Project Grant RZ5102809

This $181,302 National Science Foundation project grant supports collaborative archaeological research at the University of South Alabama from May 2022 to April 2025. The research will investigate how communities form and cultural traditions develop through migration and settlement in new ecological contexts. Researchers will examine social relationships and networks formed through the production and use of pottery in a coastal region, some by recent migrants. They will employ social network...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF) Program award of $160,000 supports a 2-year project to investigate how local Indigenous groups in the inland Southern California borderlands navigated contested spaces around peripheral mission satellite campuses known as asistencias or estancias. The project aims to illustrate the resilience of Indigenous communities and spectrums of resistance through an...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award of $109,829 to Wake Forest University will support research to investigate the role of public architecture and rituals in the development of ancient societies, including the transition to sedentary farming lifestyles and social complexity. The key objectives are to: 1) date ceremonial complexes, 2) locate associated residential areas, and 3) recover evidence of early foodways. The...

The Native Village of Eyak will create 3D scans of 15 cultural artifacts held in museum collections on Cordova, Alaska through a $108,438 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Under its Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308), IMLS supports projects that sustain Native heritage and culture. The Ilanka Cultural Center will build on prior work developing a virtual reality experience of a traditional village to incorporate the 3D...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $662,212 Project Grant under the Native American Employment and Training program (CFDA 17.265) to the American Indian Center of Arkansas, Inc. to support employment and training services for unemployed, underemployed and low-income American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The grantee will directly provide career services, follow-up services for up to 12 months after program...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Project Grant, under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), provides $192,084 to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to conduct research on pottery production and trade at the Chaco Canyon UNESCO World Heritage Site. The research aims to determine the precise production location of Cibola pottery, which constitutes the majority of ceramic artifacts recovered from Chaco Canyon, in...

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 Springfield Museums Corporation received a $117,655 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to update the interpretation of Native American history at its five museums in Springfield, Massachusetts. Working with local Native American tribes, the Museums will redesign its Native American hall to provide a more inclusive, accurate, and unbiased depiction of the innovations, resilience, and culture of...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository received a $616,976 Project Grant from the Administration for Native Americans under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) for the Kodiak Island Traditional Arts (KITA) Project, awarded September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2028. The project addresses economic challenges facing Alutiiq artists in the Kodiak Archipelago, where survey data indicated zero percent of surveyed artists earned a...

Summary: Autry Museum Curation Project - Cultural Resources Management The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $151,678 to the Autry Museum of the American West on September 22, 2025, under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.159). The award, with a completion date of September 30, 2028, funds archaeological collection documentation, cataloging, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) inventory...