Project Grant ES25090516

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Texas Tech University a $110,013 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The three-year project will support the expansion of Native American and Indigenous Studies at the university through faculty workshops to develop new courses in collaboration with local Native communities. Project participants will hold visiting speakers from the Comanche Nation,...

This federal Project Grant award for $173,044 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support a 2-week NEH K-12 institute titled "Indigenous Histories of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands" at Northern Arizona University (NAU). The institute aims to expose secondary social studies educators to new historiography, primary sources, and teaching strategies for incorporating Native American histories into...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $365,771 Project Grant to the Wounded Knee District School, a federally recognized tribal government educational institution in Manderson-White Horse Creek, South Dakota. This grant is funded through the Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)) Program (CFDA 84.415) and aims to leverage school-based and home-based learning to restart...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $427,744.44 Cooperative Agreement on October 15, 2023 to the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program. The project seeks to involve Native American scholars and leaders in documenting the history of U.S. attempts to deconstruct Native American societies after the Civil War, an underrepresented aspect of...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $358,451 Project Grant to Painted Desert Demonstration Projects, Inc. (doing business as The Star School) under the Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)) program (CFDA 84.415). The grant supports the "DINE BIZAAD BEE OLT'A BIYI HOZHO'O OH'HO'AAH': INTEGRATING DINE LANGUAGE INTO ALL OF OUR LEARNING" project, which aims to...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $214,166 Project Grant under the Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)) program (CFDA 84.415) to Community Strategies, Inc., a non-profit organization operating as Epic Charter School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This one-year grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will fund the "EPIC...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $470,664 Project Grant under the American History and Civics Education program (CFDA 84.422) to the non-profit organization See Stories. The grant, titled "Anchored Histories Teacher Professional Development: Digital Storytelling Tools for Alaska Native & English Language Learner Students to Engage History, Civics, & the Power of Place," will fund the development of digital storytelling...

This Project Grant award of $449,877 from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) aims to document traditional ways of communicating in Diné (Navajo) and Lakota communities. The 3-year project will build on an existing partnership between Indiana University, the Phoenix Indian Center, and the Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation to digitally record and archive audiovisual materials capturing...

This Project Grant award of $119,827.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.163 - Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program) will support Northeastern University in hosting an institute for higher education faculty on Native American, Indigenous, and land-based social and political philosophy. The program aims to provide a cohort of philosophy instructors across the country with a deep understanding of Indigenous knowledge traditions and social/political...

The Washoe County School District received a $421,771 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)) program (CFDA 84.415). The grant will fund initiatives to promote the use of Native languages as primary instructional languages, develop culturally relevant curricula, and enhance educational coordination between...