[TL-Directors] FW: The ATALM Exchange - Major Announcements
NIELSEN Buzzy * SLO
buzzy.nielsen at slo.oregon.gov
Mon Mar 17 16:33:55 PDT 2025
Hi folks,
This newsletter talks about some great funding opportunities and projects, if you’re interested.
Cheers!
Buzzy Nielsen, MPP, MSI (he/him/his)
Tribal Liaison and Program Manager for Library Support
State Library of Oregon
buzzy.nielsen at slo.oregon.gov<mailto:buzzy.nielsen at slo.oregon.gov> | 971-375-3486 (text ok)
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From: THE ATALM EXCHANGE <president at atalm.org>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2025 9:28 AM
To: NIELSEN Buzzy * SLO <buzzy.nielsen at slo.oregon.gov>
Subject: The ATALM Exchange - Major Announcements
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THE ATALM EXCHANGE
A space to share knowledge
and stay informed.
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March 14, 2025, Edition 2
The Oral History Edition
* 1. News
* 2. Calendar
* 3. Community Impact
* 4.Conference Updates
* 5.Going Home Fund
* 6. Employment Opportunities
* 7. Funding Announcements & Opportunities
* 8. Learning Opportunities
* 9. Project Updates
* 10. Oral History Publications, Resources & Tools
* 11. Speak Out!
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1. News
ATALM Receives $2.2 Million Grant from the Ford Foundation
The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) has been awarded a $2.2 million grant from the Ford Foundation’s Building Institutions and Networks (BUILD) program. This funding will bolster ATALM’s resilience and capacity, ensuring long-term sustainability as it continues its mission to support and advance Indigenous cultural institutions. The BUILD grant will enable ATALM to expand its reach, enhance its programs, and strengthen the vital infrastructure needed to safeguard and promote Indigenous knowledge, history, and cultural heritage for future generations.
Help Shape the Future of ATALM
You are invited to play an active role in shaping the future by completing a short survey<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=c954fdef68&e=c63c6f579f>. Your input will help create an action plan that accurately reflects community needs. The survey takes about 10 minutes and the deadline is April 14, 2025.
To get involved with the planning team, select your area of interest on the survey. You may also contact president at atalm.org<mailto:president at atalm.org>.
2.
Calendar
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Submit a Listing
Information should be submitted at least a month in advance of the event. Submit a listing HERE<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=b9f96ccec2&e=c63c6f579f>.
Monday, March 17, 9:00 a.m. ET
ICOM Global Webinar on the Revision of the ICOM Code of Ethics. Register here<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=10d9506f35&e=c63c6f579f>.
Friday, March 21, 3:00 p.m. ET
Understanding and Managing Rights Under Copyright Law Webinar with the Library of Congress. Register here<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=ffa1fda249&e=c63c6f579f>.
Tuesday, March 25, 3 p.m. ET
Professional Development Opportunities at ATALM 2025 Register here<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=8730105fcb&e=c63c6f579f>.
Thursday, April 10, Midnight ET
ATALM 2025 Scholarship Application Due Apply here.<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=a24b7f63b4&e=c63c6f579f>
Friday, April 11, Midnight ET
Community Impact Awards Application Due Apply here.<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=d3bbbcd843&e=c63c6f579f>
Wednesday, April 30, Midnight ET
ATALM2025 Conference Priority Registration ends. Register here.<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=6d790ec75a&e=c63c6f579f>
3.
Community Impact
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SPOTLIGHT ON AN ATALM2024 COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD WINNER
The California Indian Museum and Cultural Center received a Community Impact Award for its “Healing Through Cultural Arts” program. Learn more about how the program helps community members address trauma and grief through culturally grounded arts workshops here<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=9cbb4ed4aa&e=c63c6f579f>.
ATALM’S COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARDS
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The Community Impact Awards program acknowledges and celebrates initiatives that exemplify community engagement, innovation, and overall excellence. Award winners receive conference registration, three nights lodging, and up to $500 for travel.
Nominations for the 2025 Awards Program are due by April 11, 2025. Click here<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=318dea0603&e=c63c6f579f> to access the nomination form.
