Project Grant 18859663421

This $1,285,040 federal Project Grant award, funded by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service and awarded under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts program (CFDA 15.071), supports a wide range of initiatives and programs to preserve and promote Alaska Native culture and arts development. The grant recipient, Sealaska Heritage Institute, Inc., will use the funding to establish degree programs, cultural centers, and other activities focused on scholarly study,...

The Alaska Native Heritage Center, Incorporated was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts Program (CFDA 15.071). The grant funding will support the "Elisgu Project (Go Learn It, Yup'ik): A Master Artist Education Project" over a 5-year period from April 2024 to March 2029. The project will implement a statewide network of master Alaska Native artists who will facilitate 6...

The Sealaska Heritage Institute Inc. will receive $1.25 million under a four-year Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Alaska Region. The funding supports the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts federal grant program (CFDA 15.071). Through 2027, Sealaska will operate its arts campus facilities and provide outreach, workshops, artist residencies, and internships. It will partner with the Institute of American Indian Arts and University of Alaska...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Alaska Region under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts program (CFDA 15.071) provides $243,457.40 to the Goldbelt Heritage Foundation to establish programs that promote the scholarly study and instruction of Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and culture. Over 4 years, the grant will fund the creation of two traditional Tlingit dugout canoes by 300 Southeastern Alaskan youth in grades...

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service Alaska Region awarded a $1,301,920 Project Grant under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts program (CFDA 15.071) to the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Inc. The grant period extends from August 25, 2023 to April 30, 2028. The funding will enable Sealaska Heritage Institute, a private non-profit organization, to provide enhanced Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands art programs that promote the scholarly study and instruction of...

The federal Project Grant award P25AP00290 for $749,117, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts program (CFDA 15.071), supports the "Outer Coast Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being Curriculum" in Sitka, Alaska. The award to the non-profit organization Outer Coast will fund the development and implementation of educational programs and initiatives that promote the scholarly study, instruction, and...

The Alaska Native Heritage Center, Incorporated received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts on January 1, 2022 to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This award falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals federal grant program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies that promote...

The Native Village of Eyak received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel and facilities expenses at the Ilanka Clinic from January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for...

The Sealaska Corporation, through its Sealaska Heritage Institute subsidiary, received a $248,883 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to create portable "Sealaska Living Heritage Museum Boxes." These boxes will contain museum-quality collection items and associated lesson plans to bring culturally responsive educational experiences to elementary students in Southeast Alaska who...

Koniag, Inc. was awarded a $146,840 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to design and publish a book celebrating contemporary Alutiiq artistic traditions. Through the three-year award period ending June 2026, Koniag will work with the Alutiiq Museum and Kodiak History Museum to identify artists and artworks, photograph and process images, research biographies, and design and publish...