Friday, May 31, 2024 – Monday, June 3, 2024
University of California, Riverside
2024 Eva Tulene Watt Scholarship for Native American Scholars
Deadline for Applications: March 13, 2024
Award Notification: March 30, 2024
Eva Tulene Watt was a distinguished White Mountain Apache elder, author, and oral historian whose narration of her family and tribal customs has assisted in the preservation of White Mountain Apache tribal culture (Don’t Let the Sun Step Over You: A White Mountain Apache Family Life, 1860-1975, with Keith Basso, University of Arizona, 2004).
In her honor, the Eva Tulene Watt scholarship will be awarded to a Native American practitioner of oral history to attend the annual conference in Riverside, California, May 31 – June 3, 2024. Funding for the scholarship will include a cash award of $600 for use toward hotel, travel, and food expenses incurred while attending the conference. In addition, SOHA will provide conference registration, and a one-year membership to SOHA.
Native American students, teachers, independent oral historians, librarians, museum curators, and individuals associated with nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply. Recipients are not eligible for the Eva Tulene Watt scholarship two years in a row.
The application letter (300-word limit) must include the following items:
• Contact information for the applicant, including tribal affiliation
• A short biographical statement, including a brief description of any
current or prior oral history work
• A brief explanation of how the scholarship will advance the
applicant’s goals in the field of oral history
• Names and phone numbers of two references
Following the conference, the recipient will write a brief report highlighting their conference experience, focusing on one or two presentations attended, for publication in the SOHA newsletter.
Applicant should send scholarship submission as a WORD document via
e-mail to:
Midge Dellinger, Chair, Eva Tulene Watt Scholarship ddellinger@muscogeenation.com. 918-732-7618
2024 GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP
Deadline: March 13, 2024
The Southwest Oral History Association will award two or three scholarships to deserving oral historians and practitioners to attend the annual conference which will be held in Riverside, California from May 31-June 2, 2024. Funding will include a cash award of $400 for each recipient, $100 of which will be disbursed prior to the conference, with the balance issued on the final day of the conference. These awards will be applied toward hotel and travel expenses. Free conference registration is included in the scholarship. Additionally, a SOHA member point of contact/mentor for the conference will be provided upon request. Students, teachers, independent oral historians, community oral historians and individuals associated with nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply.
PLEASE SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING AS ATTACHMENTS (Word or PDF) VIA
E-MAIL using the prescribed file naming convention:
The recipient will be expected to attend the entire conference and write a brief article highlighting conference experiences for possible publication in the SOHA newsletter.
THE SAME RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS WILL NOT BE AWARDED TWO
YEARS IN A ROW
PLEASE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION TO THE COMMIT:TEE
sarahemoorhead@fastmail.fm, florenciaruizmendoza@gmail.com, arlenecano@ucr.edu, with a copy to SOHA@unlv.edu
Questions to Sarah Moorhead
480-962-6227 landline and messages
480-229-1335 Texts
Committee will send an e-mail confirmation upon receipt of application, so the applicant knows it was received. Notification of the decision will be made by March 30, 2024.
Committee members are Sarah Moorhead, Forencia Ruiz Mendoza, Arlene Cano Matute
Deadline: March 13, 2024
The Southwest Oral History Association will award up to three mini-grants with a total for all at $1500. Funds may be used for interviewing, equipment, transcription, editing, publishing, and other oral history related expenses. Students, teachers, and independent researchers, historical societies, archives, museums, and non-profits are encouraged to apply to conduct research on the Southwest. There is no application form. PLEASE SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING AS WORD ATTACHMENTS AND SEND VIA E-MAIL:
A Cover Letter: Submit a one-page cover letter including name, address, telephone number and e-mail of applicant. If an organization is applying, include the same as above. Include brief background history on applicant (not more than one page).
THE SAME RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS WILL NOT BE AWARDED TWO YEARS IN A ROW
SUBMIT MINI-GRANT REQUESTS AS WORD ATTACHMENT VIA E-MAIL TO:
sarahemoorhead@fastmail.fm, fhowar4@uic.edu
with subject line of SOHA Mini-Grant Application
With a copy to SOHA@unlv.edu
For questions, call or e-mail
Sarah Moorhead
480-962-6227 landline and messages
480-229-1335 texts
Committee will send a return receipt via e-mail so applicants will know that the application has been received. Committee Members: Chair Sarah Moorhead, Franklin Howard
Decision will be sent via email by March 30, 2024
Our SOHA Fall 2022 Newsletter is now available with special announcements and features about participating SOHA members at the upcoming Oral History Association conference in Los Angeles and more!
We also welcome our new SOHA graduate assistant Connor Young.
Check it out and share!
Thank you for reading and your continued support of SOHA. Be sure to share our newsletter today!
SOHA members and friends are invited to join our summer lightning bootcamp participants for our virtual social mixer on Friday, July 15 from 1 pm to 2 pm PT.
Please register for the social mixer to receive the Zoom meeting link via email if you are not a participant in the summer bootcamp at https://bit.ly/SOHA2022Mixer. Participants of the summer bootcamp will receive the social mixer link with their other bootcamp details by email.
As part of the summer lightning bootcamp, there will also be a special meeting time for students. If you are a student and not a registrant of the summer bootcamp but want to attend this student meeting, please email us at soha@unlv.edu to let us know that you need the Zoom meeting link.
We look forward to next week’s summer bootcamp and these fun events. We hope to see you via Zoom then!
You can contact Juan Coronado for more details about the bootcamp (jdcoronado@ccsu.edu).
Stay cool and safe in the summer heat!
Applications due July 1
This is the final call for applications to our SOHA summer oral history boot camp (via Zoom virtual meetings) on Friday and Saturday, July 15-16, 2022 from 10 am to noon Pacific Time.
Applications are due by July 1 through https://bit.ly/SOHA2022Bootcamp
This lightning boot camp will feature conversations, presentations, and panels about best practices in oral history and more. There will be an optional virtual social hour as well, which anyone can attend.
The bootcamp is $45 per person (and people can request a waiver).
Please help us spread the word and share this promotional video (click on hyperlink to view and share) with anyone who would be interested. Thank you so much. We hope to see you at the boot camp soon!
SOHA is hosting our summer oral history bootcamp through Zoom virtual meetings on Friday and Saturday, July 15-16, 2022 from 10 am to noon Pacific Time. This lightning bootcamp will feature conversations, presentations, and panels about best practices in oral history and more. There will be an optional virtual social hour as well, which anyone can attend.
The bootcamp is $45 per person, but people can request a waiver with an explanation of their circumstances.
Applications are now available, and folks will be notified of their acceptance status on a rolling basis until July 1, 2022. There are only 30 spots available, so apply today via this link:
https://bit.ly/SOHA2022Bootcamp
Please help us spread the word to anyone who would be interested in participating.
Continue reading “Join us for the SOHA Lightning Summer Bootcamp, July 15-16, 2022”The SOHA Spring 2022 Newsletter is ready to share! This issue features the following along with some photos from our 1-3 April 2022 SOHA conference that was held at the Lied Library of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas:
We also include a special thanks to Anthony Graham who has contributed so much to SOHA as the graduate assistant for the past couple of years.
Read and share our newsletter today! Thanks for your continued support of SOHA.
This is exciting news that the “All-Black women’s WWII unit to be awarded Congressional Gold Medal”! #SOHA past president Alva Stevenson has been a major advocate for recognizing the All-Black Women’s WWII unit that her mother served in with the Congressional Gold Medal.
Read more about it at https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/20/us/all-black-women-army-congressional-gold-medal/index.html and other major news platforms.
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