Project Grant NAE252443OLS22
- The Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation will receive $110,890 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program to increase public access to cultural archival information through Stone Child College's Rocky Boy Community Library. The library will consolidate historically significant tribal materials onto a digital platform accessible through two interactive kiosks. This will allow community...
- The Santa Clara Pueblo will use a $130,105 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program to develop community outreach and educational programming. Over a two-year period ending August 2024, the Tribe will create an assessment tool to understand community needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, hold monthly roundtables with stakeholders, identify four outdoor learning spaces, and plan and implement twelve Montessori...
- The Northern Cheyenne Tribe (NCT) was awarded a $899,802 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance Tribal Justice Assistance Program (CFDA 16.596). The grant will be used to develop a Restorative Justice/Tribal Reentry Program to enhance rehabilitation services for incarcerated Northern Cheyenne tribal members and those reentering the community. Key activities include establishing at least three formal partnerships to increase the capacity of the tribal...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes received a $150,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311), awarded October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2027. The grant funds a comprehensive digital preservation and library services expansion project centered at the Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Library in Pocatello, Idaho. The project will digitize and...
- This Project Grant award of $449,877 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will fund a 3-year project to document traditional ways of communicating in Diné/Navajo and Lakota communities. The goal is to address the imminent loss of linguistic and cultural knowledge by creating digital audiovisual recordings of naturally occurring language use and associated pragmatic knowledge. This...
- The Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation received a $106,548 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311). The grant will be used to improve access to the Stone Child College/Rocky Boy Community Library's resources and promote preservation of the Chippewa Cree culture. Specifically, the funding will support 12 community events on topics such as Cree language, storytelling,...
- The Eastern Shoshone Tribe received a $250,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award funds a planning and professional capacity-building initiative to establish a cultural hub that will serve as a cornerstone for cultural preservation, education, and community engagement within the tribe. Key deliverables include the...
- Cyark, a nonprofit organization, received a two-year $400,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164). The grant will support Cyark's development of an educational virtual reality game and companion web experience called RESONANT. RESONANT will allow players to explore Native American heritage, history, and culture through immersive 3D environments of Mesa Verde National Park and Wupatki National...
- The Northern Cheyenne Tribe was awarded a $449,992 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841). This 3-year grant will enable the Tribe to: 1) Conduct a community needs assessment and develop a strategic plan and logic model to enhance culturally appropriate, victim-centered services for child abuse and neglect victims and their families on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation; 2) Hire...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Northern Cheyenne Tribe received a $205,548 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the Native American Employment and Training Program (CFDA 17.265) awarded July 1, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2028. The grant supports employment and training activities for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian individuals residing in Montana, with a focus on developing academic, occupational, and...
The Northern Cheyenne Tribe was awarded a $148,662 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program to develop a virtual reality platform showcasing the Tribe's cultural heritage and language preservation efforts. Working with subrecipient San Jose State University, the Tribe will digitize cultural artifacts and recordings of native language speakers to host on a virtual reality archive. San Jose State University will lead implementation of the research design, data collection, analysis, and scholarly dissemination, oversee the archival process, and direct the digitization and virtual reality development. Upon completion in August 2024, the partners will distribute a toolkit outlining their procedures and practices for designing similar virtual reality archives focused on cultural heritage preservation, benefiting the over 12,000 citizens of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and serving as a model for other indigenous communities and libraries.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $148.7k | 8/3/22 |