Administration for Native Americans

Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) is a department of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families established in 1974 through the Native American Programs Act (NAPA). The mission of ANA is to promote economic and social self-sufficiency for American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native Pacific Islanders. ANA provides community-based project funding to improve the lives of native children and families thereby reducing long-term dependency on public assistance. Funding for community-based projects is provided through three competitive discretionary grant programs to eligible tribes and non-profit Native American organizations.

The ANA also supports indigenous language preservation and maintenance, namely through the provision of language educational materials, information on how to begin and run indigenous language programs and archives, and by providing competitive grant funds to support native language programs (for example, the Hopi Language Assessment Project). The ANA's biggest contribution to indigenous language activism is the publication of Native Language Preservation: A Reference Guide for Establishing Archives and Repositories, as well as providing sample language surveys for Native American and Native Pacific Islander communities.

Links for the ANA
ANA website

ANA language preservation and maintenance website