Project Grant ES26164218

This Project Grant award of $173,044 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) supports a 2-week NEH K-12 Institute titled "Indigenous Histories of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands." Led by faculty from the History Department at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in collaboration with the NAU Institute for Native-Serving Educators (INE), the program aims to expose secondary social studies educators to new...

The Buffalo Bill Memorial Association received a $121,272 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant funds the retention of five museum staff to further develop and implement a K-12 teacher training program in Native American studies for Wyoming educators. Key staff and tribal presenters will offer multiple cohorts of teachers a six-module...

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 of $181,999.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities was made to Native American Connections, Inc., a non-profit organization in Phoenix, Arizona. The funding supports a weeklong professional learning workshop called "RECLAIMING THE NARRATIVE: LEARNING THE TRUTH ABOUT INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS IN ARIZONA", which is based at the historic Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center. This workshop, provided under the Promotion of the Humanities...

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...

This federal Project Grant award of $175,000 was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163). The grant supports the "Upstander Academy: Rethreading the Needle of Native American History through Land and Water-Based Learning" program, a two-week residential institute in July 2025 for 25 participants consisting of 3rd to 12th grade humanities teachers and museum educators. The...

The Springfield Museums Corporation received a $117,655 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to update the interpretation of Native American history at its five museums in Springfield, Massachusetts. Working with local Native American tribes, the Museums will redesign its Native American hall to provide a more inclusive, accurate, and unbiased depiction of the innovations, resilience, and culture of...

The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe received a $120,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development (CFDA 45.162) program. The grant funds the expansion of the tribe's existing Associate Degree in Native American Studies to a four-year Bachelor of Arts in Native American Studies. This will deepen students' understanding of Anishinaabe history, culture, and language by offering...

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 $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...