Project Grant P15AP00175

Federal Grant Award Summary The Denver Museum of Nature and Science received a $137,326 project grant awarded on October 1, 2025, under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) program (CFDA 15.922), administered by the Department of the Interior National Park Service. This award supports consultation and documentation activities related to Cheyenne and Arapaho collections held at the museum through the project completion date of March 31, 2027. The grant funds...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Cultural Resources Financial Assistance Grant (CRFA-PGC) program, under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Grant Program (CFDA 15.922), provides $100,000 to the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska to engage in culturally sensitive NAGPRA consultation processes with Bryn Mawr College. The goal is to initiate respectful dialogue and collaboration to articulate the tribe's rights and interests in the...

This $100,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Grant Program will support the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) in New Mexico to conduct inventory, consultation, and repatriation efforts for 79 Native American ancestors and cultural items. The grant will fund the hiring of one full-time staff member and one graduate intern to catalog, inventory, consult with tribal representatives, and prepare...

The Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Cultural Resources Financial Assistance Grant (CRFA-PGC) program on October 1, 2024. The grant supports the tribe's efforts to engage in culturally sensitive NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) consultation processes with Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. The project aims to initiate respectful dialogue and collaboration to...

This federal Project Grant award of $100,000.00 from the National Park Service's Cultural Resources Financial Assistance Grant (CRFA-PGC) program, under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Grant Program (CFDA 15.922), supports the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska, a federally recognized tribe, in engaging in culturally sensitive NAGPRA consultation processes with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Museum of the North. The project aims to initiate respectful dialogue...

The Wiyot Tribe was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438). The Tribe will use the three-year funding to build its capacity for conducting habitat restoration in its ancestral territory and reestablishing its role as steward of these lands. Key deliverables include training Tribe members on restoration skills, collaborating with partners to...

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...

The Putnam Museum and Science Center received a $150,000 project grant from the National Park Service under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Grant Program (CFDA 15.922), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. The award supports the museum's consultation, documentation, and repatriation efforts related to Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony held within its collections. These activities...

The Pueblo of Pojoaque's Poeh Cultural Center received a $241,172 federal Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.308 - Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program) to undertake a shared stewardship and ethical return project for Tewa cultural objects. The project activities include researching museums, institutions, and individuals in the U.S. who may have Tewa objects and collaborating with them to bring the objects back to Tewa country. The project...

The Museum of the Cherokee People, representing 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), awarded October 1, 2025. The grant supports the conservation and stabilization of seven culturally and historically significant objects from the museum's collection that face immediate risk of deterioration. The objects selected for treatment...