Indigenous Cultures Institute

ELDER TRANSITION FOR INDIGENOUS CULTURES INSTITUTE [TRANSITION FROM VOLUNTEER NATIVE AMERICAN ELDER LEADERSHIP TO PAID STAFF TO ENSURE THE RETENTION OF CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES WITH GOALS TO EXPAND PROGRAMMING AND CREATE REVENUE SOURCES FOR SUSTAINABILITY.] [PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SUPPORT THREE KEY STAFF POSITIONS THAT PRESERVE AND PROMOTE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND LANGUAGE. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE THREE-PERSON STAFF OF THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH WORKS TO PRESERVE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE INDIGENOUS TO TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO, WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN ITS 12 PROGRAMS. THEIR ACTIVITIES INCLUDE LANGUAGE REVIVAL WORK; YOUTH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL SACRED SPRINGS POWWOW AND A SPEAKERS SERIES; PRINT AND ONLINE PUBLICATIONS; LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES; REPATRIATION OF ANCESTRAL REMAINS; AND PROTECTION OF SACRED SITES. EXPECTED OUTCOMES:  THE INDIGENOUS CULTURES INSTITUTE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ITS MISSION AND ITS PLANNED THREE-YEAR INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP TRANSITION FROM UNPAID TRIBAL ELDERS TO PAID STAFF MEMBERS. ITS RANGE OF PROGRAMS WILL SERVE APPROXIMATELY 57,000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE INSTITUTE'S CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, THE BROADER AMERICAN PUBLIC, AND SCHOLARS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE INSTITUTE'S WORK TO PRESERVE AND CARRY FORWARD THE LEGACY OF THE REGION'S INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.]