Project Grant 90NL0394

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...

The Metlakatla Indian Community, doing business as Metlakatla Power & Light, was awarded a $259,510 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to conduct a Sm'algyax language preservation project. The project aims to address the loss of fluent Sm'algyax speakers, a critically endangered language of the Ts'msyen (Tsimshian) people, by hiring a language mentor and student, acquiring technology...

This Project Grant award of $4,420,707 from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Alaska Native Educational Programs (CFDA 84.356) supports the Douglas Indian Association's SHARING OUR KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS HAA TUNDAANI HAA YATX'I TOOWU YEI KGWATEE, OUR WAY OF THINKING WILL BE OUR CHILDREN'S SPIRITS program. The award period is from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2024. The program recognizes the unique educational needs of Alaska Native...

This $104,311 National Science Foundation project grant supports research and tool development for the Yupik language of Alaska. Funded through the NSF's Polar Programs, the award supports a collaboration between the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Alaska Fairbanks from September 2022 through January 2023. Under the grant, the researchers will document and analyze critical structures of the Yupik language, digitize existing language materials, and build...

The Yakutat Tlingit Tribe (YTT) received a $199,999 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Tribal Wildlife Grants program (CFDA 15.639). The funding will allow YTT to continue its ongoing water quality monitoring and environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling in 2 key local streams, the Situk River and Ophir Creek, to assess the health of anadromous fish populations that are culturally significant to the Yakutat Tlingit community. Through at least 4 aquatic habitat assessments, the...

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the Douglas Indian Association (DIA) in Juneau, Alaska under the Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 84.415). The purpose of this grant is to support DIA's "Sayeik Lingit Yoo X'atangi Deiyi: Tlingit Language Pathway Program", which aims to preserve and revitalize the...

The Yakutat Tlingit Tribe received a $166,556 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Alaska Subsistence Management program (CFDA 15.636). The award supports the tribe's efforts to co-manage subsistence fisheries for salmon and eulachon, important food sources for the Yakutat community. Key activities include leveraging traditional ecological knowledge to inform federal subsistence management decisions, providing community outreach...

This federal Project Grant award of $376,272 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education National Activities (State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) and Native American Language (NAL)) program (CFDA 84.415) supports the Anchorage School District's (ASD) "Project Ciumurulluku Yup'ik Elitnauryaraq (Moving Forward in Yup'ik): Expanding ASD's Yup'ik Immersion through Middle School" initiative. The grant will fund...

The Iliamna Communities Teaching Culture through Native Languages Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education will provide $2.14 million to support teaching Alaska Native languages and cultures in the Igiugig Village region. Awarded on September 30, 2021 through the Alaska Native Educational Programs (CFDA 84.356) and held by the Igiugig Village Council, this three-year project until September 29, 2024 will recognize and address the unique educational needs of Alaska Native students....

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $1,854,306 Project Grant to the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Inc. under the Alaska Native Educational Programs (CFDA 84.356) initiative. The project, titled "Thru the Cultural Lens: Deepening Connections," aims to recognize and integrate Alaska Native languages, cultures, and traditional knowledge into educational systems across Alaska. The grant will support a range of services and programs...