February 27, 2019

Tony Evers to propose more money for Native American communities, tribal college students

Author: KELLY MEYERHOFER kmeyerhofer@madison.com

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ two-year budget proposal will include several initiatives aimed at helping Wisconsin’s Native American communities, including more grant money for tribal college students.
Some of the other initiatives released by the governor’s office Tuesday include:
More money for the language revitalization grants program, which goes to schools on or near tribal lands to teach tribal heritage languages;
Using tribal gaming revenue to increase funding for tribal family service gran