Humanities Montana awards grants across state

Press release

Humanities Montana awarded a $900 grant to The Montana Racial Equity Project to support the Native American Race Relations and Healing Symposium. The day-long event will feature two panel discussions lead by authors, historians, language preservationists and experts including John Robinson and Sterling HolyWhiteMountain. The first panel will focus on tribal sovereignty and the second will explore current issues facing the Native American population. The event will take place April 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Native American Studies Building at the University of Montana.

Humanities Montana awarded a $1000 grant to the Wedsworth Memorial Library to fund a monthly book discussion. Penny Hughes-Briant will host eight discussions from August 2017 to May 2018. All events will be held at the Wedsworth Memorial Library in Cascade.

Humanities Montana awarded a $1,000 grant to Columbus High School to fund the Yellowstone National Park Inquiry Project. Students will research and build projects on the impacts that visitors have on Yellowstone National Park’s animals, ecosystem, environment, and cultural values.

  Humanities Montana is the state’s independent, nonprofit state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Since 1972, Humanities Montana has provided services and grants to hundreds of Montana organizations in support of public programs in history, literature, civil conversations, and public issues. Among its many programs are its grants, Montana Conversations, Speakers in the Schools, Hometown Humanities, Community Conversations, Letters About Literature, and the Governor’s Humanities Awards.