Project Grant NH260935OLS26
- Hii Paka LLC received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to enhance its efforts sustaining Hawaiian heritage, culture, and community knowledge. The two-year award funds a consulting conservator to complete a general conservation survey of Hii Paka's collections at Waimea Valley, which include Hawaiian cultural sites, native plant collections, and cultural artifacts. The...
- This $164,850 federal 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) will support the Waimea Valley Library in Haleiwa, Hawaii to inventory, catalog, and rehouse its materials and collection. This will make the library's resources more accessible to Native Hawaiians, Native Hawaiian scholars, other scholars, and the people of Hawaii. Additionally, the project staff will...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Hi'ohia $237,990 on September 1, 2026, under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to document and preserve the knowledge of contemporary Native Hawaiian kapa practitioners through a culturally governed digital repository and virtual exhibition. Hi'ohia will record oral histories of ten master kapa practitioners from across Hawai'i, document their work through photography, and develop metadata describing...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Ka IPU Makani Cultural Heritage Center $135,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311) to establish a digital archive preserving Molokai's historical collections and expanding public access through community-based library and archival services. The project will process and describe unprocessed photographs, newspaper clippings, historical records, and three-dimensional objects;...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded $163,980 to the Hawaiian Historical Society on October 1, 2026, under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311) to establish and implement a sustainable digitization program preserving historically significant library collections documenting Native Hawaiian history and culture. The award funds development of digitization workflows and preservation procedures, processing of approximately 1,160 glass plate...
- This $150,000 Project Grant awarded on September 1, 2023 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program will allow Papahana Kuaola, a Native Hawaiian organization and non-profit, to address the need for increased access to Hawaiian cultural-based literature and place-based learning. The funding will be used to develop literacy-focused programs, learning materials, and community engagement activities that...
- Papahana Kuaola received a $173,310 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) to develop an online and in-person program focused on moolelo (stories) of Hawaii. The program will support 1,540 participants from underserved communities on Molokai, Maui, and Oahu as they transition between virtual and blended learning environments. Activities will foster understanding and...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded $127,964 to Waianae Economic Development Council through the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. Under this Project Grant, Waianae Economic Development Council will deliver a Hawaiian culture-based entrepreneurship workshop series and technical assistance to 30 Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners. The organization will recruit program participants and develop workshops to...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Hula Preservation Society $249,981 on September 1, 2026, under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to preserve and expand national access to the Kent Ghirard Collection, a cultural archive documenting Hawaiʻi during the territorial era, World War II, and the path to statehood. The recipient will assess, catalogue, and digitize materials in the collection, then disseminate the archive through a...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement $150,000 under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311) on October 1, 2025, for a one-year project completion date of September 30, 2026. In collaboration with the MooPono – Hawaiian Ancestry Project, the award supports the transcription, archival indexing, and online dissemination of over 9,000 pages of handwritten Hawaiian...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded $150,000 to HII Paka LLC on October 1, 2026, under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (CFDA 45.311) to document, preserve, and expand access to oral histories connected to Waimea Valley in Haleiwa, Hawaii. The project will collect video oral histories from long-time staff, cultural practitioners, and community members who have worked to protect, restore, and sustain the valley. HII Paka LLC will lead coordination efforts and develop internal organizational capacity to manage and use oral history resources. The Center for Oral History at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa will provide technical guidance and project support as a partner. Deliverables include recorded oral histories, preserved archival materials, and resources to support future educational programming, public interpretation, and publication. The project targets increased representation of community voices in historical records, strengthened organizational capacity to steward and share oral history collections, and expanded access to culturally significant resources. Primary beneficiaries include the Waimea Valley community, cultural practitioners, educators, researchers, and the public. The performance period runs from October 1, 2026, through March 31, 2028, with all work performed in Haleiwa, Hawaii. HII Paka LLC is a Native Hawaiian nonprofit organization that manages Waimea Valley as a center for preserving Hawaiian heritage, environmental conservation, and cultural education.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $150.0k | 8/12/26 |