Project Grant MN260607OMS26
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Native Village of Chenega received a $163,616 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award supports the establishment and operation of the Chenega Online Museum, a comprehensive digital cultural repository designed to preserve and expand community access to Sugpiaq (Alutiiq) heritage....
- Federal Grant Award Summary Chilkat Indian Village received a $143,094 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for September 30, 2027. The award supports the Klukwan Community and School Library's partnership with the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center to preserve and revitalize Tlingit language and traditional knowledge. The project...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Chickaloon Village Traditional Council received a $250,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308), awarded on October 1, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2027. The project will create a community biography for Katherine (Wickersham) Wade, known as Aunt Katie, a significant historical figure in the Ahtna Dene community. Deliverables include...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded Sealaska Heritage Institute $250,000 under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) on October 1, 2025, to preserve and digitize 1,730 video recordings documenting past culture and language revitalization efforts for Southeast Alaska's three endangered indigenous languages: Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian. The project, which extends through September 30, 2027, will create...
- The Native Village of Eyak received a $237,526 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) beginning September 1, 2026 and concluding August 31, 2028. Through its Ilanka Cultural Center, the tribe will expand an immersive virtual reality (VR) experience designed to reconnect tribal members—including Eyak, Chugach Region, Tlingit, and Athabascan peoples—with their ancestral cultures,...
- Grant Award Summary The Indian Township Tribal Government received a $209,740 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2027. The award supports the Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum's development of enhanced visitor engagement and educational experiences. The project will integrate a new visitor engagement and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Asa'Carsarmiut Tribal Council 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), awarded October 1, 2025. The two-year project, concluding September 30, 2027, will enhance library operations in Mountain Village, Alaska through three primary components: staffing support to sustain library operations; expansion of the collection with...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Makah Indian Tribe, through the Makah Cultural and Research Center (MCRC), received a $249,438 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to develop rotating exhibits of 120 ethnographic items being repatriated on loan from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. The award, effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2028,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Penobscot Indian Nation received a $249,925 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308), effective October 1, 2025, with a completion date of March 31, 2027. The award supports the Penobscot Nation Museum's relocation to a newly constructed facility and comprehensive exhibition redesign. Funded activities include script writing, translation, transcription,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians received a $142,400 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The award supports the conservation and stabilization of seven culturally and historically significant objects from the Museum of the Cherokee People's collection, including baskets, clothing, and pottery...
The Native Village of Chenega received a $289,573 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308), awarded September 1, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2029. The grant funds a three-year planning and collections management initiative to establish a tribal museum facility that will preserve and provide community access to Chenega's Sugpiaq cultural heritage. Under this award, the Native Village of Chenega will engage an experienced planning professional to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for language revitalization and cultural knowledge preservation, while simultaneously working with a cultural curator to inventory, catalog, and rehouse the tribe's existing museum collections. Project deliverables include a formal strategic vision and direction document for the proposed museum facility, which will support archive functions, collections storage, and associated cultural programming. These activities directly support IMLS program objectives of building organizational capacity and supporting heritage preservation efforts for federally recognized Alaska Native Villages.Federal Grant Award Summary: Native Village of Chenega
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $248.2k | 7/13/26 |