The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts program (CFDA 15.071) to the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Inc. The three-year grant, awarded on March 21, 2025, will support the Institute's efforts to revitalize endangered cultural practices and arts related to mountain goats among the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian communities in Southeast Alaska. The anticipated outcomes include enhanced cultural...
The Sealaska Heritage Institute Inc. was awarded a $3,004,203 Project Grant from the Denali Commission under the Denali Commission Program (CFDA 90.100) to undertake the Totem Pole Trail Project from July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The Denali Commission Program aims to provide critical utilities and infrastructure funding for distressed Alaskan communities. Under this award, Sealaska Heritage Institute will create a totem pole trail and likely conduct cultural preservation activities...
The Department of the Interior's National Park Service Alaska Region awarded a $1,301,920 Project Grant under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts program (CFDA 15.071) to the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Inc. The grant period extends from August 25, 2023 to April 30, 2028. The funding will enable Sealaska Heritage Institute, a private non-profit organization, to provide enhanced Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands art programs that promote the scholarly study and instruction of...
The Sealaska Heritage Institute Inc. will receive $1.25 million under a four-year Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Alaska Region. The funding supports the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts federal grant program (CFDA 15.071). Through 2027, Sealaska will operate its arts campus facilities and provide outreach, workshops, artist residencies, and internships. It will partner with the Institute of American Indian Arts and University of Alaska...
The federal Project Grant award P24AP02529, totaling $1,285,040.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts program (CFDA 15.071). This grant supports the Sealaska Heritage Institute, a nonprofit organization, in delivering a wide range of initiatives, activities, and programs to promote the scholarly study, instruction, and preservation of Alaska Native arts and culture. Key products and services funded...
The National Park Service awarded a $1,499,779 Project Grant under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to the Chilkoot Indian Association in Haines, Alaska. The grant provides funding for the rehabilitation of the Noow Hit Tribal House, a nationally significant historic property located within the Fort William H. Seward National Historic District. The project will address issues of weathering, water incursion, and deterioration affecting the tribal house. The grant requires a...
The National Park Service awarded $500,000 under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. The funding will support the fabrication of exhibit cases and archival storage for the Siletz Cultural Collection at the Tribe's Ghii Dee-Ne-Dvn Cultural Heritage Center and Museum in Siletz, Oregon. The award period runs from April 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026. The Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program provides...
This $501,878.11 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Park Service (CFDA 15.946 Cultural Resources Management program), supports a broad range of cultural resource stewardship activities undertaken by the Hoonah Indian Association, a federally recognized tribal government in Hoonah, Alaska. The goal is to actively engage the tribe in collaborative stewardship of park resources and values, as well as strengthen the evolving relationship between the tribe and the National Park...
This federal Project Grant award of $149,961.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will fund a project titled "Herring of Change: An Ethnography of Indigenous Knowledge of Changing Herring and Herring Spawn Distributions around Sitka, Southeast Alaska." The project will document indigenous knowledge and oral histories related to observed changes in Pacific herring populations,...
The Sealaska Corporation of Alaska was awarded a $195,844 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 45.311). The grant will fund the "Documenting the Crests of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Clans" project, which aims to document the origin, cultural significance, and clan ownership of 12 indigenous crests. The project will be carried out in collaboration with...