James T. Svendsen to receive the 2009 Madeleine Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts and Humanities | Madeleine Arts and Humanities Council Chair Mike Stransky has announced that James T. Svendsen will receive the 2009 Madeleine Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts and Humanities. This award is presented annually as part of the Madeleine Festival of the Arts and Humanities to individuals who have made comprehensive and long-term contributions to the arts and humanities in Utah. The Madeleine Award was first presented in 1989, and James T. Svendsen will be added to an impressive list of 21 past awardees who have contributed so much to our State's vibrant arts and humanities programs.

[read more] Apr 13, 2009

Welcome to the 2009 Shoshone/Gohute Youth Language Apprenticeship Program Participants! | Ten high school students will be working at the Center for American Indian Languages this summer on Shoshone/Goshute language documentation and revitalization projects.

[read more] More information at Jun 12, 2009

Utah American Indian Digital Archive reaches 24,500 Items! | Over the last year the American West Center and J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections have been building the Utah American Indian Digital Archive (UAIDA), a project sponsored by the Utah Division of Indian Affairs and principally funded by Utah Department of Community and Culture's digital initiative. We are pleased to report that as of June 2009 we have a grand total of 24,592 scanned pages in the archive and we continue to add more. Currently the archive holds 174 photographs, 277 oral histories (both transcripts and audio recordings), 62 maps, 33 books, and hundreds of documents. For a detailed status update, please see the attached document!

[read more] Jul 1, 2009