The South Dakota Humanities Council is pleased to announce its 2021 Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities Award winners.

The goal of the South Dakota Humanities Council’s Brainstorming: The Human Connection, launched in July 2020, was to get people talking.

The South Dakota Humanities Council would like to extend a special invitation to non-profit humanities organizations and certain tax-exempt groups to apply for the American Rescue Plan (ARP) grant opportunity. SDHC has approximately $550,000 to award for requests up to $25,000.

The South Dakota Humanities Council Speakers Bureau program is undergoing changes, including a new rolling deadline for scholar applications and new programming priorities.

A special South Dakota Humanities Council summer grant program offers up to $10,000 for qualified applicants who apply by May 23.

The South Dakota Humanities Council has awarded $48,379 to organizations around the state that will conduct humanities programs for South Dakotans.

Lakota Youth Development, a youth organization on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, is promoting tribal health across Lakota country in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Appropriately, the final panel discussion for Voting: Why It Matters will include two people who were elected to make South Dakota laws.

SDHC'S discussion series Voting: Why It Matters adds a literary perspective next week by featuring Louise Erdrich, an author whose brilliant prose has earned her numerous honors, deep respect, and a reputation as one of America's finest writers.

Americans were once criticized for their voting apathy, but in 2020 they turned out in record numbers. What made the difference?