Stewart indian school records project [the stewart indian school cultural center & museum (sisccm) opened in january 2020 & nbsp; as a gathering place for alumni who attended the stewart indian…

Stewart indian school records project [the stewart indian school cultural center & museum (sisccm) opened in january 2020 & nbsp; as a gathering place for alumni who attended the stewart indian school, a federal & nbsp; bureau of indian affairs boarding school, which operated from 1890-1980 in carson & nbsp; city, NV. The purpose of this museum is to tell the story of the school from the perspective of the students who attended the school, initially from great basin tribal nations: washoe tribe of nevada and california, northern paiute, southern paiute, and western shoshone. Eventually over 200 tribes from western states were represented at & nbsp; the school. In addition, the museum serves as a place of healing from the historical trauma of the early years of boarding school history. And IT is a place of contemporary great basin native art and stories.  the goal of this grant is to conduct research at the nara in SAN bruno, CA,  to digitize the school records and make them available to stewart alumni and their families at our museum research library. ] [opened in january 2020, the stewart indian school cultural center & museum (sisccm) is the site of the former stewart indian school, a federal bureau of indian affairs boarding school, which operated from 1890-1980 in carson city, nevada. In accordance with its mission to tell the stories american indian children who were educated at stewart and in response to frequent research requests from their descendants, the sisccm proposes to digitize and make accessible student records held at nara?s SAN bruno facility.  sisccm has identified relevant record series through correspondence with nara staff and would hire an experienced researcher to locate and scan records for inclusion in the museum?s pastperfect database.  sisccm is an active participant in a community of practice led by the national native american boarding school healing coalition (nabs) that is collaboratively setting standards and shared practices in boarding school records curation. Sisccm will share the digital resources from this project with nabs for inclusion in the national indian boarding school digital archive (nibsda). Sisccm will also use these records to assist researchers and inform future k-16 curriculum initiatives and museum interpretation. This would be the stewart indian school?s first NEH award.]