Intent

One of the main goals for the Native American Collections Roundtable (NACR) is to bridge access for individuals working with or aspiring to work with Native American collections with the Northwest Archivists (NWA) Annual conference, as a participant or presenter. This year, the conference will be held in Tacoma, Washington June 24th - 26th, with the theme of:

Grit and Memory: Preserving the Stories That Built Our Communities

To support this effort, the NACR is offering scholarships to help cover the costs of attending the conference. Three scholarships are available, offering $700 to attendees from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, or Montana, and $900 for one attendee from Alaska.

Past scholarship winners are welcome to apply, but priority will be given to new applicants.

Guidelines

Eligible applicants will meet at least one of the following four criteria:

1. Tribal member working with Native American collections;
2. Individual working for tribal information programs;
3. Individual working with Native American collections;
4. Tribal member interested in working with Native American collections.

The scholarship awardees will be notified by May 15. Conference attendance is required.

Following the conference, all awardees are expected to write a short report (example), due Friday, July 10, 2026, about their conference experiences, to be published on the NWA and NWA-NACR blogs.

Selection

You may apply by filling out the application form by Thursday, April 30.

Applicants will be evaluated based on the case made in addressing the required questions in their application. Considerations will also be made to provide geographic representation in the awards.

Please direct any questions about the scholarship and application process to nwanac@gmail.com, include “NACR Scholarship” in the subject line.