Native Village Of Eyak

Native Village Of Eyak, a federally recognized Alaska Native tribal government headquartered in Cordova, Alaska, operates as a federal grant recipient across a broad portfolio spanning healthcare, transportation infrastructure, environmental management, fisheries research, and community services. The tribe does not compete for federal contracts; all 239 prime awards in its recent footprint are federal grants and cooperative agreements, with five sub-awards where the tribe participates as a sub-recipient under lead grantees including the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Prince William Sound Science and Technology Institute, and the Southeast Conference.

The tribe's grant portfolio centers on place-based federal programs designed for tribal governments and rural Alaska communities. The top funding partners by award count are the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (24 awards supporting the Tribal Transportation Program), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (26 awards under Older Americans Act formula grants), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (12 awards for library services and cultural preservation), the Environmental Protection Agency (11 awards for brownfields response, environmental capacity building, and climate action), and the Department of Justice (victim services, tribal justice systems, and youth programs). Recent representative prime awards include a $5 million healthcare facility construction grant from the Department of Health and Human Services for the Ilanka Community Health Center (September 2024), a $155.5 million infrastructure award from the Denali Commission for the Shepard Point Port Complex equipment support (January 2026), a $85.9 million Federal Highway Administration award for transportation infrastructure and pre-award costs (July 2023), a $546,353 Bureau of Justice Assistance award for the Tribal Youth Program addressing violence and substance abuse (October 2025), a $134,000 EPA environmental capacity-building grant under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (October 2025), and a $426,573 cooperative agreement from the Army Corps of Engineers for environmental mitigation on tribal lands (September 2025).

The tribe's mission and operational footprint extend across fisheries science, subsistence resource management, and cultural preservation. Native Village Of Eyak's Department of Environment and Natural Resources has received over $12.1 million in cumulative grant awards for Copper River salmon research, conducting long-term monitoring of Chinook and sockeye salmon abundance using fishwheels and mark-recapture methods since 2003 to inform federal and state subsistence fisheries management. The Ilanka Community Health Center, owned and operated by the tribe, serves the remote Cordova community with primary care, behavioral health, and integrated outpatient services. The Ilanka Cultural Center pursues tribal heritage preservation through documentation, virtual reality experiences, children's literature development, and traditional knowledge integration. Activity has averaged 12 to 16 awards per year over the past four years; the portfolio contains 10 awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing potential recompete or renewal opportunity in FY 2027 and FY 2028. The tribe's sub-recipient role in fisheries research includes participation in telemetry studies of sockeye salmon migration patterns (Alaska Department of Fish and Game lead, April 2024), mark-recapture studies of Chinook salmon abundance (Alaska Department of Fish and Game lead, April 2025), and mariculture research coordination (Prince William Sound Science and Technology Institute lead, March 2025). Grant assistance type distribution reflects formula allocations (Older Americans Act, transportation, nutrition services), project grants (health infrastructure, environmental management, victim services, youth programs), and cooperative agreements (fisheries monitoring, environmental restoration, disease prevention), with all work performed in Cordova and Prince William Sound region locations.