Program
Overview
The Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services
program promotes enhanced learning and innovation within
museums and museum related organizations, such as cultural
centers. The program provides opportunities for Native
American tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations to
sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge by strengthened
museum services in the following areas:
Programming: Services and activities that
support the educational mission of museums and museumrelated
organizations.
Professional development: Education or training
that builds skills, knowledge, or other professional
capacity for persons who provide of manage museum service
activities. Individuals may be paid or volunteers.
Enhancement of museum services: Support for
activities that enable and improve museum
services.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are
- Federally recognized Indian tribes
- Alaskan Native Villages andcorporations, and
- organizations that primarily serve and represent
Native Hawaiians
Entities such as museums, libraries,
schools, tribal colleges, or departments of education
are not eligible applicants, although they may be involved
in the administration of the program and their staff
may serve as project directors, in partnership with
eligible applications. |
