Native Village Of Tazlina

Native Village of Tazlina, doing business as Tazlina Village Council, is a federally recognized Indian tribe based in Glennallen, Alaska, registered in SAM.gov since July 2004. The organization serves as a tribal government providing critical infrastructure and community development services to its constituents through federal grant funding. As a tribally governed entity, Native Village of Tazlina receives federal grant awards to support transportation infrastructure, environmental management, natural resource protection, and emergency preparedness initiatives that directly benefit the Tazlina community.

The organization's federal grant portfolio demonstrates substantial engagement across multiple sectors and funding agencies. Native Village of Tazlina has been the primary recipient of consistent transportation funding through the Federal Highway Administration's Tribal Transportation Program and Highway Planning and Construction initiative (CFDA 20.205), having received multiple formula and project grants totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars annually from 2021 through 2026 to support road construction, preservation, and improvement projects. The entity has also received environmental and waste management support through an EPA Region 10 project grant awarded in October 2024 focused on administrative and programmatic capacity development, solid waste removal from tribal lands (including lead acid batteries, electronics, scrap metal, white goods, tires, and vehicles), community outreach and education, climate change adaptation planning, and emergency response program development, with anticipated deliverables including presentations, cleanup reports, certifications, and an updated integrated waste management plan. Additionally, Native Village of Tazlina received a $199,600 project grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Tribal Wildlife Grants program (CFDA 15.639) to conduct comprehensive research on wolf pack monitoring, range, distribution, and diet within the eastern Ahtna territory. The organization has also managed cooperative agreements with the Department of Defense through ENDIST Alaska for the National American Indian Land Environmental Management Program (NALEMP) and for tribal management and implementation of cleanup work at former above-ground storage tank areas and dry creek areas within the former Gulkana Prepositioning Area. Furthermore, Native Village of Tazlina received coronavirus relief funding through the Department of Treasury's Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CCPF) to support critical capital projects enabling work, education, and health monitoring, including broadband infrastructure development. All identified grants have been awarded directly to Native Village of Tazlina as the prime recipient with no subrecipient activities indicated.