Cooperative Agreement P25AC01796

The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan received a $156,430 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.308 - Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program) to digitize the records related to the Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School and the Great Lakes Indian Agency located at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Chicago, Illinois. This project will increase accessibility to these historical documents for tribal...

The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) received a $491,049 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) to establish the National Indian Boarding School Digital Archive (NIBSDA) - a national digital platform and repository for digitized archival collections related to U.S. Indian boarding schools. The funding will facilitate a process of collective growth for the NIBSDA and a data aggregation...

The Catawba Indian Nation was awarded a $145,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program (CFDA 45.311). The award will fund two key activities: 1) the purchase and installation of five museum-grade storage cabinets to upgrade the material artifact storage of the Catawba Nation Archives' (CNA) collection of Catawba pottery, basketry, and other material artifacts; and 2) the...

The Sokaogon Chippewa Community was awarded a $249,321 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services (NANH) program (CFDA 45.308). The grant will fund the hiring of a Tribal Archivist and the establishment of a new Tribal Archive and Museum in a community building to consolidate the tribe's collection of historical documents and cultural artifacts. The project will improve the tribe's archival and collections...

Hui Mauli Ola will partner with Native Hawaiian healing masters to establish a foundational digital archive of traditional Native Hawaiian healing practices and knowledge under a $132,775 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The three-year award will support efforts to ethically gather, organize, curate and make accessible documents and resources related to traditional healing through development of a searchable online database. Key deliverables include...

This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants (CFDA 45.312) program provides $354,375 to the School for Advanced Research (SAR) to create an "Indigenous Collections Care Guide" to support museums in partnering with Native American communities on collections stewardship. The guide will be developed through a collaborative process led by a diverse team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous professionals, incorporating input from...

The Hawaii State Archives will receive $216,982 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to digitize over 100,000 architectural photographs from the 20th century and make them accessible online in both Hawaiian and English. Specifically, the grant will fund the digitization of high resolution files from more than 40 boxes of photographs, slides, and prints from renowned Hawaiian architects David Franzen...

The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.311 - Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services) to expand services by digitizing and preserving community oral histories, historical photographs, and tribal news publications. The grant funds will support the procurement of audio/visual recording equipment and supplies, digitization efforts, the establishment of a digital...

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) awarded a $200,000.00 Project Grant under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) to the Sand Creek Massacre Foundation. The grant supports the preservation, digitization, and public access to historical records and documentary sources related to U.S. history. The project will focus on documenting underrepresented groups, exploring founding ideals, and making historical records more accessible to...

This three-year project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program will provide $347,959 to Mississippi State University to develop a decolonial field school focused on community-engaged methods of collection and preservation at Brush Arbor Cemetery in Starkville, Mississippi. Through pairing oral histories, public archaeology, participatory GIS story mapping and black digital archives with traditional archival,...