Duane Blue Spruce

Smithsonian Institution

Tom McCulloch

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Charlie Bunch

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Donald Sutherland

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Paula Creech

National Park Service

Barbara Sutteer

National Park Service

Karen Cooper

Smithsonian Institution

Brenda Takes Horse

Bureau of Land Management

Laura Dean

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Fred York

National Park Service

Tribe [State]

Amount

Barrow Native Village (AK)

$    48,915

Calista Corporation (AK)

$    50,000

Catawba Nation (SC)

$    28,919

Chickasaw Nation (OK)

$    49,500

Choctaw Nation (OK)

$    49,922

Choggiung Ltd. (AK)

$    34,181

Coquille (OR)

$    50,000

Hopi (AZ)

$    50,000

Kaibab Band of Paiute

$    50,000

Karluk IRA Council (AK)

$    32,080

Kwigillinggok Native Village (AK)

$    50,000

Pueblo of Laguna (NM)

$    28,560

Native Village of Lower Kalskag (AK)

$    50,000

Mashantucket Pequot (CT)

$    33,705

Nez Perce (ID)

$    48,811

Pueblo of Pojoaque (NM)

$    49,985

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi (MI)

$    32,719

Sealaska Corporation (AK)

$    49,934

Senaca Nation (NY)

$    49,967

Robinson Rancheria (CA)

$    34,297

TOTAL

$  871,495   

Tribe:

Native Village of Barrow

Project Title:

Documenting Commercial Whaling History in the Western Arctic from the Inupiat Perspective

Grant Award:

$48,915

Description:

Interview Elders in three communities of Alaska’s North Slope to examine the contributions of Inupiat people to commercial whaling in Alaska.  Collected artifacts, artwork and photographs will be selected  for mounting in an exhibit that will travel to all villages on the North Slope, and audio tapes will be edited for radio broadcast.

Tribe:

Calista Corporation

Project Title:

Calista/AVCP Oral History Project

Grant Award:

$50,000

Description:

Plan, organize and coordinate a regional effort to implement a long-term oral history project involving the 1,500 ANCSA 14(h)(1) oral history tape collection held by the BIA in Anchorage.  Partners in this effort include the Association of Village Council Presidents, Inc., the Calista Elders’ Council and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.  A Yup’ik oral historian will be hired to organize and initiate a topical indexing of the collection, coordinate resources and inter-agency efforts, copy, catalog and plan long term regional efforts for transcription and translation of the collection.

Tribe:

Choggiung Ltd.

Project Title:

Nushagak River Historic Site Survey

Grant Award:

$34,181

Description:

Locate old village sites and places of historical and cultural significance located along the shores of the Nushagak, Mulchatna and Nuyakuk Rivers in southwestern Alaska.  This project will build upon a place name map compiled in 1910 by H.C. Fasset, Inspector of Fisheries and the work of anthropologist James VanStone in the 1960s.  The sites will be located, conditions recorded and potential for further archeological investigation assessed, and location coordinates entered into a Geographic Information System (GIS) database.

Tribe:

Native Village of Karluk (IRA)

Project Title:

Restoration of the Ascension of Our Lord Chapel

Grant Award:

$32,080

Description:

Prepare a Condition Assessment and Archaeological Survey for the Ascension of Our Lord Orthodox Church for the purpose of submitting a nomination for National Historic Landmark status.

Tribe:

Native Village of Kwigillingok

Project Title:

Caninemiut Traditional Qayaq (Kayak) Documentation Project

Grant Award:

$50,000

Description:

Build and document the “Caninemiut Kayak” with the assistance of the last traditionally trained Yup’ik elder.  Provide basic skills training for apprentices so that they can later build the kayak for museums and other educational purposes. 

Tribe:

Native Village of Lower Kalskag

Project Title:

Lower Kalskag Traditional Council Streambank Stabilization Project

Grant Award:

$50,000

Description:

Stabilize and revegitate approximately 160 yards of shoreline of the Kuskokwim River bordering the Lower Kalskag cemetery, a National Register site, to protect the cemetery from further erosion and loss of graves.  More than three hundred graves, many founding members of the community, have been washed away due to this erosion caused by the yearly spring ice break up and the flow of the river.

Tribe:

Sealaska Corporation

Project Title:

Tlingit Cultural Preservation and Education Program: Continuing Our Culture through Oral Traditions of Song

Grant Award:

$49,934

Description:

Collect and document Tlingit oral histories of four clans focusing on songs and associated dances and stories, translate and transcribe the recordings, copyright the collections to the clans, publish booklets with song sheets, explanations of oral histories with accompanying audio and video tapes, and disseminate the published materials to clans, dance groups, schools and libraries.

Tribe:

Hopi Tribe

Project Title:

The Awatovi National Historic Landmark Boundary Definition Project

Grant Award:

$50,000

Description:

Inventory and define the boundaries of the Awatovi National Historic Landmark and prepare a detailed site map depicting the spatial and locational relationships of adjacent historic properties to the main pueblo and mission complex.  This information will be entered in the Cultural Preservation Office’s GIS database for future management purposes and provide a basis for the development of an Awatovi management plan.

