This week the department of Religious Studies congratulates Dr. Timothy Powell, director of EPIC (Educational Partnerships with Indigenous Communities). Dr. Powell has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Level II Digital Humanities Advancement grant entitled “Digital Humanities from an Indigenous Perspective: Strengthening Partnerships between Indigenous Communities, Humanities Scholars, Museums, and Archives.”
Partners include the Smithsonian Institution, Library of Congress, Archive of Traditional Music at Indiana University, American Philosophical Society, Penn Museum, Price Lab, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Tuscarora Nation, Deyohahá:ge: Indigenous Knowledge Centre at Six Nations Polytechnic, and Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (Ojibwe).