Project Grant MN260648OMS26
- 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 Chugach Regional Resources Commission, an Alaska Native intertribal consortium, was awarded a $2,910,694 Cooperative Agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to partner with the Kodiak Area Native Association, the Native Conservancy, and the Kodiak Archipelago Leadership Institute. The funding will be used over 3 years to create and strengthen a network of tribal collaborators to steward coastal resources and build...
- The Native Village of Eyak will create 3D scans of 15 cultural artifacts held in museum collections on Cordova, Alaska through a $108,438 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Under its Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308), IMLS supports projects that sustain Native heritage and culture. The Ilanka Cultural Center will build on prior work developing a virtual reality experience of a traditional village to incorporate the 3D...
- 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,...
- The Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Inc. received a $250,000 Project Grant awarded October 1, 2025, by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308). The grant supports a two-year initiative extending through September 30, 2027, to deliver hands-on collections preservation expertise and training to the remote Unangax (Aleut) communities of Atka and Pauloff Harbor in Alaska. Under this award, the...
- The Douglas Indian Association 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), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The grant supports the preservation and perpetuation of Chilkat weaving, a traditional cultural practice of the Tlingit community in Juneau, Alaska. Primary deliverables include direct instruction of 52 developing cultural practitioners in...
- 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...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Alaska Region provides $239,504.44 to support cultural resources management activities at the Alaska Regional Curatorial Center from August 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026. Under the National Park Service's Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946), products and services delivered through the award will focus on preventative conservation of NPS museum collections stored at the curatorial...
- 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 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 CHUGACH MUSEUM, ON BEHALF OF THE CHUGACH ALASKA CORPORATION, WILL IMPROVE PRESERVATION OF THEIR COLLECTIONS AND SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF TRADITIONAL KAYAK-BUILDING KNOWLEDGE. PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE COMPLETING A FOUNDATIONAL CONSERVATION SURVEY, ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF HIGH-RISK MATERIALS, INCREASING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AND BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR STAFF BY PROVIDING HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN FROM A CONTRACTED CONSERVATOR. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN A COMPLETED GENERAL CONSERVATION SURVEY THAT ASSESSES THE 16,000-OBJECT COLLECTION, 60 DETAILED CONDITION ASSESSMENTS OF CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT ORGANIC MATERIALS, DEVELOPMENT OF STORAGE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 34 BURIAL PLANKS, SEVEN REHOUSED NAGPRA-REPATRIATED BURIAL MASKS, A COMPLETED EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, AND DOCUMENTATION OF KAYAK CONSTRUCTION KNOWLEDGE TO SUPPORT A KAYAK-BUILDING CURRICULUM.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $59.2k | 7/13/26 |