Project Grant MA259862OMS26
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Comanche Nation $149,990 on October 1, 2026, under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311) to establish "Taa Numu Suabetaiu": Our Comanche Knowledge, a tribally sovereign digital cultural heritage portal. The Comanche Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office will deploy the Mukurtu content management system to create a publicly accessible, tribally curated archive of Comanche...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation $230,082 on September 1, 2026, under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to support management and care of the Suquamish Museum collection through improved documentation, storage, and daily use of its holdings. The tribe will hire a full-time Collections Management Specialist to update cataloguing methods, reorganize storage, and complete a full...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma received a $150,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The award supports comprehensive enhancement of the Kickapoo Tribal Library's operations and community services through three primary deliverables: (1) technology infrastructure upgrades, including...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Makah Indian Tribe $249,438 on September 1, 2026, under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to develop rotating exhibits of 120 ethnographic items being returned to the tribe on loan from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. The work is performed through the Makah Cultural and Research Center in Neah Bay, Washington. The tribe will contract with exhibit design and...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Walker River Paiute Tribe $147,916 on September 1, 2026, under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to develop essential resources for repatriation and collections care. The tribe will improve existing collections care environments, increase collections storage capacity, digitize cultural assets, and conduct research and documentation on identified cultural objects and remains. The project responds to...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes $159,417 under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) on September 1, 2026. The recipient will implement a two-year initiative to strengthen museum and archival capacity and preserve Assiniboine and Sioux cultural knowledge through September 1, 2028. Project activities include cataloguing collections, digitizing historical photographs and archival documents,...
- The Office on Violence Against Women, a sub-office of the Department of Justice, awarded $700,000 to the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma on April 1, 2026, under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The award funds three criminal justice activities: establishment of a sexual assault response team, training for law enforcement, and victim services for sexual assault survivors. Work is performed in Carnegie, Oklahoma, with a period of...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Pamunkey Indian Tribe $250,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to modernize and reimagine its flagship exhibition at the Pamunkey Indian Museum and Cultural Center. The tribe will hire a guest curator and exhibition design firm to develop new exhibition narrative content and design, as well as plans for future building use. The project includes hosting listening sessions...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Chickahominy Indian Tribe $249,828 on September 1, 2026, under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to build internal capacity for language reclamation among tribal citizens through the Renapew Reconstruction Collection. The project delivers a digital collection of original language reconstruction guides, professional development workshops led by subject matter experts, and working sessions piloting the...
- Summary of Federal Project Grant Award The Kaw Nation received a $139,414 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The grant funds expanded operations and services at the Kanza Library and Learning Center in Kaw City, Oklahoma, through increased staffing, extended operating hours, and enhanced programming. Key...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma $536,012 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to implement professional collections management procedures at the Kiowa Tribal Museum in Carnegie, Oklahoma. The Kiowa Tribe will hire a registrar to lead the project with support from an external conservation consultant. Work includes conducting an item-level inventory, preparing object condition reports, and applying archival-safe barcodes to museum holdings. Tribal elders will serve as advisors, providing linguistic, historical, and cultural context for collections. The tribe will replace existing storage materials with archival supplies, purchase and install high-density shelving to reduce overcrowding and improve organization, and acquire collections management software to link digital images to catalog records. Performance runs through August 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $116.4k | 8/6/26 |