Idaho Humanities Council awards $1,500 to Weippe Community Club
The Idaho Humanities Council, the non-profit, state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, recently awarded $1,500 to the Weippe Community Club. The money will help bring Native American performer Dennis Lee Rogers to Weippe for the 8th Annual Idaho Camas Festival in May.
The weekend festival explores a different theme each year. This year’s theme is “Tales, Trails and Trading.” Rogers, a nationally known presenter and graduate of Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas, will demonstrate several Native American traditions.
Included in these demonstrations are: the art of sand painting, the use of the hand drum and native flute, and the craft of feather work in northern traditional and plains dances, as well as demonstrate the hoop dance. The project director is Marge Kuchynka.
Grants totaling $65,580 were awarded to Idaho organizations and individuals. Twenty-four awards include four Teacher Incentive Grants and 20 public humanities projects.
Five projects are funded through the National Endowment for the Humanities We the People program and five focusing on Idaho history and Native American culture are funded with support from the Idaho Governor’s Lewis and Clark Trail Committee.