Native American Library Services Enhancement Grant Announcement

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Native Hawaiian Library Services Grant Announcement

Alaska

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation - Barrow, AK
Award Amount: $119,886; Matching Amount:$12,299

Contact: Mr. David Ongley
Director
907-852-4050 ext. 22; david.ongley@tuzzy.org

Project Title: "Nunaaqqiq 2.0"
On behalf of the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Tuzzy Consortium Library of Ilisagvik College in Barrow, AK, will implement the Nunaaqqiq 2.0 Project. "Nunaaqqiq" in Iñupiaq is a village or community. The primary goals of the project are to build an online community exclusively for the people of the North Slope in which contributors will add information, pictures, and sounds to the body of local knowledge; to provide a forum for North Slope residents to discuss issues of community concern; and to provide enhanced information resources that meet the needs of the community. The project will develop a "MySpace"-style resource that will include moderated rooms for discussion of critical community issues. Server space will be made available for individual pages, chat, blogs, a North Slope wiki including a local genealogy, community photographs, videos and sound files, and a community calendar.

Chilkat Indian Village - Haines, AK
Award Amount: $149,933; Matching Amount:$45,493

Contact: Mr. John Brower
Tribal Administrator
907-767-5505; jbrower@chilkatindianvillage.org

Project Title: "Klukwan Community/School Library: Weaving Library Services and Programs into Everyday Village Life"
The Chilkat Indian Village library project will focus on supporting literacy for all ages, along with wellness and job skills training for Chilkat Tlingit community members. Literacy programs for students will include storytelling by community elders and an annual summer reading program. Adult educational programs will be on business management and tourism-related job skills as well as technology training in software programs and electronic databases. Video-conferencing equipment will be available for distance learning classes. Materials on local history and natural science will address cultural preservation and environmental issues. library staff and Tlingit Language and Culture Program staff will develop bilingual “story sacks” to introduce the Tlingit language through legends and culturally related non-fiction materials. They will contain books, a CD with the story recorded in Tlingit and English, and supporting materials, such as puppets, soft toys, and games.

Chilkoot Indian Association - Haines, AK
Award Amount: $149,970; Matching Amount:$168,081

Contact: Mr. Dan Coleman
Library Director
907-766-3880; dcoleman@aptalaska.net

Project Title: "Dreamcatchers"
Chilkoot Indian Association will continue its successful partnership with the Haines Borough Public Library and develop new partnerships in this multifaceted cultural connections program called Dreamcatchers. Project goals are to empower patrons to improve their lives through educational and artistic skill development; to partner with the school district to increase the understanding of native history, culture, and traditional life style and support learning in culturally appropriate ways; and to increase the number of high-quality partnerships between tribes and other organizations. The project will culminate with community youth carving a totem pole that tells the story of the library, using traditional symbols and contemporary design. The pole-raising ceremony will be a community event that will honor the carvers, the tribe for their role in building community, and the library for its role in education. The totem pole will also symbolize the power of partnerships and cooperation.

Sealaska Corporation - Juneau, AK
Award Amount: $75,164; Matching Amount:$10,156

Contact: Mr. Sorrel Goodwin
Archivist and Librarian
907-586-9261; sorrel.goodwin@sealaska.com

Project Title: "Sealaska Electronic Cultural Research Access Project"
In conjunction with Sealaska Heritage Institute, Sealaska Corporation—an Alaska Native regional corporation representing over 16,000 Native shareholders—will undertake the Sealaska Electronic Cultural Research Access Project. This project will bridge the gap in access to library resources faced by their Alaska Native service population by creating an onsite facility to enable the public to effectively access Sealaska’s specialized library holdings on Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian culture when visiting their headquarters in Juneau. This will be accomplished by organizing and rehousing the collections in a central location, updating databases, providing computer access for digitized collections, and offering research training and assistance for visitors.

Organized Village of Kasaan - Ketchikan, AK
Award Amount: $122,634; Matching Amount:$9,085

Contact: Ms. Sharon Parks
Tribal Administrator
907-542-2230; sharon@kasaan.org

Project Title: "Kasaan Library Enhancement Project"
The Organized Village of Kasaan, on Prince of Wales Island in southeast Alaska, will transform its existing library into a community learning center that is accessible and welcoming to all ages with open and easy access to the world of Internet information, and where young and old alike come to learn more about Haida culture and language. The village will hire a librarian to work with the community and to organize the current collection and to purchase new library materials, comfortable furnishings, and Internet-access computers. The goal is to revitalize the Kasaan library and make it a gathering place for the entire community as well as a repository for print, electronic, and other cultural information, resources and artifacts.

