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 virtually May 13th - 16th, with the theme of:

Redefining Resilience: Advocacy, Values, and Creative Solutions

To support this effort, the NACR is offering scholarships to cover conference registration and NWA membership for anyone who is not a current member as an opportunity for continued professional development of award recipients. 

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 April 30. Conference attendance is required.

Following the conference, all awardees are expected to fill out a brief survey, due Monday, June 2, 2025, about their conference experiences, answers to be published on the NWA and NWA-NACR blogs.

Selection

You may apply by filling out the application form by Friday, April 18.

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.

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of Oregon.

Este proyecto ha sido posible en parte por el Instituto de Servicios de Museos y Bibliotecas a través de la Ley de Servicios de Biblioteca y Tecnológia (LSTA), administrada por la Biblioteca Estado de Oregón.