The Native Village of Kwinhagak in Quinhagak, Alaska will receive $100,000 through June 2025 under a Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (NANH-Museums). The funding will support development of a digital museum guide featuring interactive 3D artifacts and interpretive content from the Nunalleq Museum's archaeological collection. Activities include gathering resources for the guide, designing a back-end data...
The Project Grant award of $278,367 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services program (CFDA 45.308) will enable Koniag, Inc. to partner with the Alutiiq Museum in Anchorage, AK to enhance the museum's newly expanded gallery space. The project will feature a community-led planning and design process to develop 13 displays highlighting the Alutiiq harvesting tradition, community life, and spirituality through artifacts,...
The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska received a $148,534 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) federal grant program (CFDA 45.311). This 2-year grant, with a period of performance from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, will enable the tribe to offer training, education, and classes to its community to promote cultural arts. Activities will include...
The Alaska Native Heritage Center, Incorporated was awarded a $292,875 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will fund the hiring of an Assistant Curator to address a backlog of donated materials by accessioning, cataloging, and rehousing the center's collections of Alaska Native cultural artifacts. This project will help the center maintain its ability to successfully steward its large collection of...
The Chilkat Indian Village received a $151,631 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program (CFDA 45.311). The funding will support the "Reclaiming and Sustaining Our Traditional Knowledge" project, which aims to increase culturally relevant and place-based resources and learning opportunities for library patrons. Key activities include hosting Northwest Coast arts workshops,...
The Nisqually Indian Tribe received a $210,798 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308). The grant funding will support the Nisqually Indian Tribe's Language Resource Center in using storytelling to further revitalize and preserve the tribe's endangered language. Key project activities include: Translating cultural practices into the Nisqually language and drafting/publishing five...
The Cape Ann Museum was awarded a $407,120 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301). The 3-year initiative will focus on increasing knowledge and awareness of Native American perspectives and experiences in Massachusetts, in collaboration with Native American institutions, artists, and scholars. Key project activities include hosting a planning convening, installing a traditional domed dwelling, a Native...
The Ninilchik Village was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to implement a planning project supporting the development of the Q'eschil Heritage Center under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program. With this funding, Ninilchik Village will develop policy and governance structure plans, launch heritage outreach efforts, and finalize exhibit design plans in preparation for the construction of the new cultural institution. The...
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...
The Staten Island Museum received a $496,921 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to build a collaborative approach to the stewardship of the museum's Native American and Indigenous collections. Through this project, the museum will work directly with Lenape representatives to catalog the Lenape archaeology collection of nearly 3,500 artifacts found on Staten Island and surrounding areas. The grant will support the hiring of a part-time...