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Grant
Awarded: November
2004
Type of Grant: Humanities Project Grant
Sponsor:
Nokomis Learning Center
Contact:
Adriana Greci Green, 517-349-5777, greenad@msu.edu
Award:
$12,730
Website: www.nokomis.org
(from
left): Michigan Humanities Council Executive Director
Jan Fedewa, US Senator Debbie Stabenow, and Tony Baltimore
(asst. to Congressman Mike Rogers) present a $12,730
grant check to Adriana Greci Green of the Nokomis Learning
Center in Okemos on December 10.
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(OKEMOS)-----The
Michigan Humanities Council announces Nokomis Learning Center
of Okemos has been awarded a $12,730 Humanities Project Grant
for “Negotiating The Past Navigating the Future: Michigan
Indian Treaties.” The Michigan Humanities Council awarded
the grants as part of its program, “Strengthening Michigan’s
Communities Through the Humanities,” which emphasizes collaboration
among cultural, educational and community-based organizations
and institutions to serve Michiganians today with public humanities
projects and programs.
“ This
project emphasizes the importance of learning about the past,
present and future relations between the general public and Michigan
Indians,” said Janice Fedewa, Executive Director of the
Michigan Humanities Council. “It will help provide important
cultural understanding about Michigan Indian treaties to the
public through exhibits, lectures, and development of an interdisciplinary
curriculum.”
“ Negotiating
The Past Navigating the Future: Michigan Indian Treaties” is
a collaborative project involving the Nokomis Learning Center,
the Michigan State University (MSU) Museum, the Indigenous Law
and Policy Center and the American Indian Studies Program at
MSU, and the Clarke Historical Library of Central Michigan University.
The project has three components:
(1)
the development of a humanities-based interactive curriculum
for later elementary and middle school students (fourth through
sixth grades) pertaining to Michigan Indian treaties;
(2) a lecture series on treaties today; and,
(3) an exhibit of historic prints, “Native American Treaty Signers
in the Great Lakes Region,” on loan from the Clarke Historical Library.
This exhibit will open in summer 2005 at Nokomis Learning Center in conjunction
with the lecture series.
" We
are thankful to the Council for supporting our efforts to develop
educational programs about Michigan’s Native peoples,” said
Adriana Greci Green, Interim Director, Nokomis Learning Center. “This
project on Michigan Indian treaties will help the public gain
a fuller understanding of sovereignty and the interaction of
federal, tribal, state and local governments in Michigan."
“ The
Nokomis Learning Center’s project will be valuable not
only to its intended audience of 4th, 5th and 6th graders but
to adults as well,” U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow said. “This
important grant from the Michigan Humanities Council will help
people understand how federal, tribal, state and local governments
in Michigan interact, and, of special note, it will help demonstrate
why Michigan’s tribes have an important role to play as
we move forward with efforts to protect the Great Lakes.”
" It
is important to understand and learn about the cultural significance
of Michigan’s Indian treaties," said U.S. Senator
Carl Levin. "This grant will help the Nokomis Learning Center
provide this education to our students and the general public.”
" In
Michigan, with our history rich in the culture of Native American
tribes, its crucial that our young people have an objective look
at the impact of treaties between the federal government and
tribes," said U.S. Representative Mike Rogers. "With
this funding, the Humanities Council can continue its mission
of strengthening understanding and preserving the history and
culture of Michigan's diverse communities."
For more information about the Michigan Humanities Council, visit michiganhumanities.org;
and, for more on Nokomis Learning Center please visit www.nokomis.org. |
