C.A.R.E.
The Caring About and Repatriating Everything Workshop and Community Fellowship
The 2025 Application is NOW OPEN!
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PLEASE REVIEW THE PROGRAM DETAILS AND THE PROGRAM GOALS AND OFFERINGS BELOW.
YNM invites you to apply to the 2025 CARE Workshop and Community Fellowship!
CARE will be hosted at School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico from September 22 - 24.
Please review the information below for program details and eligibility.
Deadline to Apply will be 11:59 pm Wednesday Friday July 23, 2025.
Program Details
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The workshop consists of 6 days: 3 days in-person and 3 days online.
The in-person sessions will take place on September 22 - 24 and will be hosted at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The online sessions will be scheduled in collaboration with the fellows.
Fellow Mentors
2022 was the first year for CARE and fellows from that first cohort returned to mentor the 2023 cohort. This year, fellows from 2024 cohort will return to mentor the 2025 cohort and mentors from 2024 will return to lead sessions.
Our hope is to continue this tradition of building CARE from within the CARE community. Interested fellows from 2025 will have an opportunity to return in 2026 to lead and mentor the 2026 cohort.
Returning Fellow Mentors play a meaningful role in growing the CARE community and are provided with funding.
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CARE recognizes the expertise with cultural heritage preservation that already exists in Native communities. As such, it prioritizes Indigenous perspectives, specific needs, philosophies, and approaches. The series agenda and curriculum will be driven by the particular needs of the fellows as communicated by them. The Project Leads and Collaborators have decades of cumulative experience in social justice organizing and cultural heritage care both within and outside of traditional institutional structures.
The program content will be guided by the fellows and may cover:
Strategic navigation of the repatriation process
Cultural resources care,
Tours of collections care spaces,*
On-site assessments of select collection storage areas.**In coordination with Fellows' interests and host site when possible.
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The program is suited to participants such as:
Tribal Historic Preservation Officers
Tribal cultural department staff
Students and community members focusing on cultural heritage care
NAGPRA practitioners
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Thanks to the generous support of the Mellon Foundation, and in appreciation of the time and knowledge that fellows will bring to the workshop, each fellow will receive a $3000 honorarium and a $3000 supplies stipend to support their community work. Additional funding is also available to cover travel, lodging, technology needs, and child/elder care to facilitate access to the program.
The 2025 CARE applications is NOW OPEN!
The deadline to apply is WEDNESDAY July 23rd at 11:59 pm Pacific Time.
If you have any questions, need a paper application, or need assistance with preparing for the workshop, please contact Diana Terrazas, Program Manager, via email at diana@yourneighborhoodmuseum.org.
Program Goals and Offerings
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The workshop will be tailored to meet the expressed needs and interests of the fellows, from providing a foundational review of repatriation under NAGPRA, to navigating more complex repatriation cases, or building strategies for tackling museum bureaucracies. The Workshop will connect fellows to repatriation experts with legal and procedural knowledge of NAGPRA and Cal NAGPRA. Fellows will also receive templates and other resource materials, including documents to assist in applying for NAGPRA Grants.
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In anticipation of the reunification of cultural items with their communities, the workshop will provide conservation tools, supplies, and instructional materials that can be used for a multitude of projects. Fellows will also be prepared to start applying for cultural heritage preservation grants such as the IMLS Collections Assessment for Preservation Program.
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Together we will build a network of community members and allied heritage professionals to support each other with our preservation goals. This broader network can connect communities with each other and with cultural heritage care specialists (i.e. conservators, repatriation practitioners, archivists, etc.). This cohort-building will feed into a self-sustaining process of peer-training and outreach.
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The CARE program seeks to develop, improve, and increase collection stewardship models that prioritize tribal leadership, perspectives, and needs. Collaborators and fellows will have opportunities to share their expertise, experience, research, tools and resources throughout the workshop. We believe in helping each other.
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Regularly and intimately caring for our belongings on tribal lands enables Indigenous peoples to share cultural, linguistic, ecological, historical, and family knowledge between generations.
2023 C.A.R.E. Workshop and Community Fellowship
2024 C.A.R.E. Workshop and Community Fellowship
2022 C.A.R.E Community Fellows:
*In-Person Host Site: Chumash Indian Museum
Melanie McCavour
Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, Former Tribal Historic Preservation Officer and Cultural Director
Gabriel Kitchen Jr.
Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians,
Council Member and Chair of Cultural Committee,
Kelsey Bosch
Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians, Former Cultural Resources Specialist
Miguel Luna
Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, Director of the Tribal Historic Cultural Preservation Department
Ronald Montez Sr.
Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians,
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Audrey Gower
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians,
Tribal Council Member and Cultural Department Coordinator
Dayle Bingham
Chumash Indian Museum,
Visitors Services and Collections Coordinator
Kimberly Johnson
Tribal Secretary for the Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians
2023 C.A.R.E Community Fellows:
*In-Person Host Site: Kuruvungna Springs Cultural Center & Museum
Mandi Campbell Mandi Campbell
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Mel Vernon
San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians, Tribal Captain
Elaine Garcia
Museum staff at the Karuk Tribe's People Center Museum
Miguel Luna
Director, Tribal Historic Cultural Preservation Department,
Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians
Laura Maxcy
Mesa Grande Band of Diegueño Mission Indians, Cultural Committee Member, Monitor, Filmmaker
Audrey Gower
Tribal Council Member and Cultural Department Coordinator, Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians
Cheyenne Reynoso
Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy
Robert Gomez
Tubatulabal Tribe, Chairman
Brian (Cisko) Gower
Tribal Monitor, Youth Outreach Facilitator, Musician
Cheryl Martin
Tribal Senator of the Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, and Board Member of the Chumash Indian Museum
Anthony Trujillo
Mesa Grande Band of Diegueño Mission Indians, Cultural Committee Member, Cultural Monitor
Silver Galleto
Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians, Vice Chairman, & Chief of Operations for Healthcare
Clifford Mota, Jr.
Elem Indian Colony, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
2024 C.A.R.E Community Fellows:
*In-Person Host Site: Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum, and the Nevada Department of Native American Affairs
Amanda O'Connell
Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation, Councilwoman
and Tribal Council Liaison for Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation Repatriation Committee
Danielle Christensen
Bridgeport Indian Colony, Cultural Officer and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Melanie Smokey
Yomba Shoshone Nation, Education Curator at the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum
Bryanna Campbell
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, Tribal Monitor
Cindy Davis
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, Receptionist and Tribal Historic Preservation Department Staff
Patty Bayse
Lovelock Paiute Tribe, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Laura Jaime
Shiishongna Tongva Nation Corona Band of Gabrielino Indians, Senior Tribal Officer/Tribal Anthropologist
Vernon Rogers
Yerington Paiute Tribe, Cultural Specialist and acting NAGPRA Representative
Sarah Brunzell
Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, Cultural Resources Management Division Manager. Tribal Historic and Cultural Preservation Department