Tlingit and haida nagpra consultation with carnegie and cleveland museums

The Central Council Tlingit And Haida Indian Tribes Of Alaska received a $149,995 Project Grant from the National Park Service under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) program (CFDA 15.922), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2027. This grant funds consultation activities between the Tlingit and Haida tribes and Carnegie and Cleveland museums regarding the documentation, identification, and repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items held in those institutions' collections.

The project supports the tribe's capacity to engage in collaborative consultation and documentation efforts with museums to facilitate cultural affiliation determinations and advance repatriation responses in accordance with NAGPRA requirements. This award aligns with the NAGPRA program's primary objective of enabling Indian tribes and museums to work together on addressing Native American cultural patrimony and ancestral remains held in museum collections.