The Anheuser Busch Foundation Cultural Preservation Grant

The Anheuser Busch Foundation Cultural Preservation Grant is sponsored by Anheuser Busch Foundation. This program provides one-time annual awards to selected Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) for the purpose of supporting cultural preservation.

The Anheuser Busch Foundation | American Indian College Fund The Anheuser Busch Foundation Cultural Preservation Grant Home 5 Our Programs 5 Native Arts 5 Cultural Preservation Grant The Anheuser Busch Foundation Cultural Foundation Preservation Grant program was introduced in early 2014 and provides one-time annual awards to a selected tribal college or university (TCU) for the purpose of supporting cultural preservation.

The award is intended to help the selected TCU accomplish a previously unsupported strategy toward preserving cultural practices, language, arts, or any activity deemed to be of cultural nature by the TCU and the community it serves. Since the start of the Anheuser Busch Foundation Cultural Preservation Grant, two TCUs have been awarded $30,000 each for cultural preservation projects.

Anheuser Busch Cultural Preservation Grant Projects Include: KBOCC student participating in the Quillwork and sweet grass basketry workshops. Ilisagvik College is the current recipient of the Anheuser Busch Cultural Preservation program.

Ilisagvik College plans to implement and develop two cultural preservation activities over the course of the grant period: Develop and publish curricula in the form of 6 Inupiaq children’s books for Ilisagvik College’s learning center, Uquatchim Uglua . These books will also be used as teaching tools in the Indigenous Early Learning Program and Inupiaq Studies Program.

Sustain and expand Ilisagvik College’s weekly cultural hour, which engages local Elders, cultural experts, hunters and others to teach at workshops hosted by Ilisagvik College for faculty, staff and students. The two proposed activities will focus on creating place-based educational resources and imparting Inupiaq traditions, values, history and langue to the local community.

Brian Corbiere, Native American artist, is providing storytelling to the KBOCC students about the meanings behind his paintings and what is represented in them.

Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College’s (KBOCC) goal for the Anheuser Busch Cultural Preservation grant was to preserve the Ojibwa Culture through community-based educational opportunities with support through traditional activities and the arts.

KBOCC provided continuing education units of traditional activities that support Ojibwa teachings, provided language lessons to children at the OCC Child Care Center, hosted a week-long summer empowerment camp for elementary students, and established a Native American art gallery and venue for local artisans. The various projects brought community members together in forums that helped them learn about their cultural identity.

It helped to preserve the language, history and cultural teachings of the Ojibwa people. Little Priest Tribal College Little Priest Tribal College was selected as the recipient of the 2014-15 awards. Little Priest Tribal College is implementing the Elder Brother, Younger Brother: A Native American Leadership Program for Young Men.

Little Priest Tribal College’s focus will be on inter-generational discourse and relationship-building between older Winnebago/Ho Chunk Native American men and young Winnebago/Ho Chunk Native American men (young men and 10 to 15 elder mentors will be participants). This program will also increase the role of language and culture in identity, leadership and academic development of Winnebago/Ho Chunk Native American young men.

Tohono O’odham Community College Tohono O’odham Community College , located in Sells, Arizona, constructed three large wathos (gathering and teaching spaces) on the campus. In addition, TOCC constructed an educational path connecting the wathos to teach about native plants. The educational path features place cards that feature local cacti and vegetation and explained through the Tohono O’odham language.

Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Little Priest Tribal College Tohono O'odham Community College American Indian College Fund Expands Program to Develop and Refine Native Arts and Culture Curriculum Now in its fifth grant cycle, the Native Arts and Culture Program continues the College Fund’s commitment to expanding community-centered arts programming, uplifting cultural knowledge keepers, and fostering vibrant Indigenous pedagogy across TCU campuses.

Learn about the latest grant cycle and read examples of how the program supports the preservation of Indigenous arts. Iḷisaġvik College (IC) Program Keeps Arctic Cultural Knowledge Alive Jun 11, 2026 | Blog , Ilisagvik College , Native Arts , Our Programs , Tribal Colleges and Universities Iḷisaġvik College’s Native arts program is helping Alaska Native students in the Arctic Circle preserve and revitalize Iñupiaq cultural knowledge.

Through hands-on learning, cultural camps, and curriculum development, students gain skills in traditional art forms, healing practices, and land-based knowledge while ensuring these traditions are documented and passed down to future generations.

Mathematics of Art and Art of Mathematics Jul 29, 2025 | Blog , Cultural Knowledge Teachers , Native Arts , Our Programs Ramona Morrow interviews Dennis White “Mezinaanikwad” (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians), Elder in Residence at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University.

Jun 5, 2025 | Blog , Cultural Knowledge Teachers , Native Arts , Our Programs Julie Buckman interviews Ella Robertson (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate), a mostly self-taught artist who teaches Native American textiles at Sisseton Wahpeton College (SWC). Robertson recalls getting her start as a child making Barbie clothes on her aunt’s sewing machine.

Today she is a renowned Dakota community artist and entrepreneur specializing in many art forms and created SWC’s logo, one of her many accomplishments. Select a program area to learn more. Environmental Stewardship Currently only 15% of American Indians hold college degrees.

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