Walker Youngbird Foundation Introduces Nhi Grant to Support Community-Based Indigenous Art | PR Newswire [Video]

Inaugural Recipient Hayden Haynes to Honor Seneca Name Givers with Antler-Carved Medallions and Portrait Series

, /PRNewswire/ — The Walker Youngbird Foundation announces the launch of the Núhi Grant, a new program dedicated to supporting Native artists working within their own tribal and community contexts. Named after the Hidatsa word Núhi, meaning “to uplift,” the grant reflects the Foundation’s mission to support creative work grounded in Indigenous tradition, place, and lived experience.

The Núhi Grant is awarded to artists whose proposed projects are not only inspired by tribal culture, but created for—and shared with—the communities that shape them. The inaugural recipient is Hayden Haynes, a citizen of the Seneca Nation and member of the Deer Clan, known for his work in antler carving, photography, and cultural storytelling.

With support from the grant, Haynes will complete a project honoring the eight living Seneca Name Givers—women entrusted with the responsibility of preserving and passing down traditional names within their clans, a …