Thousands in Humanities Grants Awarded Across
South Dakota During SD Humanities Council's Spring Meeting
 BROOKINGS, S.D. – March 26, 2010 – The South Dakota Humanities Council Board of Directors met in Mitchell for their annual spring meeting March 12–13, 2010. One agenda item was to review major grant proposals that were submitted January 30th in the areas of humanities Discussion, Media, and Research. The Board chose to fund thirteen proposals, providing over $30,000 in funding. Three of these projects fall under the Humanities Council’s Immigration theme for 2010 and received priority funding.
Aberdeen - $1,250 – Immigration Focus – Dr. Barbara Johnson from Aberdeen will research stained glass windows and mosaics in both religious and secular settings throughout South Dakota. Aberdeen - $1,250 - Dr. Brad Tennant, history professor at Presentation College, will research General Alfred Sully’s writings and paintings in Connecticut. Brookings - $1,000 - A poetry anthology about women speaking against violence, Women Write Resistance, edited by SDSU Professor Dr. Christine Stewart-Nuñez of Brookings, SD, and Laura Madeline Wiseman of Lincoln, NE, will be published. Deadwood - $3,647 - The Adams Museum and House in Deadwood is offering a Youth Archaeology Series for students in grades 2 – 12. This is an opportunity for area youth to participate in an authentic excavation led by professional archaeologists and historians. Deadwood - $2,960 – Immigration Focus – A trail ride, Destination Black Hills: Miles City to Deadwood, sponsored by the Days of ’76 Museum, Inc., will occur August 21–September 5, 2010. Gregory - $3,500 - The 15th Annual Oscar Micheaux Festival, Micheaux and Gregory County in the 1940s will be August 4 – 7, 2010 in Gregory, SD. Madison – $1,300 - A National Endowment for the Humanities exhibit, Benjamin Franklin–In Search of a Better World, will come to Mundt Library at Dakota State University this fall. In addition to the exhibit, SDHC will help fund a Benjamin Franklin impersonator to visit the library for presentations. Pierre – $3,312 - Pierre Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring South Dakota History Adventures, day-long educational excursions in the Pierre area for 4 - 6 graders. Pine Ridge - $3,680 - Third World Newsreel, an activist filmmaker collective based out of New York, will sponsor a documentary about Lakota culture on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation titled Bridge the Gap: Lakota Sioux. Rapid City - $2,500 - The South Dakota Reading Council’s annual convention, Making Lifelong Connections, will take place October 14 – 16 in Rapid City, SD. Sioux Falls - $625 – Immigration Focus – The organization Sioux Falls in the World will support research on current Mideast Immigrants in Sioux Falls in order to document, publicize, and preserve their history. Sioux Falls - $5,000 - Performers in Jazz Diversity Project plan to visit a total of thirty South Dakota schools, teaching students about the origins of jazz as well as American history. Vermillion - $3,500 - The Warrior Women Project out of Vermillion will sponsor Warrior Women: The Story of Red Power Activism, a documentary about Madonna Thunder Hawk, a Lakota activist.
About the South Dakota Humanities Council
The South Dakota Humanities Council is a non-profit organization founded in 1972 whose sole mission is to deliver humanities programming to the people of South Dakota. As a steward of the state’s heritage, the Council promotes the appreciation of South Dakota history, literature, and other related humanities subjects through grant-making and cultural programs, such as the Festival of Books, the One Book South Dakota program, and others. The Council’s core mission is to support and promote the exchange of ideas to foster a thoughtful and engaged society. More about the South Dakota Humanities Council is online at www.sdhumanities.org |
