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Cultural Capital Fellowship

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Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

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Overview

Cultural Capital Fellowship

Overview: A yearlong program that offers financial and technical support to culture bearers and artists to further their work of passing on ancestral knowledge within their Native communities.

Geographic Scope: United States (American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian culture bearers)

Program Components:

  • Financial support/grants

  • Technical assistance

  • Professional development

  • Support for cultural transmission

  • Community-centered cultural work

    • Focus Areas:

  • Traditional knowledge transmission

  • Ancestral practices

  • Cultural stewardship

  • Weaving

  • Textile arts

  • Language preservation

  • Traditional arts forms

  • Community healing and education

    • Eligibility:

  • Native culture bearers and artists (American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian)

  • Artists dedicated to passing on ancestral knowledge

  • Community-focused cultural practitioners

    • What They Support:

  • Participants receive support to strengthen their community's commitment to nurture shared humanity

  • Support for honoring connection to one another

  • Work of carrying forward Indigenous creative expression and lifeways

    • Background: This fellowship recognizes the vital role of culture bearers in maintaining and transmitting ancestral knowledge and practices within Native communities.

    Contact: First Peoples Fund, 706 West Boulevard, Rapid City, SD 57701 | P: (605) 348-0324 | info@firstpeoplesfund.org

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    Fields of Work

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