Minnesota Humanities Center (St. Paul, MN 55106-2046)
Matthew Brandt (Project Director: March 2008 to June 2011)
BC-50415-08
Grants for State Humanities Councils
Federal/State Partnership
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Totals (outright + matching):
$119,740 (approved)
$119,740 (awarded)
Grant period:
7/1/2008 – 10/31/2009
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The Identify of a Place:Minnesota: Many Voices, One State
To support programming related to Minnesota's sesquicentennial in 2008 with particular emphasis on the original residents, the Dakota and Ojibwe, and the newest residents, Hmong, Somali and Latino peoples. Programs include a website, public events and podcasts, workshops and grants. Programming related to Picturing America will also be supported.
The Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) proposes programming to highlight the cultural contributions of traditionally under represented peoples in traditionally treatements of state history. Through a series of programs: a website, public events & podcasts, workshops, and a re-grant program, MHC will highlight the cultural contributions of the state’s first peoples, the Dakota and Ojibwe, and the newest Minnesotans, Hmong, Somali, and Latino immigrants and refugees.
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