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Tribe gives $1.3 million in school grants

November 1, 2012 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

The Coeur d’Alene Tribe this year gave $1.3 million in education grants to more than 50 schools, school districts and nonprofit organizations.

Recipients used the money to upgrade technology, buy textbooks, provide student scholarships and fund textiles, reading, music, arts and vocational classes.

Recipients include the Post Falls Food Bank’s Weekend Nutrition Backpack Program, which serves students with no reliable access to food on weekends, and the new Kootenai Technical Educational Campus in Rathdrum, for vocational equipment.

Full Story: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/nov/01/in-brief-tribe-gives-13-million-in-school-grants/