AHC Grants Funded
AHC General Grants Funded July 2004
Center for Desert Archaeology, Tucson. Archaeological Sites in the San Pedro Valley, $3025. Development of an exhibit from recent work done near Oracle and San Manuel, and participation of members of these communities in research and public events. Project Director: Sarah Luchetta.
Cultural Exchange Council of Tucson, Tucson. Corrido Workshop at La Fiesta de San Agustin, $2025. A workshop to inform teachers and students attending the festival about this popular form of Mexican poetry ballads, encouraging them to continue this cultural tradition in their own lives. Project Director: Armando Vargas.
Developing Innovations in Navajo Education, Inc., Flagstaff. Navajo Traditional Worldview, $5025. Video presentations at six Navajo Chapter Houses to increase understanding of the Navajo Beauty Way healing ceremony by contrasting it with comparable Siberian Buryat-Mongol shamanic traditions. Project Director: Kyril Calsoyas.
Flagstaff Festival of Science, Flagstaff. Flagstaff Festival of Science, $4025. A keynote speaker, promotions, and educational materials for this annual festival, which this year highlights social sciences associated with archaeology and history. Project Director: Bonnie Stevens.
Grand Canyon River Guides, Flagstaff. Colorado River Runners Oral History Project, $4000. The publication of the Boatman’s Quarterly Review, specifically eight new river runner oral histories and a related public presentation at the annual Guides Training Seminar. Project Director: Lynn Hamilton.
Southwest Center, Tucson. Swept Under the Rug, $5000. A historical documentary examining the relationships between Navajo weavers, Native cultures, and the global market economy, primarily through Navajo voices. Project Director: Joe Wilder.
Taylor/Shumway Heritage Foundation, Taylor. Taylor Town Museum Planning and Exhibits, $4525. The development and implementation of a Time Line Museum master plan, utilizing artifacts, photographs, and videos to preserve the local history of Taylor. Project Director: Carmen Shumway.
Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson. The Oral History Program of the Tucson Botanical Gardens, $3025. Five more oral histories added to a collection that will then be used to develop an exhibit and visitor brochure on the evolution of the Garden from private home to public space. Project Director: Holly Lachowicz.
Tumacacori National Historic Park, Tumacacori. Forgotten Voices: Legacy of the Tumacacori Land Grant of 1807, $4025. A day of lectures and living history presentations examining land and water usage by various cultural groups in the upper Santa Cruz Valley from the start of recorded history to the present. Project Director: Patti Tanori.
Wickenburg Chamber Orchestra, Wickenburg. School Days in Wickenburg, 1884-1957, $3025. Community-based oral history workshops, research, and collection, resulting in an exhibit and panel discussion as an opening event. Project Director: Penny Pietre.
Yavapai College, Prescott. Holding up the Mirror: The Writer’s Role, $4525. The Hassayampa Summer Institute for Writing addresses the writer’s role within the culture through lectures, readings, and discussions among nationally known writers and scholars and the general public. Project Director: Susan Lang.
