The university community is invited to a Jan. 23 celebration in recognition of a three-year, $1.58 million grant from the Mellon Foundation’s Monuments Project, which will support the Center for Great Plains Studies and the Otoe-Missouria Tribe in leading the project “Walking in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors: Re-Indigenizing Southeast Nebraska.”

The celebration is 3:30-4:30 p.m. at the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St. Please register here soon to attend: https://research.unl.edu/events/event_nuramp.php?EMSEventUUID=c43415c2-a94c-430a-813d-6768d189ad94

The Mellon Foundation award is the largest arts and humanities research grant in University of Nebraska-Lincoln history. The project is led by Margaret Jacobs, Charles Mach Professor of History and director and chair of the Center for Great Plains Studies, and Christina Faw Faw Goodson, a member of the Otoe-Missouria tribe and Native language specialist with the National Indian Education Association.

To help celebrate this outstanding team, colleagues are encouraged to submit a note of congratulations and well wishes. Information is included on the registration form. These notes will be shared with the team and may be displayed during the event.

Register here: https://research.unl.edu/events/event_nuramp.php?EMSEventUUID=c43415c2-a94c-430a-813d-6768d189ad94

For questions about the celebration, contact Lisa Maupin, events and outreach manager.