Partners & Team
The Montana New Deal Heritage Partnership is built through interdisciplinary collaboration across historical geography, environmental history, ecology, agriculture and range science, New Deal studies, American West history, Montana regional studies, and Tribal leadership and scholarship.
Lead Researcher
Christopher Maschino, M.A.
Lead Researcher — responsible for research coordination, archival strategy, GIS oversight, and field documentation for the Montana New Deal Heritage Partnership.
Collaborative Approach
This project is grounded in partnerships with Tribal Nations, county museums, state agencies, federal institutions, universities, and community organizations. These collaborations ensure that New Deal history in Montana is documented with accuracy, respect, and local expertise.
- Interdisciplinary research and analysis
- Shared archival and field documentation
- Collaborative interpretation of cultural landscapes
- Integration of Tribal, county, state, and federal perspectives