MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Hello everyone,
I hope you are all doing well. At the Chamiza Foundation, we have been quite busy. We are currently working on our strategic plan, which will guide our future endeavors. This plan will be shared with everyone early next year. In the May newsletter, I mentioned that we would be announcing new proposal guidelines. We are still finalizing the details of those guidelines, and they will be made public by next month.
Additionally, we are preparing for two events. One is a grant writing workshop scheduled for the fall, and details for this will be shared in next month’s newsletter. The other event is a symposium on philanthropy in our Pueblo communities, which will take place next year. We are looking forward to hosting these events, and more details will be provided soon.
We are delighted to announce that Claire Elliott, the daughter of our former Chairwoman, Marjorie Elliott, has joined our board as a new member.
Further in this newsletter, you will find a brief report from a site visit we conducted in Pojoaque Pueblo, as well as a special announcement from the Jemez Pueblo Housing Authority. Additionally, the Native American Advised Fund is currently accepting applications, and we wanted to bring this to your attention.
Sincerely,
Dr. Amanda J. Montoya
The Chamiza Foundation Welcomes A New Board Member
Please help us welcome Claire Elliott to our board! Claire is a visual artist and arts educator. She holds a MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts in Boston, MA. Since 2020, she has been a member of WAVE contemporary, an artist collective focused on supportive critique and proposing and curating exhibitions of member work.
Chamiza Foundation Site Visit
Pueblo of Pojoaque Tewa Language Department
On July 10, 2024, the Chair of the Chamiza Foundation Board and two staff members attended a Tewa language class hosted by the Pojoaque Pueblo Tewa Language Department. The class was taught by Simone Catanach and Samuel Catanach. In March 2020, the Chamiza Foundation awarded funding to this organization. The Tewa Language Department uses a unique teaching method called “Where Are Your Keys” (WAYK), which is an immersion-based language teaching methodology in all its programming. During the visit, they had the opportunity to observe a lesson.
Santa Fe Community Foundation’s
Native American Advised Fund is currently accepting applications!
The Native American Advised Fund at the Santa Fe Community Foundation, was established in 1993 with a gift from the late Allan Houser (Chiricahua Fort Sill Apache), a humanitarian and one of the world’s great artists. Grants are made from the fund based on the recommendations of an all-Native advisory committee representative of our region’s diverse Indigenous communities.
The purpose of the Native American Advised Fund is to enhance Native lifeways now and for future generations in New Mexico by promoting a spirit of sharing and supporting community initiatives. The Fund supports efforts that emphasize the commitment to Native core values: community, language, culture, and environment. Since 1997, the Native American Advised Fund has granted over $800,000 to 50+ different tribes, schools, and organizations.
Grants will support Indigenous-serving nonprofits across New Mexico that display a commitment to the Native core values of community, language, culture, and environment.
Deadline: Aug 30, 2024
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