Arizona

Hopi Tribe of Arizona - Kykotsmovi, AZ
Award Amount: $136,094; Matching Amount:$72,611

Contact: Dr. Noreen Sakiestewa
Education Director
928-734-3501; NSakiestewa@hopi.nsn.us

Project Title: "Hopi Tutukaiki Sikisve "Librarymobile" - Driving Soon!"
The Hopi Tribe will provide library services to all of its eleven villages situated along a 90-mile stretch of highway transecting the reservation with the Hopi Public Tutuqayki Síkisve or "Librarymobile." Without a library space for over three years, the tribe proposes to reinstate services by bringing the library to its members with the purchase of a heavy-duty pickup and a 32-foot-long trailer retrofitted for bookmobile services. The tribe will establish a regular schedule of routes, take the existing collection out of storage, purchase new materials to update the collection and get connected once again to the county's automation system. Resource sharing with a countywide consortium of public libraries and the larger library community can then be reestablished through interlibrary loan. Internet connectivity on the bookmobile will provide much-needed access for many Hopis who do not have computers at home.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona - Tucson, AZ
Award Amount: $141,700; Matching Amount:$80,000

Contact: Ms. Aleena Hernandez
Education Director
520-883-5050; aleena.hernandez@pascuayaqui-nsn.gov

Project Title: "Pascua Yaqui Tribe's Library Enhancement"
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe will create a Community Library and Resource Center to enhance library services on the reservation in order to support literacy and educational achievement and to promote the preservation of Yaqui culture and heritage. A librarian will be hired to organize the collection, and a new space will be provided to accommodate new resources, centralize materials, and improve community access. Intergenerational activities and partnerships with schools, the local public library, and programs within the Pascua Yaqui Education Division will promote reading and create literacy connections between the schools and families living on the reservation. Elders will receive stipends to meet and greet new library visitors and to participate in storytelling events. Monthly cultural/historical workshops will be held to promote the use of resources pertaining to Pascua Yaqui culture.

White Mountain Apache Tribe - Whiteriver, AZ
Award Amount: $75,000; Matching Amount:$0

Contact: Ms. Geneva Durkee
Library District Director
928-524-4745; gdurkee@navajo.lib.az.us

Project Title: "Your Library Is There For You - Improving Lives and Helping Combat Societal and Health Challenges on the Reservation"
The White Mountain Apache Tribal libraries in Whiteriver, McNary, and Cibecue, located in east-central Arizona, will enhance their collections and undertake programs that will enable them to address critical problems faced by a sizeable portion of the reservation's population. These include teen pregnancy, diabetes, obesity, drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence, and related issues. The tribal libraries will acquire relevant materials that are appropriate for low reading levels and in many cases will be in audio-visual and electronic format. A Library Outreach Coordinator and two part-time library assistants will be hired to work with community groups, local schools, health agencies, Head Start, day care centers, and other programs to promote use of the library and its resources by the target audiences. Project staff will develop community programs and informational materials to highlight the new health-focused collections.

Montana

Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation - Box Elder, MT
Award Amount: $150,000; Matching Amount:$72,913

Contact: Ms. Melody Henry
President
406-395-4875; mrbhenry@hotmail.com

Project Title: "Chippewa Cree Tribe Community Library Enhancement Project"
On behalf of the Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, the Stone Child College academic/community library will enhance library services to the children, students, and adults of the reservation by increasing its library collection in all subject areas to meet community needs for educational and recreational reading. Additional computer workstations will provide increased access to the library’s holdings and the Internet. In order to serve community members will little or no experience in library use, staff will develop two culturally appropriate training initiatives: a basic library skills class for adults to learn information retrieval, critical thinking, Internet usage, and research skills; and a summer youth literacy club to provide young patrons with literacy and academic enrichment activities.

New Mexico

Pueblo of Pojoaque - Santa Fe, NM
Award Amount: $120,641; Matching Amount:$34,401

Contact: Ms. Jill Conner
Library Director
505-455-7511; jconner@puebloofpojoaque.org

Project Title: "Raising Readers Through Programs and Outreach"
The Pueblo of Pojoaque Public Library’s project, "Raising Readers through Programs and Outreach," addresses specific needs identified through meetings, surveys, and interviews with community stakeholders to provide pre-literacy and reading incentive programs that will stimulate interest in reading and involve parents and caregivers in the learning process. The project will develop and present library and outreach programs emphasizing pre-literacy for pre-school children and their families; develop and implement reading incentive programs for school age children; and expand the library collection with materials that address pre-reading skills and promote pre-literacy. While implementing reading incentive programs for school-age children, the project will focus on the Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR) program and will include pre-reading skills workshops for parents, caregivers, tutors, teachers, and staff of community and tribal libraries, as well as community outreach with story times and workshops at local day care centers.

