1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to arts and culture; appropriating money for American Indian legacy grant 
1.3 	program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; AMERICAN INDIAN LEGACY GRANT 
1.6 	PROGRAM.
 1.7 	(a) $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated 
1.8 	from the arts and cultural heritage fund to the board of directors of the Minnesota Humanities 
1.9 	Center for the American Indian legacy grant program under paragraph (b).
1.10 	(b) The Minnesota Humanities Center must create the American Indian legacy grant 
1.11 	program to evaluate, coordinate, and administer a grant program to provide arts and cultural 
1.12 	heritage funding to individuals and organizations in the Minnesota American Indian 
1.13 	community. The grant program must work with members of the American Indian community 
1.14 	to develop goals and criteria for evaluating projects and awarding money. The grant program 
1.15 	must reach members of the American Indian community in the seven-county metropolitan 
1.16 	area and throughout the state of Minnesota. The Minnesota Humanities Center must use 
1.17 	money appropriated for the grant program to:
1.18 	(1) issue grants to American Indian artists to develop their work or to provide education 
1.19 	and opportunities to the public related to their art or cultural heritage;
1.20 	(2) issue grants to American Indian organizations to support artists or to provide 
1.21 	educational opportunities and public events related to American Indian arts, heritage, and 
1.22 	culture; and
2.1 	(3) hold workshops and provide assistance to American Indian artists and arts programs 
2.2 	for capacity building for projects and programs related to Minnesota's arts, culture, and 
2.3 	heritage.