The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $1,451,933 Project Grant under the Alaska Native Educational Programs (CFDA 84.356) to the Knik Tribe, a federally recognized Native Alaskan tribe located in Palmer, Alaska. This grant, effective July 2, 2025 through July 1, 2026, will support the Knik Tribe's efforts to develop and implement innovative educational projects that integrate Alaska Native languages, cultures, and traditional knowledge into...
The Knik Tribe received a $3.7 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education to support the Horizon program. Funded under the Alaska Native Educational Programs (84.356 CFDA), the three-year award will support a STEAM education initiative emphasizing aviation concepts for secondary students through September 2024. The program aims to teach properties of flight and integrate STEAM learning objectives using an aviation-focused...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $2,991,311 Project Grant under the Alaska Native Educational Programs (CFDA 84.356) to the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Inc. The grant funding will support the "OPENING THE BOX OF INDIGENOUS SCIENCE: STEAM PATHWAYS" project from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025. The Sealaska Heritage Institute, a nonprofit organization, will use the grant funds to develop and implement culturally responsive STEAM...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $1,289,210 Project Grant under the Alaska Native Educational Programs (CFDA 84.356) to the Goldbelt Heritage Foundation, an Alaskan Native non-profit organization, for the period of July 2, 2025 to July 1, 2026. The project, titled "NAAKW DAAT YEI JINE: WORKING AROUND MEDICINE," will support innovative educational initiatives that integrate Alaska Native languages, cultures, and traditional...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $1,497,172 Project Grant on May 5, 2025 to the Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. (CITC), an Alaskan Native Corporation-owned tribal government organization. The grant is funded through the Alaska Native Educational Programs (CFDA 84.356), which supports innovative educational projects that integrate Alaska Native languages, cultures, and traditional knowledge into learning environments. The grant will...
The Alaska Native Heritage Center, Incorporated was awarded a $3,388,315 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on September 30, 2021 to complete the project by September 29, 2024. The grant funding supports the ILAKUCARAQ PROJECT: PROVIDING EXPLORATION OF INDIGENOUS IDENTITIES FOR ALASKA NATIVE YOUTH AND THE EDUCATORS THAT SERVE THEM under the federal Alaska Native Educational Programs (ANEP) grant program (CFDA #84.356). The ANEP...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). The grant, titled "AULLAAGVIK 2.1 - TRIBAL EDUCATOR APPRENTICESHIP", will be used by the Arctic Slope Community Foundation,...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has awarded a $1,108,749 Project Grant under the Alaska Native Educational Programs (CFDA 84.356) to the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Inc. in Juneau, Alaska. The grant, titled "The HAA Kusteeyi Initiative: Building a Culture, Leadership, Ecological Knowledge, and Indigenous STEM Pathway to Post-Secondary Education & Career in Southeast Alaska," will be executed from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025....
The Northwest Arctic Borough School District was awarded a $1,186,243 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Alaska Native Educational Programs (CFDA 84.356) initiative. The grant supports the ILISAUTRI PROJECT, which aims to address the unique educational needs of Alaska Native students in the district's 11 remote villages. Key activities to be delivered through the one-year grant, which runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31,...
The Sealaska Heritage Institute Inc. was awarded a $6,191,449 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on September 30, 2021 to be completed by September 29, 2024. The award is being administered under the Alaska Native Educational Programs federal grant program (CFDA 84.356), which supports projects that recognize and address the unique educational needs of Alaska Native students and integrate Alaska Native languages and cultures into...