Huslia Village

Huslia Village, doing business as the Huslia Tribal Council, is a federally recognized Alaska Native tribal government located in the remote Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of Alaska with a population of approximately 314 tribal citizens. The Huslia Tribal Council serves its community through a diverse portfolio of federal grant awards focused on community safety, victim services, infrastructure resilience, environmental stewardship, and economic development. As a tribal entity with no federal contract prime awardees, Huslia Village operates exclusively through federal grant programs, leveraging these funds to address critical gaps in services and infrastructure in this isolated, road-inaccessible community accessible only by small aircraft.

The Huslia Tribal Council's federal grant work spans multiple agencies and program areas, demonstrating comprehensive community development efforts. The tribe has received substantial support from the Department of Justice for public safety and victim services initiatives, including a $300,000 Justice System Infrastructure Program grant for planning tribal public safety systems, multiple Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program awards totaling over $900,000 to implement crime victim services, and grants addressing violence against women under the Office on Violence Against Women's discretionary grants program ($599,255). Infrastructure and economic resilience projects include a $1.7 million Economic Development Administration award for relocating power distribution networks threatened by river erosion, $445,142 in Good Neighbor Authority funding from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management for hazardous fuels reduction to combat wildfire threats, two Federal Transit Administration grants totaling approximately $240,000 for tribal transit bus service, and projects from the Denali Commission. Environmental and community capacity-building grants include a four-year Environmental Programs Grant from EPA Region 10 for solid waste management and water quality monitoring, a Department of Energy Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program award, and library infrastructure support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Additionally, the tribe received Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund assistance and Indian Community Development Block Grants for critical infrastructure needs. The Huslia Tribal Council partnered with Tanana Chiefs Conference on violence prevention programming and received a sub-award from the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium for EPA Gap environmental projects, reflecting its collaborative approach to leveraging tribal and regional partnerships to serve community needs.