Project Grant 0855007095

This $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, awarded on September 1, 2023, supports the "New Beginning for Tribal Students" program. The project aims to increase retention, graduation, and workforce success rates for Native American students attending Oregon State University (OSU) and Southwestern Oregon Community College (SWOCC) through experiential learning, internships, and financial support. Key project...

This Project Grant award, valued at $1,000,000.00 and issued by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the New Beginnings for Tribal Students program (CFDA 10.527), supports experiential learning, internships, and financial assistance for Native American pre-college and college students attending Oregon State University (OSU) and Chemeketa Community College. The key objectives are to: 1) strengthen relationships between the...

The University of Oregon received a two-year, $149,827 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The grant supports a collaborative project to inventory culturally modified trees and document associated Indigenous cultural practices, oral histories, and symbolism in a traditional landscape in the western Oregon Cascades. Fieldwork will involve archaeological and ethnographic methods to create a digital...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) provides $309,298 to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) in Oregon. The project builds upon the Western Oregon Tribal Youth Corps pilot project from 2020 to offer youth corps employment opportunities to tribal youth throughout the state. The award will help HECC strengthen government-to-government partnerships in youth...

The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon will provide supplemental employment and training services to low-income Native American youth living on or near reservations in Oregon through a $349,230 Project Grant from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration. Funded under the Native American Employment and Training program, services will address the needs of the target population such as reducing dropout rates and improving access to postsecondary...

This $200,000 Project Grant award from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (WAMS) Fields program will support the "Explore and More: Diving Deeper into Tribal Students' Interests" initiative. The project aims to guide indigenous high school students in Oregon as they create original projects addressing community issues related to food, agriculture, and natural resource...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $997,430 Project Grant to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program. This grant will fund the Tribe's Phase III Tidewater Habitat Pilot Project from January 2023 through December 2025. The goal of this project is to enhance and create complex channel habitat within 1.5 miles of a seven mile reach of the mainstem Siletz River estuary channel to support...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management program (CFDA 15.224) provides $209,690.45 to Portland State University (PSU) to facilitate collaborative ethnographic research with culturally-affiliated tribal nations regarding their ancestral homelands situated within the Red Rock and Sloan Canyon National Conservation Areas in Nevada. The key project activities include: 1) planning meetings with a Tribal...

The Project Grant award of $499,941.78, provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program, supports the "OREGON CHINESE DIASPORA PROJECT STATEWIDE INVENTORY" at Southern Oregon University (SOU) in Ashland, Oregon. The awarded project, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, aims to conduct a statewide inventory and documentation of the...

The Klamath Tribes will receive $400,000 under a Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding supports expansion of the Tribes' existing Juvenile Healing to Wellness Program through September 2026 according to the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). Specifically, the Klamath Tribes will leverage the award to serve more at-risk youth, strengthen relationships with courts and social services in...