Project Grant PW30445725
- 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 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 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 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 Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community Council received a $174,009 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program. The grant funds will support the following activities over the 2-year project period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025: Provide teaching workshops for community members to improve video production, video editing, and audio editing skills. Create and...
- 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,...
- This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the restoration and early-stage documentation of Chiricahua-Mescalero language recordings. Funded at $851,646 over three years from July 2022 to June 2025, the award will advance the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program's goal of ensuring long-term availability of primary humanities resources. Specifically, the Fort Sill Apache Tribe will restore archival-quality digital master...
- This federal Project Grant award of $349,423.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) in expanding its "Circle of Care for Audiovisual Collections in Tribal Archives" initiative. The project aims to train tribal archivists and librarians in assessing, inventorying, digitizing, and managing audiovisual collections. Key activities include onsite workshops...
- The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community will use a $150,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to implement programming focused on revitalizing and preserving Ojibwe storytelling traditions. Activities will include recording elder interviews, collaborating with storytellers to lead a youth story circle program, hosting author talks and family nights, and purchasing culturally relevant books. Recordings and materials will be added to the community library collection and...
- The federal Project Grant award of $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports the "Transmission Regained: Recalling Traditional Lifeways through Intergenerational Oral History in the 'World's Borough' Queens" project. This initiative invites young people in the diverse student body of LaGuardia Community College, part of the Research Foundation of the City University of New...
PLANNING GRANT FRANCIS CREE VIDEO ARCHIVES [THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROJECT IS A NEED TO PRESERVE AND DISSEMINATE THE CULTURAL MATERIALS BASED ON THE FRANCIS CREE TAPES. MR. CREE WAS A TRIBAL ELDER WHO CONTINUED TO PRACTICE TRADITIONAL WAYS. MR. CREE LIVED AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE, SPOKE NUMEROUS LANGUAGES, ENGAGED IN CEREMONIAL EVENTS, WAS ELECTED TRIBAL CHAIRMAN, AND WAS A HIGHLY RECOGNIZED INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL ELDER WHO INSPIRED MANY YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING ON THE TURTLE MOUNTAIN RESERVATION. HIS FATHER CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WOULD ERODE THE CULTURE AND REFUSED TO ALLOW HIM TO ATTEND BOARDING SCHOOL. DURING HIS LIFETIME, MR. CREE SERVED AS AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE AND GLADLY PROVIDED GUIDANCE TO TRIBAL MEMBERS SEEKING TO IMPROVE THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF THE CULTURE. HE HAD THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE ACROSS GENERATIONS AND HIS LIFE'S JOURNEY WAS FILLED WITH INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCES. NO ONE HAS YET BEEN ABLE TO FILL THE VOID LEFT BY HIS PASSING.]
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $49.9k | 8/5/25 |