Cooperative Agreement 24TWFAK0009

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $163,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments, Inc. (CATG) under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664). The purpose of this award is to provide logistical, expertise, relationship, and functional support to the FWS for planning and executing the Alaska Native Relations Training Courses. These 32-hour in-person training sessions are designed to enhance attendees' knowledge of the...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) provides $300,000 in funding to the Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (Rural Cap) and its partner Chickaloon Village Traditional Council. The project aims to meet the emergent capacity building and training and technical assistance (TTA) needs of Alaska tribes in establishing and...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $499,883 Project Grant under the Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731) to the Salamatof Tribal Council, a federally recognized Tribal Government. This 5-year grant will fund the development and implementation of a culturally-based afterschool program focused on substance use and suicide prevention for Alaska Native and American Indian youth aged 6-17 in the Kenai Peninsula region. The program will provide mental health...

The Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032) to conduct the "Koo At Latouwx Has Naxsatee, Let Them Be Teachers" project from June 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The primary goal of the project is to increase the Tlingit language proficiency of 10 Tlingit language teachers through 116 total...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Alaska Department of Fish & Game received a $164,450 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior's Office of Subsistence Management under the Alaska Subsistence Management program (CFDA 15.636) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The project documents traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) from residents of Ambler, Noorvik, and Kotzebue regarding changes in salmon distribution, abundance, migration, and timing in the...

The Hoonah Indian Association received a $402,675 Tribal Resources Grant Equipment/Training Program award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions to procure basic law enforcement equipment, technology, and training. Funded under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), this October 1, 2022 award will support the Hoonah Indian Association's efforts to advance community policing and meet critical tribal law enforcement needs in...

The Central Council Tlingit And Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731). The grant aims to address critical issues facing tribal youth in the region, such as suicide, truancy, substance use, and involvement in the juvenile justice system. Through the "Cultivating Change Implementation Grant", the funding will enable the tribe to enhance their...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will receive $253,116.68 through December 31, 2025 from the National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System grant program to conduct the Copper Basin Community Harvest Assessment. The assessment will provide updated information on the harvest and use of subsistence resources by residents of Copper Basin communities in Alaska through household surveys, ethnographic interviews, and analysis....

This $309,298 Cooperative Agreement award, made by the Bureau of Land Management (CFDA 15.243 Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands), supports the Higher Education Coordinating Commission in Oregon to build upon the Western Oregon Tribal Youth Corps project piloted in 2020. The award will provide paid workforce development opportunities for tribal youth throughout Oregon, focused on conservation and natural resource management work on public lands. Key activities include habitat...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its Tribal Wildlife Grants program (CFDA 15.639), awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Native Village of Eyak (doing business as Ilanka Clinic) located in Cordova, Alaska. The grant funding will support two years of operational activities for the tribe's fisheries program, including: Estimating the 2024 and 2025 in-river abundance of Copper River Chinook salmon within 25% of the true value 95% of the time. Enumerating the daily passage of sockeye...