This $379 thousand National Endowment for the Humanities project grant will support the development and delivery of curriculum focused on the history and revitalization of the American bison. Awarded October 1, 2022 and set to be completed by September 30, 2024, the grant will fund workshops and virtual learning for 72 K-12 educators. Led by Fort Peck Community College, Montana State University, and Ecology Project International, presenters from the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes as...
This federal Project Grant award for $173,044 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support a 2-week NEH K-12 institute titled "Indigenous Histories of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands" at Northern Arizona University (NAU). The institute aims to expose secondary social studies educators to new historiography, primary sources, and teaching strategies for incorporating Native American histories into...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $187,803 to the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation through the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to conduct two six-day workshops for 5-12 educators. The workshops will instruct educators on the details of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II as part of the Landmarks of American History and Culture program. The workshops aim to promote better teaching of American history and culture....
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., a non-profit organization based in Massachusetts. The grant will support the "Upstander Academy: Rethreading the Needle of Native American History through Land and Water-Based Learning" program, a two-week residential institute in July 2025 for 25 participants consisting of 3rd to 12th grade...
This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the development and implementation of Native American and Indigenous Studies curriculum modules and professional development workshops at St. Bonaventure University. Funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program, the $147,389 award will create six curriculum modules for required first-year courses reaching all incoming students annually from...
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...
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...
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 Springfield Museums Corporation received a $117,655 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to update the interpretation of Native American history at its five museums in Springfield, Massachusetts. Working with local Native American tribes, the Museums will redesign its Native American hall to provide a more inclusive, accurate, and unbiased depiction of the innovations, resilience, and culture of...
The University of Arizona, through the Arizona Board of Regents, received a $189,145 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to conduct a teacher professional development program titled "Grand Coulee Dam: The Intersection of Modernity and Indigenous Cultures." The program, funded under the NEH's Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development grant (CFDA 45.163), will provide two one-week in-person workshops and associated virtual sessions for K-12...