Goals
- Engage blind teens in outdoor adventure in history through the arts
- Challenge blind teens to develop independence, cultural sensitivity
- Introduce teens and Native youth to 1800s traditional cultural arts
- Show the world that teens w/ disabilities are competent & contributing
- Build bridges of understanding between reservation youth & blind teens
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Overview
For 3 weeks in June 2010, a small group of daring teens from many states, all of them blind or visually impaired, will travel through Indian Country recreating the journeys of pioneer wagon trains and the Lewis and Clark Corp of Discovery. With the help of gifted artist educators, the teens will explore traditional cultural arts of the early 1800s with Native American teens along the way, among the tribs whose legacies were dramatically altered by contact with the explorers and pioneers. Back home, the Trail teens will create arts-based lessons for schools and civic organizagions about their adventures and the cultures of Indian peoples they encountered. Deliverables: 18 blind teens and 40 Indian teens build bridges to one another's contemporary cultures by exploring traditional arts and cultures; 400 school children learn Indian traditions through their arts; 1 documentary film about the program airs on three public TV stations; six community newspapers show blind teens successes.
How will the 50K be Used? |
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| Budget Notes: Because the teens are blind and at risk, we only hire professionals experienced with teens and blindness. At more than $85,000, staff pay is by far our greatest cost. Total cash costs will be about $155,000 for the year of activities. | |
| $ 25,000 | to pay gifted artist educators to accompany the teens |
| $ 15,000 | to rent minivans and pay for gas, meals, other travel costs |
| $ 10,000 | to pay support staff |
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