Dear Bernadette,<br><br>Thanks for getting in touch with me. i am no longer at NSF but now working at the U of A as a specialist in grant writing. I have heard of you so I'm glad to meet you! As to DEL:<br><br>- This project would be of potential interest but would need some more expansion in areas that would give it more 'intellectual merit' (one of the NSF criteria) -- the other criteria is 'Broader Impacts' -- which are rarely a problem for revitalization projects.<br>
- Simply documenting place names for revitalization won't fly I don't think. BUT is you partner with a geographer -- or do something pretty creative (use GIS etc -- and you would wan to consult with Andrea Berez at the University of Hawaii about this since she has done interesting similar work with Ahtna in Alaska) ...then you can possibly spin something to DEL.<br>
--DEL likes to fund tribes whenever possible and directly to communities if they can show the ability to manage large federal grants (not easy) . Another option is for the tribe to host the grant but to partner with some university folks who could weigh in on the intellectual value ( I know -- seems like the project in itself has plenty of that as it will also entail a lot of 'Traditional Ecological Knowledge' -- but remember, NSF, like all federal agencies is under fire these days so you do need to have a pretty strong academic side to this.<br>
--Remember that for DEL, documentation is foremost -- Revitalization should be talked about and planned for only in the context of 'Broader Impacts' -- sigh...<br>--There have been some interesting studies linking changes in place names with climate change (in Peru ) ...something like those connections would get NSF's attention.<br>
<br>I will be gone all next week but back after that -- I would be happy to sit down with you any time to think this through -- I don't want to discourage you at all because there is real potential in this idea -- but making it fit with the overall NSF mission is sometime tricky.<br>
<br>Say hello to Keith Basso for me -- <br><br>Best,<br>Susan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:54 AM, BSantaMaria <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bernisantamaria@gmail.com">bernisantamaria@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Have a question for possible grant applic to DEL next year--we've been working on Apache place-names for the Western Apache reservations in AZ for a couple of years without any grant funding but now find a need since the areas we are going to focus on are very large reservation areas & will need additional resources, etc.</div>
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<div>My question is if you think it would be feasible for us to submit a grant application to conduct fieldwork on gathering place-names utilizing elder consultants (will need stipends), some current staff (can we use part of salaries as In-Kind contribution?), & additional staff as needed? The main goal is to revitalize & maintain the Apache place names for use by future generations, for teaching tools in local classrooms, develop maps, etc. (in a nutshell) although proposal not yet developed, just ideas for now.</div>
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<div>I would deem this to be a project that would assist our tribes in revitalizing our Apache languages, along with teaching the oral histories of how place-names came to be, what some represent symbolically, etc. for our young people to learn along with the names.</div>
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<div>One of the consultants/advisors for several years is Dr. Keith Basso, retired Anthropology professor, & the whole group would be an adivsory committee that consists of the Western Apache groups: White Mountain Apache, San Carlos Apache, Yavapai-Apache Nation, Tonto Apache Nation.</div>
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<div>We've already been in discussions on this for several meetings & would like an idea if the DEL grant funding or other you might suggest that might be more apt?, we'd like some feedback on whether we can plan on a submission for next year's grant cycle.</div>
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<div>Thanks for any info & I think I mentioned before that I'm a UA graduate & working on language & cultural knowledge issues.</div>
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<div>Bernadette Adley-SantaMaria, Cultural Advisory Board Member/Grant Writer</div>
<div>White Mountain Apache Tribe & Western Apache NAGPRA Working Group Member</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Susan Penfield <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:susan.penfield@gmail.com" target="_blank">susan.penfield@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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