Humanities councils american rescue plan funding

The North Dakota Humanities Council received a $605,630 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). The funding supports several initiatives through June 2023, including a Humanities Chautauqua training program delivered by the State Historical Society of North Dakota Foundation. Additional subawards provide $6,000 to support a "We the People" newspaper column series and training facilitators for "Brave Conversations" programs conducted by The Consensus Council, Inc. Further, subawards will maintain museums/historic sites and support "We the People" civic education in schools. Final funding will produce recordings of historical Teton Sioux songs from 1911-1914 for use by tribal colleges. The award advances the federal program's goals of promoting local and statewide humanities programming.