Restoration and Preservation
of Traditional Native Art Forms
and Knowledge
2013 – 2020
About The Program
The American Indian College Fund has created a re-granting opportunity for Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) to enhance the capacity of traditional Native art forms and knowledge at participating TCUs in the upper-Midwest. The goal of this funding is to provide resources for colleges to develop and implement more formalized traditional Native arts academic and community outreach programming. As a result, cultural knowledge and skills of traditional Native art forms indigenous to the tribe or tribal region will be shared with students and tribal communities. In addition, TCUs will be able to increase the direct support of culture bearers and established artists who are knowledgeable and skilled in traditional Native arts forms. Furthermore, master artists can participate with TCU faculty professional development, curriculum development, academic programming, and in the planning of community outreach programs.
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Grantees
Cankdeska Cikana Community College
College of Menominee Nation
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University
Leech Lake Tribal College
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
United Tribes Technical College
Oglala Lakota College
Sinte Gleska University
Sisseton Wahpeton College
Sitting Bull College
Turtle Mountain College
White Earth Tribal and Community College
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