NOTABLE NEWS AND EVENTS
Great Grants
Indigenous Digital Archives The Council on Library and Information Resources awarded $178,130 to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Indigenous Digital Archives project to digitize and catalog records of eight Indian boarding schools dating from 1824 to 1949. This support is part of a larger grant awarded to a partnership of Indigenous Digital Archives, National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition and Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
Edgar Lee Hewett House 0 The New Mexico Museum of Art received $5,50 n rvatio Prese ric Histo from the National Trust for ric histo to support a structural survey of the Edgar Lee Hewett House. Project Archaeology Project Archaeology, one of the Office of Archaeological Studies’ outstanding educational outreach programs, received a $32,000 grant from the Bureau of Land Management.
Photo © Jason S. Ordaz
Los Luceros Historic Site The National Park Service awarded Los Luceros Historic Site a $451,252 Save America’s Treasures grant to help preserve and stabilize two key structures—the Hacienda and Storehouse. Established in 1998, this grant program is a ute partnership of the National Park Service, Instit nal Natio ces, of Museum and Library Servi Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities.
Native Treasures Online Art Auction Returns The Native Treasures online auction returns Memorial Day Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, May 29 and 30. The auction will again feature more than 150 works of art by 50 Native American artists, including jewelry, pottery, paintings, textiles, sculpture and more. Auction proceeds are shared by the participating artists and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, with museum funds supporting exhibitions and education programs.
Double Discounts at the Shops The Shops annual spring Members Double Discount Sale will take place Mother’s Day Weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 7, 8 and 9, in stores and at shopmuseum.org. All purchases for general members will be double-discounted to 20% off, while members of The Circles receive 25% off. Call the Shops Information Hotline at 505.216.0738 for current hours at all locations.
