding individual and family use of tribal
languages. Results show that most participants (41%) speak mostly English, and some tribal
language, while participants most often reported their parents spoke Tribal language and English
equally (41%); and participants most often reported their grandparents spoke Tribal language
only (44%).
Seventy-one percent (n=143) of participants reported being “very interested” in learning to speak
their tribal language; eighty-nine percent (n=178) stated that they would participate in tribal
language programming. When asked to what extent knowing tribal language related to
connection to culture, 72% (n=146) felt that language was “very related” to connection to
culture.


When asked about participating in cultural activities, of those who responded (n=193),
100% of participants reported being interested in participating in every potential cultural
activity. This suggests a great need and desire for further cultural programming within
Maricopa County to better connect urban American Indians with ties to culture.