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The John Carter Brown Library invites tribal communities and community members to apply to its Research Fellowship for Indigenous Communities. This fellowship supports community-prioritized and community-based research that would benefit from research time in the JCB's collections. Research could be undertaken by Native or Indigenous scholars, Elders, Tribal librarians or archivists, and knowledge keepers. Individual scholars may apply but must include a letter of support from a representative of the tribal community that will directly benefit from their research project. Researchers do not need to have an academic affiliation or academic background to apply. Fellowship funding supports the JCB's commitment to knowledge sharing and digital and on-site access to its collection of materials focused on the history of the western hemisphere from the 15th through the 19th centuries. The JCB supports both residential and remote fellowships. Successful proposals will require the use of materials available only at the JCB.