4.Conference Updates
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Native Art Market Now Open!
With more than 1,200 conference attendees eager to shop, the Native Art Market is a good place to showcase your creativity. Spaces fill up quickly so sign up here.<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=b71adc63c5&e=c63c6f579f>
Exhibit at ATALM
According to our long-time exhibitors, ATALM conferences are the place to be. To learn more, follow this link<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=71a6b2b695&e=c63c6f579f>.
Going, going, almost gone!
Our block is filling up at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. While supply lasts, premier rooms are only $99 a night with no resort fees. Book online here<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=388631bf57&e=c63c6f579f> or phone 828-497-7777 with the code S10TALM.
5.
Going Home Fund
ATALM established the Going Home Fund to facilitate the return of cultural heritage items to descendant communities. Major funding from the Mellon Foundation and additional support from the Luce Foundation and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians support the program. For more information, visit the Going Home Fund website.<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=21b8b968c6&e=c63c6f579f>
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Notice of Claim (March 14, 2025)
The Acoma Pueblo has submitted a formal request for the return of the pictured clay vessel<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=981bbc9c06&e=c63c6f579f> through the Going Home Fund. This notice serves to inform all interested parties that in accordance with established procedures, any Native cultural entity with a legitimate dispute regarding this claim may submit a formal objection within 30 days from the date of this notice. After this period, if no valid disputes are received, the return process will proceed. Dispute form<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=868f950a07&e=c63c6f579f> available here.
Available for Return:
Vessel, possibly Kewa/Santo Domingo Pueblo<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=f27174b075&e=c63c6f579f>
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Available for return:
Moccasins, possibly Lakota/Dakota/Nakota<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=532ff6f71d&e=c63c6f579f>
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6.
Employment Opportunities
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JOB, INTERNSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
ATALM’s Job Board connects employers with professionals in the tribal cultural sector, including archives, libraries, museums, historic preservation, and related fields. All proceeds benefit the Native Emerging Professionals Fund.
* Post opportunities HERE.<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=c90a339983&e=c63c6f579f>
* View opportunities HERE<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=12b59ea16a&e=c63c6f579f>.
Associate University Librarian/Archivist for Special Collections, Arizona State University
Salary Range: $130,000 annually
Conservation Fellowship, Fall 2025, American Museum of Natural History, Stipend: Living expenses and housing, reimbursement for travel costs
Library Supervisor - Reference Services, Flagstaff Public Library, Salary Range: $53,352-$66,684 annually
Curator Supervisor, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Salary Range: $61,531-$98,449 annually
Museum Curator, The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, Salary Range: $54,442 annually
Plains Indian Curatorial Assistant, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Salary Range: $36,000-$40,000 annually
Guest Exhibition Curator, Cartographies of Belonging, Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Stipend: $20,025
Museum Studies Faculty,
Institute of American Indian Arts, Salary Range: $65,000 annually
7.
Funding Announcements & Opportunities
Celebrating Success: Midwest Memory Grant Recipients
Recognizing the need to diversify funding and amplify underrepresented histories, the Midwest Memory Grant has awarded $110,000 each to eight rural communities to celebrate and preserve local history. Notably, six of the eight grantees are leading Indigenous-focused projects, highlighting the richness and resilience of Native stories.
Read More<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=d843f2676d&e=c63c6f579f>
NEA Research Grants in the Arts
Grants ranging from $20,000-$100,000. All federally recognized tribal communities or tribes are eligible to apply. Grants.gov portion of application due March 24, 2025. Read More <https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=83770f0e9a&e=c63c6f579f>
IMLS Tribal Library Enhancement Grants
Grants ranging from $50,000-$150,000, no matching funds required. All Federally recognized tribes with a library and/or archive are eligible to apply.
