Humanities funding enriches Flathead County
Blackfeet/Piikani artist Terran Last Gun paints a temporary mural on one of the gallery walls at the Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 3. As part of the Hockaday's upcoming exhibition "Terran Last Gun: Piikani Visual Sovereignty," the artist created a new, site specific, temporary mural in the Hockaday galleries for both the public and the upcoming exhibition, which runs from April 5 to June 22. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Last week, Humanities Montana became the latest casualty of DOGE when we received an email informing us that our federal grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which accounts for 90% of our operating budget, had been terminated immediately. We’ve received these funds every year for over 50 years, and they have been cut off in the middle of our grant contract, which isn’t supposed to end until 2027.
For half a century, Humanities Montana has provided grants and opportunities that bring writers, poets, historians, scholars, artists and performers to museums, community centers, parks, libraries and educational institutions, including in public, private and homeschool settings, across Big Sky Country. It’s heartbreaking to consider the impact of this cut on arts and culture in our state. Humanities are not a luxury; they are the fabric of our community. A foundation of our democracy.
As stated in the founding legislation of the National Endowment for the Humanities,
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