North Dakota

Spirit Lake Tribe - Fort Totten, ND
Award Amount: $145,222; Matching Amount:$0

Contact: Ms. Antonette McDonald Young
Project Director
701-766-1355; Antonette_Young@littlehoop.edu

Project Title: "Enhancement Grant"
On behalf of the Spirit Lake Tribe, the Valerie Merrick Memorial Library at the Cankdeska Cikana Community College, both an academic and a community library, will expand existing library services to tribal members by increasing its outreach to young children and their families through improved collections for children and youth, story times for preschool children, programming to encourage regular library use and lifelong enjoyment of reading for young people, and parent-child reading partnerships through family night activities. Increased hours on the weekend will provide working families with access to library materials and the Internet, while the addition of monthly health information sessions will underscore the importance of the library as a community resource center for the tribe.

Washington

Lower Elwha Tribal Community - Port Angeles, WA
Award Amount: $72,467; Matching Amount:$0

Contact: Ms. Tracey Hosselkus
Education Director
360-452-8471 ext. 121; thosselkus@elwha.nsn.us

Project Title: "Lower Elwha Klallam Library Project"
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Library Project will contract with a part-time professional librarian to organize and expand the current collection and to train tribal members to be community librarians. The goal is to provide Lower Elwha tribal members and the public with ready access to a wide variety of educational and recreational library resources and to create a friendly, inviting atmosphere for all ages. Staff will forge close ties with local tribal, college, and public libraries in order to share resources and expertise. The library will expand electronic linkages to provide all users with access to information through local, state, regional, national, and international electronic networks.

Spokane Tribe - Wellpinit, WA
Award Amount: $144,658; Matching Amount:$50,938

Contact: Ms. Diana Jones
Librarian
509-258-9202; dianaj@spokanetribalcollege.org

Project Title: "Enhancement Grant"
On behalf of the Spokane Tribe, the Circle of Knowledge Library at Spokane Tribal College, a combined academic and community library, will use this grant to hire new staff and expand library hours at the Wellpinit campus. This will result in increased evening and weekend access as well as the development of outreach services to two remote communities and the Spokane Agency correctional facility. Library stations at these remote sites will be staffed one afternoon a week, providing a rotating collection for check-out and delivering requested items from the main library collection. A new library Web site will allow patrons to browse the collection and reserve materials online. In addition, the rich archival collection at the library will be more accessible to users when a new patron workstation with a microfilm/fiche reader/printer/scanner is made available. A children’s reading room and updated shelving will create an inviting, safe environment for all Spokane community members.

Wisconsin

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians - Hayward, WI
Award Amount: $149,931; Matching Amount:$0

Contact: Ms. Caryl Pfaff
Library Director
715-634-4790 ext. 108; pfaff@lco.edu

Project Title: "Enhancement Grant"
On behalf of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Chippewa Indians, the Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) Ojibwa Community College library, both an academic and a public library housed in a new 10,000-square-foot space at the college, will improve library access and services to the community and to the four satellite outreach campuses of the LCO Ojibwa Community College. The library will become a full member of the Northwest Waters Library Service Merlin Consortium, which will provide access to the other 29 member libraries’ collections in addition to LCO Library materials. Library services will be introduced to the four outreach sites by providing training, computer stations, core resource materials, and intercampus loans. Collection development will continue to provide for the varied needs of the entire community and to contribute to meeting the necessary criteria for public and college libraries.

Native Hawaiian Library Services Grant Announcement

Alu Like, Inc., Honolulu, HI
Award Amount: $519,700

Contact: Ms. Alexis Keikilani Meyer
Library Interim Director
(808)535-1355; almeyer@alulike.org

Alu Like, Inc.’s Native Hawaiian Library will enhance its digital libraries by increasing the resources available to meet the needs and interests of Native Hawaiians, including digitized materials on genealogy and land title in searchable text format in both Hawaiian and English. It will expand the access and retrieval of genealogy and land resources in repositories island-wide by conducting workshops on researching online sources and training Native Hawaiian youth in research techniques. Satellite libraries and literacy programs will be expanded in four Hawaiian communities on Hawaii, Oahu, and Kauai, and a new one will be established on Molokai. “Motheread” workshops focused on language, literacy and reading aloud will be held statewide for preschool children and their parents. After-school tutoring programs providing homework assistance and reading development skills will be offered in various Hawaiian communities to increase and strengthen literacy skills of at-risk students.