The In ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe/Sacred Red Rock Project, a coalition including the Kaw Nation, the City of Lawrence, Kansas, the University of Kansas, Spencer Museum of Art, and the Kanza Heritage Society, has announced a $5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund the relocation of the indigenous community’s sacred monument.

The grant will fund a two-and-a-half-year project to move the 28-ton rock to Kaw Nation land near Council Grove, Kansas, and will provide resources for an interpr...