American Tapestry: Weaving Together Past, Present, and Future

American Tapestry: Weaving Together Past, Present, and Future is a wide-ranging special initiative at NEH that leverages the humanities to strengthen American democracy, expand opportunity for all, and build resilience for communities and cultural organizations. The initiative encourages humanities projects that elevate the role of civics in schools and public programs, explore America’s expansive history, and build capacity at cultural and educational institutions to benefit all communities. ...

Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative

As a part of NEH’s partnership with the Department of the Interior on the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, NEH encourages projects that further public understanding and knowledge of the Federal Indian boarding school system. From 1819 through the 1970s the government of the United States operated a system of schools for Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children. NEH encourages projects that document and explore the history of the federal Indian boarding schools as well as projects that contribute to Native and Indigenous cultural and language...

United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture

NEH’s founding legislation tasks the agency with “fostering of mutual respect for the diverse beliefs and values of all persons and groups.” United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture leverages the humanities to foster cross-cultural understanding between diverse groups across the nation, with an emphasis on projects that increase public awareness on forms of hate such as antisemitism and Islamophobia in the United States.