Native Village Of Gakona

Native Village of Gakona, a federally recognized tribal government registered in SAM.gov since 2006, is an Alaska Native tribal council located in the Gakona region of Alaska. As a tribal government, the organization provides critical environmental, community development, public health, and victim services to its tribal members through strategic federal grant awards. The tribe is structured as a council of governments and has consistently demonstrated its capacity to manage complex federal grant programs across multiple agencies, focusing on enhancing community infrastructure, environmental management, and social support systems.

Through federal grant awards, Native Village of Gakona has primarily focused on environmental management, brownfields remediation, victim services, and community development. The tribe has received significant funding from agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Department of Health and Human Services. Key grant programs include the EPA's Brownfields Response Program, Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (IGAP), Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside (TVSSA), Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG), and COVID-19 related emergency response grants. The tribe's grant work involves critical activities such as environmental site assessments, hazardous waste management, recycling programs, community climate change planning, victim support services, public health preparedness, and infrastructure development. These grants consistently aim to build tribal administrative capacity, provide meaningful community engagement, and address specific local needs through culturally appropriate approaches.