Applications are due on April 1, 2025. Read More<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=4b2ac8f387&e=c63c6f579f>
NACF Lift Program
Are you an emerging Native artist interested in funding and support for your next project or big idea? Apply for the NATIVE ARTS & CULTURES FOUNDATION’S LIFT program! This $15,000 award comes with crucial resources and guidance so your art shines in the present and steers us toward a brighter future. Applications from Native artists are accepted through April 8, 2025, at 5:00 P.M. Pacific time. Read More<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=8e06147dd2&e=c63c6f579f>
Emerging Crises Oral History Research Fund
Grants of up to $4,000 for oral history research in situations of crisis. These funds may be applied to travel, per diem, or transcription costs. Such crisis situations include but are not limited to wars, natural disasters, political and or economic/ethnic repression, or other currently emerging events of crisis proportions. Applications are due April 15, 2025. Read More <https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=fc9f7711ba&e=c63c6f579f>
The Oral History Indigenous Initiative Research Fund
Grants a $1,000 monetary award to an Indigenous oral historian actively engaged in a collaborative, community-based oral history research project relating to Indigenous people. Applications are due June 1, 2025. Read More<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=8a44292421&e=c63c6f579f>
NDN Collective Community Action Fund
Grants of up to $20,000 are available for projects lasting a maximum of six months. Supplies and equipment, contractual services, and travel are all eligible expenses. Applicants must be based in the post-colonial borders of the US, Canada, Mexico, and the related Island Nations of Hawai’i, Borikén/Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until October 31, 2025, or until all funds are expended.
Read More<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=00cdc44f7a&e=c63c6f579f>
8.
Learning Opportunities
Learning opportunities that
are not fee-based are listed
for free.
* List a Free Program<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=7f786b467a&e=c63c6f579f>
* List a Fee-based Program<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=ec31cce0a6&e=c63c6f579f>
Community Archiving Workshop
In partnership with the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the Community Archiving Workshop is offering a FREE audiovisual materials processing training. Attendees will learn cataloging and inspection of a moving image collection as well discuss issues unique to the care of Indigenous archival recordings. Learn more and register here<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=397cd4059c&e=c63c6f579f> for the April 12 workshop in Wyandotte, OK.
Professional Development Opportunities at ATALM2025 Webinar
To learn more about ATALM2025’s Mentorship Program, Professional Development Certificates, and Scholarship opportunities, sign up<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=03b0c0018e&e=c63c6f579f> for the March 25, 3:00 p.m. ET webinar.
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Project Updates
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NEW INITIATIVES
As part of the Ford Foundation’s Build initiative, ATALM is launching three major initiatives that will run concurrently with the ATALM 2025 conference, thereby ensuring that a broad range of participants have opportunities to engage with and contribute to their development.
Strengthening Institutional Support for Native Artists and Culture Bearers Summit
October 7-9, 2025, Cherokee, NC
This three-day gathering is dedicated to strengthening institutional support for Native artists, expanding funding opportunities, showcasing model programs, and amplifying artists’ voices. Information on requesting an invitation to attend, financial support, proposing a session, or joining as an institutional partner is available here<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=8e90441931&e=c63c6f579f>.
Going Home Summit: Advancing the Return of Native Cultural Heritage
October 7-9, 2025, Cherokee, NC
The Summit is focused on the voluntary return of cultural heritage materials while also advancing shared stewardship. Its goal is to explore pathways to responsible stewardship, legal and institutional challenges, and strategies for ensuring Indigenous heritage is honored, protected, and, when appropriate, returned home. Information on requesting an invitation to attend, proposing a session or joining as a partner is available here<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=1eeef228e5&e=c63c6f579f>.
Caring for Indigenous Collections Institute
October 7-9, 2025, Cherokee, NC
This three-day program is designed to equip participants with practical skills in collections care, conservation, and digital preservation. The Institute schedule, registration form, and financial support information is available here<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=16672db1f4&e=c63c6f579f>.
2025 Native Craft Artist Readiness Program is Well Underway
ATALM has welcomed a new cohort of 21 artists who began intensive online training on sustainable art practices and capacity building on February 26, 2025. We also welcomed nine amazingly talented coaches<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=1825742980&e=c63c6f579f>. All the helpful resources developed by this program are available for FREE through the Resource Library for Native Artists<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=5a47f109f9&e=c63c6f579f>.
