Funding announced for preservation projects
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Chinese headstones in four Montana cemeteries will be translated using 2022 Montana History Foundation project funds.
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News from the Montana History Foundation
MONTANA — The Montana History Foundation announces 28 projects across the state will receive a total of $212,147 in grants for preservation in 2022. This year marks the largest amount awarded since the Foundation began the grant program in 2012. The History Foundation’s total amount awarded to date is now over $1.3 million.
“We are humbled by the number of worthy projects seeking funds this year,” says President/CEO Charlene Porsild. “It is an honor to support 28 community organizations working to preserve their history across Montana.”
The Foundation grants up to $10,000 per project. This year, grants will support projects from Flathead to Fallon counties. Four of the 28 projects include:
— Montana’s Chinese Cemeteries: Translating and Interpreting what Remains, Butte, $10,000: The Mai Wah Society will use MHF funds to translate and interpret Chinese headstones in four cemeteries in Bozeman, Butte, Billings, and Helena. The group will create a website featuring the project’s findings.
— The Crow Student Dictionary App, Hardin, $10,000: Funds from the Foundation will help The Crow Language Consortium develop a phone application for approximately 13,000 Crow people and others to learn Crow and improve overall pr
