We the People
The Forum's We the People Grant Program made possible innovative humanities-based projects exploring Alaska’s history, culture and democracy. It was a partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) program of the same name, which was discontinued in 2011.
More information on the National Endowment for the Humanities “We the People” initiative can be found at www.wethepeople.gov . Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
2010 We the People Award Recipients
We the People
| Project Title |
Project Director |
Grant Award |
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Voices of Choices Community Engagement Kit
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Nils Andreassen: Institute of the North
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$6,250
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Connecting Cultures, Dancing with Inupiat
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Jimmi Ware
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$6,000
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Ellavut/Our World and Weather
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Ann Fienup-Riordan: Calista Elders Council
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$7,000
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Eyewitness Accounts: The Passage of ANCSA in Ahtna Country
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Tana Finnesand: Ahtna Heritage Foundation
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$5,000
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Iron Rails: The Story of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway
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Raymond Voley: Kenny Lake School
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$6,000
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History of Collaboration along the Yukon River
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Jill Klein: Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association
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$6,000
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Tlingit Alphabet Flashcards and CDs
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Linda Belarde: Sealaska Heritage Institute
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$5,000
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World War II in the Aleutians museum kit
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Jenya Anichenko: Anchorage Museum Association
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$5,000
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Alaska Native Student Mock Statewide Subsistence Summit
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Larry Merculieff
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$7,000
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Alaskans Are Tougher Than Bullies
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Brenda Trefon
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$310
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2009 We the People Award Recipients
We the People
Click here to see the 2009 We The People Award Recipients.
| Project Title |
Project Director |
Grant Award |
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Eight Stars of Gold Phase 2: Graphic Novel
THE PHANTOM DOGSLED
Documenting Alaska Native Knowledge: The Well-Spent Life of an Iñupiaq Elder
Discovering and Accessing Unangan and Alutiiq Heritage in European Collections
Basketry research and exhibit, Anchorage Museum
Our Cultures, Our Lands, Our Future
Tegganret Paitait: The Elders' Heritage Project
Under 30's Sweet Sixteen Retrospective: performance art at Out North, 1994-2009
Dancing at Deer Rock: Toward Community Among Warriors
Alaska: the Last Hope
Arctic Village Gwich'in Knowledge Project
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Sarah Hurst: Alaska's Kids
Steven C. Levi
Cheryl J. Pratt Silcox
Terry Dickey: Museums Alaska
Walter A. Van Horn: Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff
James H. Barker
Gabrielle Barnett: VSA Arts of Alaska Out North
Daniel Lee Henry: Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center
Yelena Matusevich
Virgil Matthew Gilbert
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$7,200
$5,500
$8,000
$3,500
$5,000
$7,500
$8,000
$800
$6,500
$4,445
$1,500
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2008 We the People Award Recipients
Alaska's Statehood Experience (ASE) -- a combined program including the partnership of Rasmuson Foundation and Alaska Humanities Forum, individual grants and gifts, and NEH’s We the People program.
Click here to view ASE awards or view the Alaska's Statehood Experience page on this website for more information on the ASE Program.
2007 We the People Award Recipients
We the People
| Project Title |
Project Director |
Grant Award |
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Statehood! (film project)
UAA Mock Student Alaska Consitutional Convention
Southeast Alaska History Storytelling New Program - Judge James Wickersham
Alaska's Statehood Heritage: A guide to Primary Resources
We the People Mini-Grant: National Senate Legislative Hearing Competition in Washington, DC
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Laurence Goldin
Steven Haycox: University of Alaska Anchorage
John H. Venables
Anne Foster: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Pamela Orme
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$20,000
$10,000
$5,000
$2,489
$2,000
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2006 We the People Award Recipients
Alaska’s Constitution: Reflections on Unique Factors Defining Alaska
| Project Title |
Project Director |
Grant Award |
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Alaska's Constitution Contribution to Local Governance: A Web Dissemination
Katie Hurley: Witness to Alaska Statehood
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Jonathan Anderson
Kimberly Metcalf- Helmar
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$4,281.00
$13,419.00
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Exploring the Alaska Constitutional Convention in High School History Classrooms
| Project Title |
Project Director |
Grant Award |
| Sitka High School Alaska Natural Resources Curriculum Project |
Jody Marcello |
$3,300.00 |
2005 We the People Award Recipients
Emerging Patriotism: Alaska Territorial Guard: Movement to Statehood: Development of the Alaska Constitution
| Project Title |
Project Director |
Grant Award |
| Democracy on the Tundra: Guarding and Growing |
Larry Goldin : Aurora Films |
$ 5,000 |
Contact Information
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