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<span dir="auto" style="text-align: start; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>FYI</b></span></div>
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THE PRACTICES AND NEEDS OF NATIVE AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND ALASKA NATIVE CREATORS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS</span><br>
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<div dir="auto" style="text-align:start"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">This in-depth report is based on interviews with 46 Native creators and experts across a variety of creative art forms, geographic location, tribal
affiliations, and years of experience.</span></div>
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<div dir="auto" style="text-align:start"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Key findings of the report include:</span></div>
<div dir="auto" style="text-align:start"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Current funding and presenting opportunities do not meet the needs of many Native creators.</span></div>
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<div dir="auto" style="text-align:start"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Native creators want and deserve to work with partners who treat them as professionals and who trust in their creative decision-making.</span></div>
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<div dir="auto" style="text-align:start"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Over half of interviewees recommend that more Natives and culturally knowledgeable non-Natives be involved in funding decisions.
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<div dir="auto" style="text-align:start"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Native creators do more than perform. Native creators play a wide range of roles in their communities, keeping traditions alive, promoting health
and economic opportunities, and educating non-Native audiences.</span></div>
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<span dir="auto" style="text-align: start; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brightening the Spotlight quantitatively recognizes what many Indigenous-led organizations have known through the years. We hope this study will start meaningful
conversations and changes to grantmaking practices that better support and uplift Native creators and Indigenous arts and culture.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.norc.org/PDFs/Brightening%20the%20Spotlight/Brightening%20the%20Spotlight%20Brief%20-%20Pursuing%20Equity%20in%20Philanthropy.pdf" style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brightening the Spotlight Brief - Pursuing
Equity in Philanthropy.pdf (norc.org)</a><br>
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<a href="https://www.norc.org/PDFs/Brightening%20the%20Spotlight/The%20Practices%20and%20Needs%20of%20Native%20American%20Native%20Hawaiian%20and%20Alaska%20Native%20Creators%20in%20the%20Performing%20Arts.pdf">The Practices and Needs of Native American Native
Hawaiian and Alaska Native Creators in the Performing Arts.pdf (norc.org)</a><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt">Library Development Services Bureau<br>
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</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt">Santa Fe, NM 87507<br>
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