The Oneida Indian Nation was awarded a $248,212 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.308 - Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program) to address recommendations from a recent preservation assessment. The grant will fund the purchase and installation of museum-quality mobile shelving in the Nation's newly renovated archives room, as well as the rehousing, cataloging, and relocation of the archival collections. This project will improve the...
The federal Project Grant award of $149,659.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.162 - Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development) to Onondaga Community College supports a two-year initiative to expand Indigenous humanities content across the college's curriculum, provide community-engaged learning opportunities for students, and strengthen the partnership between the college and the Ska-nonh Great Law of Peace Center through...
This $149,779 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program, will deploy a full-time Rapid Response Community Archivist to advance digital preservation and curation activities within tribal libraries, archives, and museums across at least six of Wisconsin's twelve Native Nations over a two-year period. The flexible, responsive support model is designed to...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $149,999 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. This 2-year grant, which began on October 1, 2023, will support the "VSSVNOCHI ANUMPULI (ELDERS SPEAK): THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE IN CHOCTAW" project. This initiative will collect, transcribe, translate, and publish conversations in the Choctaw language from Choctaw elders...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the Upstander Project, Inc. for the "Upstander Academy: Rethreading the Needle of Native American History through Land and Water-Based Learning" program. This two-week residential institute, scheduled for July 2025, will provide 25 participants from 3rd to 12th grade humanities teachers and museum educators with an...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $336,288 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL. The grant funding will support the digitization and online publication of 2,400 rare and historical books from the library's Edward E. Ayer North and Middle American Indian Linguistics Collection, which represents over 300 indigenous languages of North and Central America. This...
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 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...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $362,862 Project Grant to Film Independent, Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) on June 1, 2024. The grant supports the production of a feature-length documentary film titled "NIHUNAVEA: MY HEART, MY CENTER" that bears witness to the complex struggles of the Tejon Indian Tribe in reclaiming their cultural heritage, spirituality, and tribal sovereignty in California. The documentary,...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $302,017 Project Grant to the Community College Humanities Association to support the ON NATIVE GROUNDS: STUDIES OF NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORIES AND THE LAND project from October 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), which promotes better teaching and research in the humanities for higher education faculty and K-12 educators through activities...