Humanities Montana awards project grants
Humanities Montana recently awarded $38,350 to humanities projects across the state through its Research Fellowship and Regular Grants. The grant program supports projects around Indigenous land stewardship, literature and language reclamation, the history of Butte, philosophy and more.
“Our mission is to support Montanans through stories, conversation and imaginative ideas,” said Randi Lynn Tanglen, Humanities Montana executive director. “From providing new ways to engage with history, to disseminating knowledge about traditional land practices, these projects are positioned to spark dialogue and action across the Big Sky State.”
Humanities Montana Regular Grants program makes awards of $1,000 or more, three times a year. Its Research Fellowships grant awards of up to $4,000 annually. In February, the seven organizations to receive funding included:
• James Welch Literary Festival, Aasaisstto Language Society, East Glacier, $10,000 — Celebrating the work of Montana and internationally acclaimed writer James Welch (1940-2003) and contemporary Native American writers, the festival is scheduled for July 28 to 30.
• First Voices, Thresh Inc., New York City, $2,000 — A contemporary interpretation of Indigenous stories, this project brings intergenerational Native and non-Native artists together to foster better understanding.
• Talk Series: Language Reclamation and Beyond, University of Montana, Missoula, $5,000 — The Linguistics Program hosts a series of talks on Indigenous language documentation and reclamation during the Institute on Collaborative Language Research, June 13-24.
• Story of Butte, Butte Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization, Butte, $7,500 — Curated articles about the history of Butte via the development of a website, mobile app and themed tours.
• Blackfeet Ethnoecology Mapping Project, Blackfeet Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Browning, $6,100 — The project will develop an Indigenous science Geographical Information System database informed by the Blackfoot knowledge system to disseminate traditional landscape stewardship principles.
• Philosophy Symposia Series, Merlin CCC, Helena, $3,750 — The 2022 series will highlight military life and war ethics, freedom of speech and humans’ relationship with nature.
• Buckskin and Cloth Dresses, April Martin, Busby, $4,000 — (Research Fellowship Award). The project will look at the evolution of women's traditional dress with an emphasis on the Cheyenne Nation.
About Humanities Montana
Humanities Montana is Montana’s state humanities council. With a mission to serve communities through stories and conversation, Humanities Montana offers experiences that nurture imagination and ideas by speaking to Montanans’ diverse history, literature and philosophy. Established in 1972, Humanities Montana is one of 56 councils across the nation that the National Endowment for the Humanities created.