Nanitin Adeeshtłʼóół Weaving Strands of Knowledge: Native Arts and Culture Grant

About The Program

The American Indian College Fund’s Nanitin Adeeshtłʼóół Weaving Strands of Knowledge: Native Arts and Culture Grant Program supports TCUs in carrying out their cultural and community missions by providing place-based, culturally grounded learning opportunities in traditional and contemporary Native arts knowledge and skills for students, staff, faculty, and community members that will make an impact for future generations. TCUs provide Native arts programming based in place, traditional knowledge, language, culture, and community teachings to ensure that Native arts reach the communities they serve. TCUs have a responsibility as tribal and community learning institutions to provide resources and develop a new generation of Native artists, culture bearers, and knowledge teachers.

Goals of the program include:

• TCUs contribute to the advancement and innovation of Native arts by utilizing TCU Native Arts Curriculum and Credential Development Grants to increase academic learning opportunities.
• TCUs support visibility and health and thriving Native communities through community-based capacity-building programming.
• Supporting visibility and awareness for two-spirit and LQBTQ+ students, high school equivalency students and their families, elders, students and community members with disabilities, and student veterans and their families.
• Providing a supportive and respectful environment for wellness and mental health through Native arts as a form of healing, self-care, and expression.
• Guidance and feedback from cultural knowledge teachers and consultants to support the development and implementation of Native arts community workshops

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