Dakota Language Oral History Project
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Dakota Wicohan
Start Date
April 2010
End Date
October 2010
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Yellow Medicine
Project Overview
To conduct oral history interviews with the few remaining Dakota-as-a-first language speakers. In July 2011, KARE-TV featured the project as part of its "Land of 10,000 Stories" series.
Project Details
To conduct oral history interviews with the few remaining Dakota-as-a-first language speakers.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2010 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
LAWS of MINNESOTA for 2009 Ch. 172, Art. 1, Subd. 4 (b), Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants
Appropriation Language
(b) Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants. (i) $2,250,000 in 2010 and $4,500,000 in 2011 are appropriated for history programs and projects operated or conducted by or through local, county, regional or other historical or cultural organizations; or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Funds are to be distributed through a competitive grants process. The Minnesota Historical Society shall administer these funds using established grants mechanisms, and with assistance from the advisory committee created herein.
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$8,980
Project Manager
Salutation
Ms.
First Name
Teresa
Last Name
Peterson
Street Address
149 E. Hwy 212, PO Box 7
City
Granite Falls
State
MN
Zip Code
56241
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