The saginaw chippewa indian tribe of michigan will continue its ongoing efforts to digitize records of the mount pleasant indian industrial boarding school and make them publicly accessible at the…

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe $220,901 on September 1, 2026, under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to digitize additional correspondence records from the Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School and make them publicly accessible.

The tribe will send trained project team members to the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC, to digitize 37 boxes of correspondence between the school's superintendents and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. This project expands on a previous award that digitized the first half of this correspondence, located at NARA's Chicago facility. Upon completion, the records will be publicly accessible and consolidated in a single repository for the first time at the Ziibiwing Center for Anishinabe Lifeways & Culture in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

The award runs through August 31, 2029. Place of performance is Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

The saginaw chippewa indian tribe of michigan will continue its ongoing efforts to digitize records of the mount pleasant indian industrial boarding school and make them publicly accessible at the ziibiwing center for anishinabe lifeways & culture. Project activities will include sending trained and experienced members of the project team to the national archives records administration (nara) in washington, DC, to digitize 37 boxes of additional correspondence between the superintendents of the school and the commissioner of indian affairs. The project expands on a previous award to digitize the first half of this correspondence, located at nara's chicago facility, and will result in these records being publicly accessible and united in one single repository for the first time.