| BK-50007-06 | Public Programs: Interpreting America's Historic Places Consultation | Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma | Wheelock Academy: A Home At The End Of The Trail | 4/1/2006 - 3/31/2007 | $12,790.00 | Barbara | | Asbill-Grant | | | | Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma | Durant | OK | 74701-7117 | USA | 2006 | Museum Studies or Historical Preservation | Interpreting America's Historic Places Consultation | Public Programs | 12790 | 0 | 12790 | 0 | Consultation with scholars to develop an interpretive plan for Wheelock Academy, originally founded as a mission boarding school for Native American girls.
Wheelock Academy: A Home At The End Of The Trail is a project coordinated by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma that will utilize the assistance of two highly qualified humaniteis consultants to plan and develop an effective, sound, humanities-based interpretive strategy for Wheelock Academy, a former boarding school for Native American girls that was founded shortly after the forced migration on the Trail of Tears. Wheelock is listed as a National Historic Landmark and is one of the 11 Most Endangered Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. |
| PN-292999-23 | Preservation and Access: Cultural and Community Resilience | Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma | Vssvnochi Anumpuli (Elders Speak): The Past, Present and Future in Choctaw | 10/1/2023 - 9/30/2025 | $149,999.00 | Anjanette | | Williston | | | | Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma | Durant | OK | 74701-7117 | USA | 2023 | Languages, Other | Cultural and Community Resilience | Preservation and Access | 149999 | 0 | 149999 | 0 | Conducting 15 oral histories by engaging 30 first-language speakers of the endangered Oklahoma variety of Choctaw. The oral histories, their transcriptions, and English translations would be made available online and would describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community resilience and cultural heritage loss.
Project to collect, transcribe, translate, and publish conversations in the Choctaw Language from Choctaw elders who have lived through the COVID-19 pandemic. |