Project Grant NAE259241OLS25
- The Sealaska Corporation, on behalf of the Sealaska Heritage Institute, received a $250,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services (NANH) Program (CFDA 45.308). The grant will be used to preserve and provide digital access to 1,730 video recordings that capture past culture and language revitalization efforts in Southeast Alaska. Project staff will use the recordings to create short educational videos...
- The Aleut Community of Saint Paul Island received a $150,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.311 - Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program) to host a 20-month "Island Times Visits" initiative. This project will document stories shared by elders on Saint Paul Island and preserve the unique culture and history of the community over the past 50 years. The recordings will be stored in the library's cultural archive, edited for...
- The Sealaska Heritage Institute Inc. was awarded a $5,219,807 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Alaska Native Educational Programs (CFDA 84.356) federal grant program. The three-year award, made on September 30, 2021 and set to be completed by September 29, 2024, will support the "SHARING OUR STORIES: VOICES ON THE LAND" project. This project aligns with the goals of the Alaska Native Educational Programs by...
- This Project Grant award of $149,961, provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149), will support the "Herring of Change: An Ethnography of Indigenous Knowledge of Changing Herring and Herring Spawn Distributions Around Sitka, Southeast Alaska" project. The project aims to document indigenous knowledge and oral histories related to changes in Pacific herring populations, spawning...
- 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...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service Alaska Region under the Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Grant Program (CFDA 15.071) provides $1,279,640.00 to the Sealaska Heritage Institute to support their Northwest Coast Arts Development and Training Program. The program aims to enhance art programs, provide instructional opportunities, develop collaborative academic offerings, and enrich Northwest Coast art for Alaska students and across the...
- 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 Sealaska Heritage Institute Inc. was awarded a $6,191,449 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on September 30, 2021 to be completed by September 29, 2024. The award is being administered under the Alaska Native Educational Programs federal grant program (CFDA 84.356), which supports projects that recognize and address the unique educational needs of Alaska Native students and integrate Alaska Native languages and cultures into...
- The National Archives and Records Administration awarded a $149,250 project grant to See Stories of Anchorage, AK under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program. The grant period runs from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024. See Stories will undertake activities to preserve, publish, and increase use of documentary sources related to United States history. Specifically, the organization will preserve and make available archival materials that tell the stories of...
- This three-year Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities, under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161), will fund the transcription, translation into English, annotation, and publication of oral narratives from the Upper Inlet Dena'ina people of Southcentral Alaska. The $292,183 in funding will support Native Village of Eklutna to complete the known corpus of audio-recorded narratives primarily collected from late Elder Shem Pete between...
THE SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE WILL DEVELOP VOICES OF RURAL AMERICA: DIGITIZING INTERVIEWS FROM THE LAST FRONTIER PROJECT TO DIGITIZE RADIO RECORDINGS FROM SITKA AND WRANGELL'S LOCAL RADIO PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT THE CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENTATION OF CURRENT RURAL ALASKAN LIFE. THE RADIO RECORDINGS PRODUCED FOR LOCAL PUBLIC RADIO FEATURE THE VOICES AND NARRATIVES OF RURAL ALASKAN PEOPLE IN THE 1960S THROUGH 1990S. THE COLLECTIONS CONTAIN INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY ELDERS, POLITICAL FIGURES, AND ORGANIZATIONS DOCUMENTING COMMUNITY EVENTS, SOCIAL LIFE, AND ALASKA NATIVE ISSUES. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO FUND THE PURCHASE OF RECORDING EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE UTILIZED DURING CELEBRATION 2026 TO ESTABLISH AND HOST SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE'S FIRST "POP-UP" RECORDING STUDIO. VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE RECORDING EQUIPMENT TO TELL STORIES, SING SONGS, OR CONDUCT INTERVIEWS WITH LOVED ONES. SUBMITTED RECORDINGS WILL BE COLLECTED AND MADE INTO THE VOICES OF CELEBRATION 2026 ARCHIVAL COLLECTION. THIS PROJECT WILL HELP BUILD A GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND INSIGHT INTO RURAL SOUTHEAST ALASKA LIFE.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $99.3k | 9/17/25 |