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OCHM_Budget.xlsx <br />Deficit/Surplus Small surplus is being sav ed for "rainy day fund", particularly <br />important during Cov id pandemic. <br />PROJECT/PROGRAM <br />INFORMATION <br />Tell us about your project or program <br />Title of Grant <br />Request <br />Yesah, Journeys of the Occaneechi Lecture Series <br />Grant Amount <br />Requested <br />$1,000 <br />Is the person in <br />charge of this <br />program or project <br />different from the <br />Authorizing Official? <br />Yes <br />Project Director <br />Name <br />Courtney Smith <br />Project Director Title Exhibit/Program Coordinator, Orange County Historical Museum <br />Project Director <br />Street Address <br />201 N. Churton St., Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Project Director <br />Phone <br />304-445-6372 <br />Project Director <br />Email <br />programs@orangehistorync.org <br />W hat are you <br />requesting funding <br />for? <br />A specific program or project <br />Project/Program <br />Summary <br />Yesah is a Tutelo-Saponi work which means “the people.” Although <br />the Yesah formed numerous bands including the Eno, Monacan, <br />Manahoac, and Occaneechi, they were one nation, united by common <br />ancestors and customs. This exhibit showcases the Occaneechi. It <br />examines the journeys they hav e made ov er time both physically and <br />culturally, sometimes unnoticed, but always as an integral part of our <br />community. <br />This exhibit will include Thursday lectures, v ia Zoom. <br />September 24 -- Introduction to the exhibit <br />October 8 -- Stephen Dav is, Associate Director & Adjunct Professor <br />of Archaeology RLA at UNC will prov ide an historical ov erv iew. <br />October 22 -- Lawrence Dunmore III, Tribal Historian OBSN, will tell <br />ghost stories from the tribe. <br />Nov ember 5 -- Vickie Jeffries, Tribal Historian, will discuss <br />"Indigenous Herbs". <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 31305A9D-8F40-4739-96D2-F61810B87BE8