WE THE PEOPLE: TRADITION AND CHANGE

FAIN: BC-50247-05

Minnesota Humanities Center (St. Paul, MN 55106-2046)
Jane Cunningham (Project Director: March 2005 to November 2007)

To support a regrant initiative "We the People: Tradition and Change" that will address Minnesota topics in the light of national history, and two teacher seminars that will explore the Dakota Conflict of 1862 and the signing of the Mille Lacs Ojibwe Treaty.

For its 2005 WE THE PEOPLE PROJECT, MHC will develop two initiatives: 1) a RFP regrant initiative that explores significant themes in American history and culture; and 2) two teacher seminars for educators analyzing the history of American Indian-European encounters in Minnesota in light of new regional and national scholarship. Regrants of $1000-2000 will be made, with special outreach to minority organizations and community colleges. Up to eighty educators will attend the seminars, with significant on-line content materials available.