Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Moccasin Project
To hire an individual trained in traditional Ojibwe moccasin making to conduct hands-on workshops that will teach this important historical cultural practice.
$5,982,000 the first year and $7,000,000 the second year are for statewide historic and cultural grants to local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Money must be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer the money using established grant mechanisms, with assistance from the advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item (ii).
Available upon request. Contact: grants@mnhs.org
All targets laid out in application materials were met within timeframe parameters currently available for evaluation. All attendees produced pair of moccasins through programming and walked away with knowledge and documentation to pass on to others, as well as with an enhanced appreciation of the moccasin-making process for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org
Secretary/Treasurer: Sheldon Boyd
District Representatives (3): Virgil Wind, Wendy Merrill, Harry Davis
Commissioner of Administration: Vacant (Asst. Comm. serves as Acting)
Asst. Comm. of Admin.: Maria Costello
Comm. of Community Development: Vacant (Asst. Comm. serves as Acting)
Comm. of Corporate Affairs: Joseph Nayquonabe
Comm. of Education: Niiyo Gonzales
Comm. of HHS: Nicole Anderson
Comm. of Dept. of Natural Resources: Kelly Applegate
Comm of Finance: Mel Towle
Solicitor General: Caleb Dogeagle
Commissioners of Administration, Education, HHS, DNR, and Asst. Comm. of Administration serve as the MLBO Administrative Policy Board.
Delegation of authority is a right and responsibility given to the Chief Executive. Documentation of this delegated authority is available upon request. As a function of this delegation, the signatory authority for this grant will be the Commissioner of Administration or Asst. Commissioner of Administration, Administration being the department which houses Aanjbimaadizing, the sub-department which will headquarter this project.