Project Grant NAE260911OLS26
- 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...
- The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Turtle Mountain College $849,725 on October 1, 2025, under the Indian Education — Special Programs for Indian Children program (CFDA 84.299) for the Turtle Mountain Teach initiative, a project to train educators to advance culture and heritage. The award is a Project Grant with a period of performance through September 30, 2027, performed in Belcourt, North Dakota. Turtle Mountain College, a tribal college serving...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes $159,417 under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) on September 1, 2026. The recipient will implement a two-year initiative to strengthen museum and archival capacity and preserve Assiniboine and Sioux cultural knowledge through September 1, 2028. Project activities include cataloguing collections, digitizing historical photographs and archival documents,...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Stockbridge-Munsee Community (doing business as Stockbridge-Munsee Band Of Mohicans) $150,000 under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311) on October 1, 2026. The Stockbridge-Munsee Community Arvid E. Miller Memorial Library & Museum will improve collections care, increase accessibility, and boost community engagement through improved exhibit infrastructure, accessible interpretation, and the...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded $106,902 to the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians on October 1, 2026, under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311) to strengthen the Sault Tribe Ojibwe Learning Center and Library. The award funds the library's transition to a lending library through purchase of software, barcode scanners, and catalog cards, and supports hiring a Collections Assistant position and expanding operating hours....
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community $150,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311) to strengthen cultural connections through preservation and revitalization of Ojibwe culture and language programming at the Ojibwa Community Library. The recipient will create a micro-museum space to display physical artifacts and printed and recorded stories, conduct outreach to elders, families,...
- The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311) to support its existing library operations from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024. The funding will allow the library to purchase collection development and programming supplies, and support travel for professional development opportunities for its staff. The library...
- The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians received a $148,501 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program. The award will strengthen the tribal library's community engagement and cultural preservation efforts. Key project activities include: Developing a community makerspace for educational programming focused on Anishinaabe cultural activities such as ribbon skirt/shirt making,...
- The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe received a $248,929 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services program (CFDA 45.308) to collect and preserve oral histories and personal stories from approximately 500 tribal elders and community members. The project will address the disruption to traditional cultural transmission caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Key activities include hiring a new archives assistant, purchasing...
- The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Turtle Mountain College $265,220 on September 24, 2025, under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766), a Project Grant supporting essential community facility development in rural areas. The source does not specify the particular facility or services to be developed under this award. Turtle Mountain College, a tribally owned institution in Belcourt, North Dakota, serving the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians $129,939 on October 1, 2026, under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311) to digitize and preserve the Turtle Mountain College Library's audio and video collections documenting tribal cultural knowledge, language, and history. The recipient will transcribe approximately 500 existing recorded interviews capturing stories, language, and historical knowledge shared by elders and community members, and will collect new oral histories from additional elders and community members. An archivist will organize, preserve, and prepare all collected materials for long-term digital preservation and public access. The digitized materials will be added to an accessible online collection using open-source platforms such as Mukurtu, with the goal of increasing usage and patron satisfaction with digital resources for Turtle Mountain tribal citizens in the geographically remote area of Rolette County in northern North Dakota. Place of performance is Belcourt, North Dakota. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $129.9k | 8/12/26 |