Project Grant 19062033423

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community will use a $150,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to implement programming focused on revitalizing and preserving Ojibwe storytelling traditions. Activities will include recording elder interviews, collaborating with storytellers to lead a youth story circle program, hosting author talks and family nights, and purchasing culturally relevant books. Recordings and materials will be added to the community library collection and...

The Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository received a $616,976 Project Grant from the Administration for Native Americans (Native American Programs, CFDA 93.612) awarded on September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2028. The Kodiak Island Traditional Arts (KITA) Project addresses economic challenges facing Alutiiq artists in the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska, where survey data indicated zero percent of artists earned a living wage through art production. The project delivers...

The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $146,245 was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant supports an intergenerational oral history project in Taos, NM that will engage youth aged 14-20 to capture the resilience and cultural knowledge of elders from the region's three land-based cultures. Under the guidance of professional staff and a multi-stakeholder advisory committee, the youth...

Grant Award Summary Hikaalani received a $1.798 million Project Grant award from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) to implement the Kulana Ike Kupuna project from September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2028. This three-year initiative strengthens the economic resilience of Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners in Koolaupoko, Oahu, by delivering integrated economic development training and paid work opportunities. The program...

The Alaska Native Heritage Center, Incorporated was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts Program (CFDA 15.071). The grant funding will support the "Elisgu Project (Go Learn It, Yup'ik): A Master Artist Education Project" over a 5-year period from April 2024 to March 2029. The project will implement a statewide network of master Alaska Native artists who will facilitate 6...

This Project Grant award of $449,877 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will fund a 3-year project to document traditional ways of communicating in Diné/Navajo and Lakota communities. The goal is to address the imminent loss of linguistic and cultural knowledge by creating digital audiovisual recordings of naturally occurring language use and associated pragmatic knowledge. This...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Chickaloon Village Traditional Council received a $250,000 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308), awarded October 1, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2027. The project creates a community biography of Katherine (Wickersham) Wade, a significant historical figure among the Ahtna Dene, by blending traditional oral history with modern...

The Aleut Community of Saint Paul Island received a $150,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.311 - Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program) to host a 20-month "Island Times Visits" initiative. This project will document stories shared by elders on Saint Paul Island and preserve the unique culture and history of the community over the past 50 years. The recordings will be stored in the library's cultural archive, edited for...

Hawaiian Storytelling: Screenplay Writing & Music Video Production Program Native Hawaiian Philanthropy, doing business as NA Mahi'Ai O Keanae, received a $587,302 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Native Hawaiian Education program (CFDA 84.362) for the period of August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026. The award supports an innovative educational initiative focused on Hawaiian storytelling through screenplay writing...

The Tucson Museum of Art received a $105,133 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support the Stories from Clay research project from January 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023. The museum will leverage digital strategies and community-based approaches to expand records and interpretations of its historical indigenous pottery collection to be more inclusive of indigenous methodologies and perspectives....