Pueblo of Isleta Yonan An Cultural Center: Creating a Community-Accessible Tribal Archive

FAIN: ZPA-283359-22

Pueblo of Isleta (Isleta, NM 87022-1270)
Daniel Waseta (Project Director: May 2021 to October 2022)
Cassandra Smith (Project Director: October 2022 to September 2024)
Cassandra Smith (Co Project Director: October 2021 to July 2023)

The retention of the Archivist for the Yonan An Cultural Center and the hiring of a Tiwa language scholar, an archival consultant, and stipends for tribal members as well as materials and supplies to facilitate culturally appropriate archival activities at the Pueblo of Isleta Archive. 

In 2020, the Pueblo of Isleta opened the Yonan An Cultural Center. Focusing upon a range of creative community-based knowledge-sharing practices, a central focus of the work we do here at Yonan An is the creation of an accessible, collaborative, living tribal archive. NEH ARP funds will be used to retain key staff, provide training, facilitate programming, and purchase equipment necessary to fulfill this goal.