1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to arts and culture; appropriating money to the Indian Affairs Council for 
1.3 	preservation of Dakota and Ojibwe Indian languages and grave protection.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL.
 1.6 	$2,150,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $2,150,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the arts and cultural heritage fund to the Indian Affairs Council for preservation of Dakota 
1.8 	and Ojibwe Indian languages and for protection of Indian graves as follows:
1.9 	(1) $750,000 each year is to provide grants to Minnesota Tribal Nations to preserve 
1.10 	Dakota and Ojibwe Indian languages and to foster education programs and services for 
1.11 	Dakota and Ojibwe languages;
1.12 	(2) $500,000 each year is for grants to Dakota and Ojibwe Indian language immersion 
1.13 	educational institutions;
1.14 	(3) $750,000 each year is to provide grants to preserve the Dakota and Ojibwe Indian 
1.15 	languages through support of projects and services and to support educational programs 
1.16 	and immersion efforts in Dakota and Ojibwe Indian languages;
1.17 	(4) $50,000 each year is to the Indian Affairs Council for a Dakota and Ojibwe Indian 
1.18 	language working group coordinated by the Indian Affairs Council; and
1.19 	(5) $100,000 each year is for the Indian Affairs Council to carry out responsibilities 
1.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 307.08, to comply with Public Law 101-601, the Native 
1.21 	American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.