From the Resighini Rancheria:

Klamath, CA – Resighini Rancheria received a $46,699 grant through the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Native Institutions. This grant opportunity is intended to help Native Cultural Institutions to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and provide humanities programming to their communities. Funds were provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 passed by the U.S. Congress.

Funds support the Resighini Rancheria Tribal Archives: Preserving Tribal History Through the Humanities Project that will retain humanities staff to ensure the continued development of a Tribal Archives with historic materials to support humanities-based cultural education workshops that advance the study, preservation, and transmittal of language, history, jurisprudence, archaeology, and social science issues pertinent to the Tribe's cultural survival.

“The Resighini Rancheria is excited to continue the work to preserve our Yurok culture and history. COVID-19 greatly impacted our small Tribal community and highlighted, perhaps more than ever, the need to document the knowledge of our elders and  culture bearers. With this support, we will be able to help ongoing preservation and transmission of Yurok traditional knowledge to our future generations,” said Chairperson Fawn Murphy.

“COVID-19 hit Tribal communities particularly hard. The pandemic is not only responsible for the loss of culture keepers, Native language speakers, elders, and government leaders, but also the closure of cultural institutions, furloughed staff, and reduced programming,” said ATALM President Susan Feller. “This opportunity will provide much-needed financial support and create humanities-based programs that bring cultural practitioners and the public together in a dialogue that embraces the civic and cultural life of Native communities.”

Resighini Rancheria was selected by an independent Peer Review Committee and is one out of 84 awardees to receive funding. Other awardees representing 25 states include Tribal governments and Native nonprofit organizations, as well as higher education institutions and non-native nonprofit organizations working in partnership with state or federally recognized tribal entities. A total of $3.26 million was granted. A list of grantees is available at www.atalm.org

“The National Endowment for the Humanities is grateful to the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums for the association’s important work in administering American Rescue Plan funding to help Native American cultural institutions recover from the pandemic,” said NEH Chair Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo). “These grants provide valuable humanities resources to tribal communities and represent a lifeline to the many Native heritage sites and cultural centers that are helping preserve and educate about Indigenous history, traditions, and languages.” 

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