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...
This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) provides $149,842 to Kansas State University (KSU) to create public-facing digital resources such as annotated treaties, oral histories, educational videos, and curricula. The goal is to augment humanities education in Kansas by promoting understandings about Indigenous peoples and histories as a best teaching...
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 federal Project Grant award "INDIGENOUS HISTORIES OF THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDERLANDS" in the amount of $173,044.00 was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163). The award supports a 2-week residential institute for secondary social studies educators, led by faculty from the History Department at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in collaboration with the NAU Institute for...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $250,000 Collaborative Research grant to North Carolina State University (NC State) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The 3-year project, running from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2028, will use newly developed DNA analysis techniques to extract and analyze the genetic material found in parchment manor court rolls and probate records from three partner institutions: the Norfolk Record Office, Harvard...
This federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The $126,265 grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, supports a 3-year project titled "OF WATER, CROCODILES, AND KINGS: CO-PRODUCING KUY HISTORY IN THE PREY LANG FOREST, CAMBODIA." The project is led by the University of Hawaii at Manoa and engages with Kuy citizens to co-produce knowledge about the pre-Angkorian history and...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Pawnee Nation College a $55,191 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) to enhance tribal sovereignty through humanities-science connections from May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019. As part of the Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program's goal of enhancing the teaching and study of the humanities through new resources, programs,...
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,...
This Project Grant award of $119,827.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.163 - Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program) will support Northeastern University in hosting an institute for higher education faculty on Native American, Indigenous, and land-based social and political philosophy. The program aims to provide a cohort of philosophy instructors across the country with a deep understanding of Indigenous knowledge traditions and social/political...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $175,000 Project Grant to Upstander Project, Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163). The grant supports the "Upstander Academy: Rethreading the Needle of Native American History through Land and Water-Based Learning," a two-week residential institute in July 2025 for 25 participants including 3rd to 12th grade humanities teachers and museum educators....