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Daily language segments that are designed to teach and preserve the Ojibwe language. Segments will be directed towards beginning and intermediate levels and will focus on vocabulary and sentence formation. These segments will introduce, reinforce and maintain a pathway to revitalization, preserving and historically archiving the language as spoken on the White Earth Reservation

Legacy for Individual Artists

Recipient

Frederic H. Cogelow AKA Fred Cogelow

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Sculpting and Exhibition of Entertaining/Introspection-inducing "Toys."

Legacy for Individual Artists

Recipient

Agnes Alsgaard-Lien AKA Bobbie Alsgaard-Lien

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

On site landscaping and painting of the six county parks

Legacy for Individual Artists

Recipient

Florence P. Dacey AKA Florence Chard Dacey

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Complete a manuscript of poems and present readings and workshops

Legacy for Individual Artists

Recipient

Karl W. Gossman

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Reconstruct wood kiln and work with a mentee

Legacy for Individual Artists

Recipient

Duane W. Penske

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Restoration and transformation of a 1941 Farmall H Tractor into a traveling art tractor

Litchfield Reader-Printer Grant

Recipient

Litchfield Public Library

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To enable public access to primary records through a new microfilm reader/printer.

MCHS Collections Inventory

Recipient

Mower County Historical Society

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$43,280

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To conduct an initial phase of a collections inventory to gain intellectual control of the collections.

McKnight Individual Artist Grant

Recipient

Rachael Kresha

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,517

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Attend organ retreat in July 2011.

McKnight Fellowship

Recipient

Michael A. Monroe

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,800

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Create a DVD featuring highlights of his musical creativity.

McKnight Individual Artist Grant

Recipient

Tim R. Kaiser

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$590

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Create a master recording of his music from which a vinyl album will be pressed, duplicated and distributed.

Medical Alley Oral History Project

Recipient

The Bakken Museum

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,950

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 12 interviews the history of Minnesota's influential and significant medical device industry

Menahga Area Museum Computerized Cataloging Project

Recipient

Menahga Area Historical Society

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,073

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To gain physical and intellectual control of 5000 artifacts using PastPerfect software.

Microfilm Reader/Printer/Computer

Recipient

Lac qui Parle County Historical Society

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$11,166

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To broaden public access to primary historic records through a microfilm reader/printer.

Milwaukee Elevator: Reconstruction/Interpretation Project

Recipient

Preston Historical Society

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$20,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To prepare a Preservation Plan to guide the Preston Historical Society in reconstructing the Milwaukee Elevator and its outbuildings.

Minneapolis Public Library, North Branch: Emerge

Recipient

Emerge Community Development

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$150,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To rehabilitate the North Branch Library, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, as a career and technology center.

Minnesota History Bookshelf

Recipient

Marshall-Lyon County Library

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$608

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 27 standard Minnesota history titles to broaden public accessibility

Minnesota History Bookshelf

Recipient

Mesabi Range College Library

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,136

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 40 standard Minnesota history titles to broaden public accessibility

Minnesota History Bookshelf

Recipient

Meeker County Historical Society

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,197

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 43 standard Minnesota history titles to broaden public accessibility.

Minnesota History Bookshelf

Recipient

Itasca County Historical Society

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,197

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 43 standard Minnesota history titles to broaden public accessibility.

Minnesota History Bookshelf

Recipient

Hibbing Community College Library

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,197

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 43 standard Minnesota history titles to broaden public accessibility.

Minnesota Humanities Center Legacy Funded Programming Administrative Support

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$36,508

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$54,443

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

The Humanities Center used a portion of the Legacy funding to provide administrative support for the Collaborative Funds, K-12 Education Initiative, and Community Partnerships programs. This support included general planning meetings, financial management and reporting, and website maintenance and development. The Humanities Center also committed to deepening its ability to evaluate programming by sending staff to external evaluation workshops and hosting a series of five internal workshops with evaluation expert Dr. Michael Patton.

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