Native Arts Enrichment and Expansion
2020-2023
About The Program
The Native Arts Enrichment and Expansion program purposes to enrich, enhance, and expand traditional and contemporary Native arts knowledge and skills at tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) and the communities that they serve. Grants provide the opportunity at TCUs for the transfer of intergenerational artistic skills and cultural knowledge. TCUs are cultural hubs for their respective communities and will provide the opportunity for students and community members to learn and expand their knowledge of traditional and contemporary Native arts through instruction from master artists and apprentices.
Grantees
Native Arts Curriculum Development Grants:
Blackfeet Community College
Diné College
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University
Oglala Lakota College
Salish Kootenai College
Sinte Gleska University
Sisseton Wahpeton College
Stone Child College
Community Based Learning and Sharing Grants:
Cankdeska Cikana Community College
College of Menominee Nation
Fort Peck Community College
Iḷisaġvik College
Leech Lake Tribal College
Navajo Technical University
Northwest Indian College
Red Lake Nation College
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Tohono O'odham Community College
Turtle Mountain College
United Tribes Technical College
White Earth Tribal and Community College
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