Friends of Museum of Northern Plains Indian receive stimulus money

The Friends of the Museum of the Northern Plains Indian in Browning will receive $5,400 in American Recovery and Reinvestment in the Arts (ARRA) funding from the Montana Arts Council. The grant is made possible through the National Endowment for the Arts’ federal economic stimulus funding.

“We are delighted,” said the group’s executive director Ruthann Knudson. “It will help pay our executive director’s expenses for one year.”
According to the Montana Arts Council, the funding also will allow the organization to maintain a strong activity level, which is crucial for federal appropriations negotiations for the Museum of the Northern Plains Indian, one of only three federally owned Indian museums in the country.

By JENI DODD • Tribune Staff Writer

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