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Waunakee to cover $9,000 shortfall for Ho‑Chunk Nation traveling exhibit after federal grant suspension
Summary
With a federal suspension of Humanities grant funding, the village authorized up to $9,000 from fund balance to complete a Ho‑Chunk Nation traveling museum exhibit that staff said is roughly 95% complete; if Wisconsin Humanities restores the award the village will accept and use funds to reimburse itself.
The Village Board authorized village staff to expend up to $9,000 from undesignated fund balance to finish a traveling exhibit created with the Ho‑Chunk Nation after the Wisconsin Humanities grant that was to match the village’s contribution was suspended by the federal funding pause.
Village Administrator Todd (village administrator) told trustees the project — an exhibit to be hosted initially at the Waunakee Library, shared with other Dane County libraries and ultimately gifted to the Ho‑Chunk Nation for broader use — is effectively complete…
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