Cooperative Agreement A24AC00086

This $100,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Grant Program will support the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) in New Mexico to conduct inventory, consultation, and repatriation efforts for 79 Native American ancestors and cultural items. The grant will fund the hiring of one full-time staff member and one graduate intern to catalog, inventory, consult with tribal representatives, and prepare...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $416,962.57 Cooperative Agreement to the Museum of Northern Arizona Inc. on September 3, 2024 under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946). The project focuses on the dissemination of information developed by the National Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) program related to best practices in disposition and repatriation. The museum, a non-profit organization specializing in cultural resource management and...

The U.S. National Park Service awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) program to San Francisco State University (SFSU) to support the respectful repatriation of Native American ancestral remains and culturally affiliated items to tribes in Northern California. The SFSU NAGPRA program will use the grant funding to conduct meaningful consultations with tribes in Mendocino, Sonoma, Humboldt, Shasta, and Lake counties, and to...

This $240,727.54 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program will support the development of an archaeological survey plan and pilot study for the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The Museum of Northern Arizona Inc., a non-profit organization, will assist with reviewing existing data, developing research questions, designing survey and reporting protocols, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, under the Cultural Resources Management (CFDA 15.159) federal grant program, provides $1,665,165.64 to Archaeology Southwest, a non-profit organization in Tucson, Arizona. The award will support Archaeology Southwest's efforts to ensure compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) through a range of activities, including archaeological surveys, artifact...

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service, through its Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945), awarded a $103,502.25 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, with a performance period from July 1, 2023 to July 31, 2027. The award funds the research, documentation, cataloging, storage, and preservation of cultural artifacts and natural history specimens from the...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Museum of Northern Arizona under the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) to develop a program of archaeological research, technical assistance, and public education focused on cultural resources in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Specifically, the cooperative agreement requires...

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians received a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Park Service's Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Grant Program (CFDA 15.922) to identify and consult on NAGPRA-eligible ancestral remains and funerary objects held by five institutions. The goal is to assist the tribe in updating the institutions' NAGPRA inventories and requesting repatriation as appropriate, benefiting the tribe's efforts to repatriate its ancestral remains...

The Museum of Northern Arizona will provide archaeological support services under a $100,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region. The award's purpose is to support off-road vehicle plan implementation and pin-anchoring pilot study monitoring at Page, Arizona from September 1, 2021 through December 31, 2025. The services will facilitate the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $136,982.00 from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program provides hands-on educational opportunities for anthropology, archaeology, and museum studies students at the University of Arizona. The award supports activities such as: Creating inventories of NPS collections held in non-federal repositories for 18 parks to ensure accountability and facilitate...