Block Grant A18AV00409

The Cheeshna Tribe was awarded a $947,788.56 federal Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program (CFDA 97.047). The grant, awarded on Nov 29, 2023, will fund the tribe's efforts to enhance emergency preparedness and infrastructure resilience in Gakona, Alaska through the end of the award on Nov 28, 2026. As a federally recognized tribal government, the Cheeshna Tribe will utilize this BRIC funding to...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Cheeshna Tribe a $197,400 Project Grant under the Tribal Wildlife Grants program (CFDA 15.639) to fund the Mentasta Caribou Herd Tribal Monitoring project. This 2-year project, with a performance period from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, will support the tribe's wildlife conservation efforts for culturally significant caribou populations. The funding will enable the Cheeshna Tribe to monitor and manage the Mentasta Caribou Herd, a critical...

The Chickaloon Native Village, doing business as the Chickaloon Village Traditional Council (CVTC), was awarded a $339,994 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) on October 1, 2023. This 2-year grant supports CVTC's "We Are Making Connections" cultural preservation and perpetuation project. The key activities include migrating and redesigning the tribe's online digital...

The Northern Cheyenne Tribe was awarded a $148,662 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program to develop a virtual reality platform showcasing the Tribe's cultural heritage and language preservation efforts. Working with subrecipient San Jose State University, the Tribe will digitize cultural artifacts and recordings of native language speakers to host on a virtual reality archive. San Jose State...

The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation will receive $508,245 through September 2026 under a Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant funds the Tribal Youth Program, which aims to maintain zero tribal youth involved in the court system through mentorship, education programs for youth and parents, and assessing attitudes. Key services include operating an after-school program at the tribal youth center to build...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $133,916 Project Grant under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) to the Cheeshna Tribe in Alaska. The grant will fund activities to build the tribe's administrative and programmatic capacity in waste management, climate change adaptation, and emergency response. Key activities include staff training, community cleanups, recycling initiatives, developing an integrated waste management plan, and creating climate...

The Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation received a $360,200 project grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032) to establish a long-term Ojibwe and Neiyo language immersion initiative. The funding will support the Tribe's efforts to help curb the rapid loss of these languages, as original Ojibwe speakers have dwindled to zero and the languages are in a heightened state of peril....

The Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation will receive $110,890 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program to increase public access to cultural archival information through Stone Child College's Rocky Boy Community Library. The library will consolidate historically significant tribal materials onto a digital platform accessible through two interactive kiosks. This will allow community...

The Northern Cheyenne Tribe was awarded a $2,931,106 Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. The grant will fund a range of child care services and infrastructure improvements to increase access to affordable, high-quality child care for low-income families in the Northern Cheyenne community. Key activities supported by the grant include child care subsidies, quality enhancement...

The Mechoopda Indian Tribe received a $128,920 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148). The grant will fund a feasibility study to assess the viability of implementing solar photovoltaic (PV) with storage and combined heat and power (CHP) technology at the tribe's recently constructed entertainment center on its restored tribal lands. The study aims to provide the...