Native Emerging Professionals Network (NEPN)
If you are attending ATALM2025, consider participating as a mentor or mentee. The Native Emerging Professionals Network (NEPN)<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=64c81f5ff7&e=c63c6f579f> sponsors ATALM’s Mentorship Program<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=237ecf8d0e&e=c63c6f579f>, connecting emerging professionals with mentors who can help navigate career paths, develop skills, and build lasting relationships in the field. Whether you're looking for a mentor or want to share your experience as one, we invite you to participate!
Join the NEPN – It's FREE!
Help support and empower people new to the field of Indigenous archives, libraries, museums, historic preservation, and arts. We have fun hosting events at ATALM conferences, building networks, and providing training that is helpful to the next generation of leaders. Learn more and sign up here<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=9f51290fa6&e=c63c6f579f>.
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Oral History Publications, Resources & Tools
PUBLICATIONS
Who Owns Our Ancestors Voices?
This article by highly regarded Hopi attorney Trevor Reed explores an increased sense of self-determination when asserting ownership claims to pre-1972 sound recordings made on tribal lands. This is significant for lawmakers and judges, as recordings of Native Americans performing ceremonies, songs, oral histories, and other oral literature make up a substantial portion of the media housed in American museums, universities, and government institutions. Read More<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=a64dc141b8&e=c63c6f579f>
Fair Use as Cultural Appropriation
This article by Hopi attorney Trevor Reed evaluates fair use as a gatekeeping mechanism for unauthorized uses of copyrighted culture. Copyright law provides at least some protection against appropriations of Indigenous culture...but it is admittedly an imperfect fit for combatting cultural appropriation. Read More<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=66c8c668a6&e=c63c6f579f>
RESOURCES
Oral History Associations
Links to the Oral History Association and the Society of American Archivists Oral History Section. Read More<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=2fa2d23bf6&e=c63c6f579f>
Helpful Resources
“How to” guides, legal guidance, and other helpful resources. Read More<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=4d27f570e6&e=c63c6f579f>
Oral Histories - American Indigenous Studies Resources
A list of Native Oral History depositories.
Read More<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=b11b3e9228&e=c63c6f579f>
Archives of American Art
Oral Histories from Native Artists at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Read More<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=dbd8f356e0&e=c63c6f579f>
NOTABLE PROJECTS
Archaeology and the Oral Tradition
In Greenland, storytelling has long been a vital tradition, especially during the dark winter months when communities would gather to share stories. This deep-rooted oral tradition preserved myths and legends for generations. By combining oral history with archaeology, this work seeks to honor and elevate these ancestral voices within academic and historical discourse.
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Oral History Metadata Synchronizer
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Reclaiming Indigenous Oral Histories
ATALM representatives recently participated in a convening of tribal cultural leaders, oral historians, archivists, and funders to discuss the status and future of Native oral histories held in non-Native institutions.
The discussion centered on the need for Indigenous communities to have greater agency over their oral histories while recognizing the role that collecting institutions can play in ensuring respectful stewardship. Historically, many Indigenous oral histories have been extracted, misinterpreted, and housed in institutions without the guidance of the communities from which they originate. Moving forward, meaningful collaboration and shared stewardship agreements are key to ensuring that oral histories are accessed, interpreted, and preserved in ways that align with Indigenous cultural values and protocols.
Through programs, research initiatives, and direct engagement with Native communities and collecting institutions, ATALM has developed recommendations to guide this important work. These recommendations are a starting point and are meant to spark further discussions. Read the Draft Recommendations HERE.<https://atalm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1b5fd0b3926b2a0236f0325a1&id=d4d4a5928c&e=c63c6f579f>
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Each edition of The Exchange features a singular poll question that helps ATALM learn more about your priorities. Results are published in the next edition of The Exchange.
In the last edition we asked “What is the biggest challenge your Native cultural institution faces today?” Here is what you told us:
In ranking order, greatest needs were identified as Funding and Financial Sustainability (48%), Staffing and Professional Development (28%), Preservation and Return of cultural materials (8%), Community Engagement and Audience Development (8%), Technology and Digital Access (4%), Other (4%). The “other” responses were not relevant to the question.
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