Tribe:

Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians

Project Title:

Building a Comprehensive Preservation Program for Resource Management on the Kaibab Indian Reservation

Grant Award:

$50,000

Description:

Building upon the completed identification and survey of cultural and archaeological sites, prepare a comprehensive preservation program by creating a preservation plan, an historic preservation ordinance, a land use plan, and a simplified cultural procedures manual.

Tribe:

Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians

Project Title:

Education and Cultural Resources Management Training Project

Grant Award:

$34,297

Description:

Train tribal staff and members of the six federally recognized tribes in Lake County, California in Cultural Resources Management (CRM).  The training will cover the following topics:  (1) state/federal historic preservation laws that apply on and off reservations and introduce the multidisciplinary practice of CRM, (2) the importance of tribes assuming a pro-active approach toward cultural preservation, (3) what cultural preservation ordinances and codes mean and, (4) what rights the tribes have under the government-to-government relationship. 

Tribe:

Mashantucket Pequot Tribe

Project Title:

Indiantown (1760-1805): Survey and Inventory  of a Transitional Community

Grant Award:

$33,705

Description:

Conduct a comprehensive archaeological and historical survey of Indiantown Village, a 100 acre portion of the reservation bordering the Great Cedar Swamp. The site contains the remains of a late 18^th and early 19^th century community which incorporated selected elements of Euro-American subsistence technologies and architecture into Pequot social, economic and political patterns.  Identified archaeological and historic sites will be incorporated into the master plan of development and will be evaluated with respect to criteria for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.

Tribe:

Nez Perce Tribe

Project Title:

Nez Perce Bighorn Sheep Composite Bow Project

Grant Award:

$48,811

Description:

Document the construction of a Nez Perce style horn bow, manufactured from the horns of a Big Horn sheep, with the assistance of Elmer Crow, the last Nez Perce tribal member with the knowledge of this traditional process.  A documentary video and pamphlet will be prepared, and two symposiums will be held – one to introduce the project and to gain members’ interest and community support for this traditional Nez Perce art form and one to display the final products.

Tribe:

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians

Project Title:

Developing a Historic Preservation Plan for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians: 2000-2001

Grant Award:

$32,719

Description:

Develop a long range historic preservation plan and the policies and ordinances to implement the plan.  Training will be provided on existing historic preservation laws.  Input from the tribal membership will be provided through an oral history project and questionnaire.  The long range plan, after approval by the Band’s Traditions/Repatriation Committee, will be submitted to the NPS to initiate the process of establishing a Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO).

Tribe:

Pueblo of Laguna

Project Title:

Laguna Tribal Historic Preservation Training Project

Grant Award:

$28,560

Description:

Provide essential training to the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer and Historic Preservation Committee to support the development of the Laguna Tribal Historic Preservation Program.  Training will include: 1) specialized seminars conducted by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and other qualified institutions, 2) visits to THPO programs of other tribes, and 3) presentations of the information and knowledge gained from the seminars and THPO visits to other tribal members.

Tribe:

Pueblo of Pojoague

Project Title:

Tewa Language and Stories: The Foundations of Culture

Grant Award:

$49,985.00

Description:

Document, in audio and video formats with accompanying transcripts, the language, stories and experiences of 36 elders of the six Tewa-speaking Pueblo tribes of New Mexico’s northern Rio Grande Valley.  Broadcast quality audio and video tapes will be produced which will be incorporated into the exhibitions and archival collections of the Poeh Center and Museum.  

Tribe:

Seneca Nation of Indians

Project Title:

Tribal Historic Preservation Program and Cultural Resources Management Planning

Grant Award:

$49,967

Description:

Add a Cultural Resources Manager to the Museum staff, begin implementing the Tribal Historic Preservation Program plan, convene the Cultural Resources Committee, and begin developing a Cultural Resources Management Plan for the Seneca Nation of Indians. 

Tribe:

Chicasaw Nation

Project Title:

Historic Preservation for the Chickasaw White House

Grant Award:

$49,500

Description:

Have an experienced preservation architect prepare working drawings/architectural plans and specifications for a restoration plan for the National Register listed Chickasaw White House, home of Douglas Johnston, the three-time governor of the Chickasaw Nation.

Tribe:

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Project Title:

Structural Analysis and Architectural Plans for the Renovation of Buildings at Wheelock Academy

Grant Award:

$49,922

Description:

Perform structural analyses on all buildings at Wheelock Academy, a National Historic Landmark, and prepare architectural plans and construction documents to bring Pushmataha Hall (1883-84) into code compliance for use once again as a dormitory at the educational institution.

Tribe:

Coquille Indian Tribe

Project Title:

Upper Coquille River Watershed Archeological Survey Project

Grant Award:

$50,000

Description:

Survey of the Upper Coquille River watershed to confirm or deny the presence and potential significance of more than 100 pre-historic sites that have either not been officially recorded, or are recorded but have not been investigated or interpreted.  Survey information will be used to update the tribe’s cultural resource database, and provide the necessary information to evaluate sites for possible listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

Tribe:

Catawba Nation

Project Title:

A Field Investigation of Courtney (formerly Davie) Island

Grant Award:

$28,919

Description:

Survey vandalized burial mounds on Courtney Island in the Catawba River. The survey and controlled surface collection and analysis of ceramics and lithics from the island will determine the chronological and cultural affiliation of the Native Americans who once occupied the area.  On completion of the survey project, the damage caused by looters will be documented and stabilized.