The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe (SCIT) was awarded a $647,572 Project Grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The award will fund a 3-year project to harvest and preserve historical records from the former Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School (MIIBS), which operated from 1893-1934 as part of the U.S. government's efforts to assimilate American Indian children. The grant will...
The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe in Michigan received a $150,000 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 grant will be used to encourage the development of writing skills among community members, including K-12 and post-secondary students, through a series of writing workshops. The project will also enable local writers to self-publish their books and share their...
The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe a $124,330 Indian Education Formula Grant under CFDA program 84.060 to address the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of Indian students. The grant will be used from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 to deliver programs and services that help Indian students meet challenging state performance standards. The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe is a federally recognized...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $148,229 Indian Education Formula Grant to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, a federally recognized Native American tribe located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. This grant is part of the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060), which provides federal funding to support comprehensive educational programs for American Indian and Alaska Native students. The grant aims to...
This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the development and implementation of Native American and Indigenous Studies curriculum modules and professional development workshops at St. Bonaventure University. Funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program, the $147,389 award will create six curriculum modules for required first-year courses reaching all incoming students annually from...
This Project Grant award of $149,659.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) is supporting a two-year initiative at Onondaga Community College. The project aims to expand curricular Indigenous humanities content across various disciplines, provide community-engaged learning opportunities for students to work on Indigenous-focused community projects, and strengthen the...
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 Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $120,379 Formula Grant to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe doing business as Saginaw Chippewa Indian Gaming Co. The grant period runs from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 under the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.060) program. The funding will support addressing the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of Indian students served by the Saginaw Chippewa Indian...
The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College received a $352,000 project grant on September 13, 2023 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). This funding supports the construction, enlargement, extension, or improvement of community facilities providing essential services to rural residents. Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College, a 1994 Land Grant college, has demonstrated a track record of securing federal grants to deliver critical infrastructure...
The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan was awarded a $278,216 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant, awarded on September 16, 2024, will support the development of essential community facilities and infrastructure serving Native American populations in rural areas. As a 1994 Land Grant institution and federally recognized tribal organization, the college will utilize the funding...