AHC Grants Funded
AHC General Grants Funded June 2008
Arizona Historical Society/Northern Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society, Flagstaff. The History and Tradition of Indigent Care in Flagstaff (PCD), $975. Two presentations and a panel/public forum in September 2008 on the history and current status of indigent health care in Flagstaff. Project Director: Tom Carpenter, 928/523-8927.
Arizona State Library, Carnegie Center, Phoenix. Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame Exhibit and Web Site Update (WTP), $3,265. An interpretive and structural update to both the exhibit and the Web site, to occur prior to the November 2008 induction ceremony. Project Director: Sarah Weber, 602/926-3368.
Arizona State University West Department of Integrative Studies, Glendale. Civil Discourse Through Public Debate: Religious Diversity (PCD), $813. A public forum in Fall 2008 that explores religious diversity in the contemporary world. Project Director: Owen Anderson, 602/543-6027.
Circle of Light Navajo Educational Project, Gallup. Our Fathers, Our Grandfathers, Our Heroes...The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II (WTP), $4,525. A traveling exhibition starting in January 2009 that tells the stories of young Navajo Marines and their unique contributions to the Pacific campaigns. Project Director: Michele Pracy, 505/726-8030.
Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco. Ambos Nogales (WTP), $6,025. Screenings and discussions in late 2008/early 2009 of a documentary film that focuses on local citizens from both sides whose cultural and economic ties continue despite the international border. Project Director: Luisa Greenfield, 510/527-5249.
Gila River Indian Community/Huhugam Heritage Center, Sacaton. Huhugam Heritage Center Great House Overlook Exhibit (WTP), $6,000. A permanent exhibit to open in July 2009 that interprets the surrounding landscape from the tribal perspective and using multiple disciplines. Project Director: Nancy Mahaney, 520/796-3500 x222.
Hualapai Tribe Department of Cultural Resources, Peach Springs. 125 Years of Reservationhood: A Hualapai Retrospective (WTP; PCD), $3,000. A lecture-and-discussion series in late 2008/early 2009 that examines tribal history and its impact on contemporary social concerns. Project Director: Loretta Jackson Kelly, 928/769 -2223.
Mesa Historical Museum, Mesa. Play Ball: The Cactus League Experience (WTP), $6,025. A multi-media exhibition opening in early 2009 that examines spring training in Arizona from the 1920s to the present. Project Director: Lisa Anderson, 480/835-7358.
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff. Heritage Insights for 2008 Hopi and Navajo Festivals of Arts and Culture (WTP), $6,025. Humanities presentations for MNA’s Hopi and Navajo festivals in summer 2008 designed to enhance understanding between nonnative and Native Americans. Project Director: Robert Breunig, 928/774-5213 x201.
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix. A Tradition Redefined: Modern & Contemporary Chinese Painting, ChuTsing Li Collection, $6,000. A symposium in September 2008 to accompany an exhibit that examines the context of social and political change in China and Taiwan during the 20th century. Project Director: Janet Baker, 602/307-2049.
University of Arizona Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy, Tucson. Conference on Developing and Assessing Intercultural Competence, $6,025. A teacher institute in October 2008 that provides educators with historical and cultural content in order to enhance intercultural competence and instruction. Project Director: Linda Waugh, 520/626-8071.
