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Check out NDCA's Prairie Arts April 2022 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news, including an article about the history of Ukrainian culture in North Dakota and how community members are working to preserve the unique heritage in the state.

Beginning April 4, 2022, the federal government is transitioning from the use of the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS), generated by Dun & Bradstreet, to a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) through the SAM.gov system. The SAM UEI is required of state, regional, and local agencies and all their organizational subgrantees. 

Check out NDCA's Prairie Arts March 2022 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news, including the story behind the Grue Church Project - how a small community plans to save a 130-year-old church building and turn it into a cultural center.

In the small community of Buxton, ND stands a 130-year-old church that was scheduled to be destroyed in 2020. A group of passionate people in the community decided to not only save the building, but restore, re-purpose and reimagine ways to use the facility to celebrate its heritage and continue the cultural folk traditions it was founded upon.

By Rhea C. Beto

NDCA is pleased to announce Mya Tena of Bismarck High School, as the 2022 State Champion and first place winner of the North Dakota State Poetry Out Loud (POL) contest. For more details, read the full ND POL 2022 Championship Press Release.

Check out NDCA's Prairie Arts February 2022 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news, including a feature story about Walker Bruns and his journey to create spearfish decoys.

Walker Bruns began his fishing tackle business called Bruns Tackle while he was in the 8th Grade. He was assigned a school project to create a mock business including a product, pricing, and a full business plan. Six years later, his business is thriving, he is a graduate from North Dakota State University with a degree in Business Administration, a minor in Entrepreneurship, and has a whole new skill set of creating spearfish decoys thanks to the NDCA Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program.

By Rhea C. Beto

In 2022, ND Council on the Arts partnered on a placemaking project with ND Department of Transportation to install Nicole Gagner's "Big House" at the I94 eastbound rest area located on the west side of Jamestown.

Check out NDCA's Prairie Arts January 2022 newsletter for the latest in statewide and national arts-related news, including a feature story about the Densmore Repatriation Project.

Project underway revisits century-old recordings made at Standing Rock

Before singing, Red Weasel bowed his head in prayer, “Wakan'tanka, hear me.  This day I am to tell your word.  But without sin I shall speak. The tribe shall Live.  Behold me for I am humble.  From above watch me.  You are always the truth, listen to me, my friends and relatives, sitting here, and I shall be at peace.  May our voices be heard at the future goal you have prepared for us.”    

From Teton Sioux Music & Culture by Frances Densmore (1918)