This $133,971 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program supports the "PRIDE IS OUR HERITAGE II: WEAVING ELDERS' STORIES & COMMUNITY RECONNECTION" project implemented by the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe. The project aims to safeguard the knowledge and memories of tribal elders and encourage the intergenerational transmission of cultural practices disrupted by the COVID-19...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $147,340 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Inc. The grant will fund a 3-year ethnographic research project titled "Feeding Our Ancestors: An Ethnography of Black Seaweed Use in Southeast Alaska Indigenous Communities." This indigenous-led collaborative project will document the cultural, ceremonial, nutritional, and artistic significance of black...
The Portland Art Museum, through its Center For An Untold Tomorrow division, received a $325,000 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant funded the development and delivery of "THE ART OF RESILIENCE: A CONTINUUM OF TLINGIT ARTS" public program from August 2016 through July 2020. This program explored Tlingit history and culture through humanities-focused...
The federal Project Grant award titled "HERRING OF CHANGE: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF CHANGING HERRING AND HERRING SPAWN DISTRIBUTIONS AROUND SITKA, SOUTHEAST ALASKA" was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). This $149,961 award to the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Inc. will document indigenous knowledge and oral histories related to observed changes in...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $1,082,730 to Humanities Washington through the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) for the period of June 15, 2021 through April 30, 2023. This Project Grant will support local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming through annual grants administered by Humanities Washington to promote the humanities in the state of Washington. The Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $190,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the Wing Luke Memorial Foundation, doing business as the Wing Luke Asian Museum, to present two in-person "In Our Own Voices: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the Pacific Northwest" workshops for K-12 educators in July 2025. The workshops will build on the success of similar events held by the...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $399,960 Project Grant under the CFDA 45.164 Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Inc. for the "Knowing the West" traveling exhibition. This exhibition will feature 130 artworks from the 19th to early 20th century by both Native and non-Native artists, including textiles, baskets, paintings, pottery, sculpture, beadwork, saddles, and prints. The goal is to present a more...
The High Desert Museum received a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to create a new permanent exhibition on the Indigenous Plateau. The grant will fund the $400,000 reinstallation of the Museum's 4,500 square foot permanent exhibition and a $100,000 two-year position in the humanities. The exhibition will highlight Plateau philosophy, lifeways, cultures, histories, and knowledge through...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $352,346 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to the School for Advanced Research (SAR) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The grant funding will be used to expand SAR's humanities programming capacity over a 5-year period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2029. The grant supports SAR's plans to strengthen its Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), which houses one of the nation's premier...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.149 - Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access) provides $149,998 to the Pueblo of Isleta, a federally recognized Native American tribe in New Mexico, to sustain craft traditions across generations. The project will offer community-led, hands-on, intergenerational learning workshops focused on Isleta craft technologies such as moccasin-making, weaving, sewing, and embroidery....