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Kodiak
Area Native Association
Alaska Alutiiq Lost Village Study
$ 50,000
This grant seeks to "fill in" an important gap in the history of the
peoples of Kodiak Island. The study will undertake an assessment (both archival and in the
field) of the little understood phenomena of village abandonment on Kodiak Island since
1900. Field work will be performed by professional archeologists and ethnohistorians with
the assistance of Kodiak Island villagers. The archival collection produced will be housed
in the Kodiak Native Association Archives and a book summarizing the results of the study
will be published.
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Northwest
Arctic Native Association
Inupiaq Place Name Project
$ 24,900
The importance of traditional Inupiaq geographic names in the Northwest
Arctic Native Association Region in Alaska is key to the preservation of Inupiaq culture.
This proposal seeks to research through interviews a comprehensive listing of Inupiaq
geographic name places to ensure that they are preserved for future generations. The
results will be used in public schools and will be submitted to the Alaska Board of
Geographic Place Names. The project will be conducted by a native specialist in the
Inupiaq Language in consultation with the Alaska Native Language Center.
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| ARIZONA |
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Ak Chin
Indian Community
Addition of Oral History Program, Ak Chin Ecomuseum/Archive
$ 47,800
This is a language preservation project in which the Ak-Chin seek
to preserve their oral traditions and language. The grant provides funding to record
tribal lifeways, history, and traditional practices. The project will be undertaken by the
Tribe in consultation with the Suquamish Tribe, acknowledged leaders in the Pacific
Northwest in establishing successful tribal language preservation programs. The grant
builds tribal capabilities for similar future undertakings, establishes an archive of
these recordings, as well as building inter-tribal ties.
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Navajo
Nation
Navajo Nation Cultural Resources Data Base
$ 50,000
The project will assist the Navajo nation in establishing a computerized
database designed to meet the rapidly increasing cultural resource management needs of the
Navajo Nation. The Navajo have recently assumed from the Bureau of Indian Affairs the
responsibility of Federal project review under Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act. The managing of information on some 30,000 known archeological sites and
400 traditional cultural sites without computers is an insurmountable task. The project
will also train tribal members in computer database management, systems operations and
data entry.
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Southern
Ute Indian Tribe
Southern Ute Cultural Camp
$ 20,000
The Southern Ute Indian Tribe propose to organize several week-long "cultural
camps" to teach Southern Ute youths the Southern Ute language, traditional skills,
values and ceremonies. The camps will be conducted by tribal elders and located in remote
traditional Ute cultural settings.
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| MAINE |
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Passamaquaoddy
Indian Township
Wolaku (Project Yesterday)(Archeological Project)
$ 32,700
This project will provide support to the Passamaquoddy to excavate and analyze a
significant and threatened tribal archeological site. At the same time, the project
proposes to train tribal members in archeological techniques. A video documentary of the
excavation will be used in Passamaquoddy tribal schools to increase the next generation's
understanding and appreciation of their heritage.
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Leech Lake
Reservation
Leech Lake Historical Preservation Plan and Ordinance
$ 20,000
This project develops a tribal historic preservation plan and ordinance for the
preservation, protection, and future management of historic and cultural resources on the
Leech Lake Reservation.
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| NEW
MEXICO |
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Santa
Clara Indian Pueblo
Santa Clara Cultural Inventory
$ 20,000
The loss of traditional tribal skills and practices is a key concern
to many Tribes nationwide. The Santa Clara Pueblo seeks to establish an
"inventory" of their tribal members by identifying and recording their
particular skills and practices, thus documenting them for future generations.
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Zuni
Indian Tribe
Historic Preservation Ordinance and Historic Preservation Master Plan
$ 19,700
The Zuni Tribe proposes to produce a cultural resources ordinance and
master plan for the reservation that incorporates the existing Zuni Archeological
Database. The ordinance and master plan will be prepared in consultation with Pueblo
leaders, other Tribes, Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation, and the New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office and presented to the
Pueblo Council for adoption.
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| NEVADA |
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Moapa Band
of Paiutes
A Historic Preservation Training Program for the Moapa Band of Paiutes
$ 11,000
This project will increase tribal members' awareness of techniques
and approaches in cultural conservation/preservation by holding workshops on the Moapa
Reservation for tribal members. In addition, the project will also develop a baseline,
cultural resources inventory system, the first step in establishing a tribal
historic/cultural resources preservation program.
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Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
Fort Berthold Reservation Tribal Historic Preservation Ordinance
$ 11,000
This grant supports the development of a tribal historic preservation
ordinance for the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. The ordinance will include tribal
cultural preservation goals and objectives and the Tribe's approach to identifying and
protecting cultural resources. The ordinance will be developed in consultation with tribal
leaders and with the assistance of tribal para-legals.
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| OKLAHOMA |
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Osage Nation
Osage Language Maintenance and Oral History Retention
$ 50,000
This is a language preservation project in which the Osage Nation will
produce curricula and teaching material for intermediate and advanced classes in the Osage
language. As part of the project, twenty-five Osage teachers will be instructed in basic
level Osage language, the few remaining tribal members fluent in Osage will be video
taped, and language tapes for instructions in schools will be recorded and duplicated.
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| WASHINGTON |
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Makah Nation
Conservation Plan for the Ozette Archeological Collection
$ 50,000
The Ozette Village Site is one of the most significant archeological sites
in the world. This project will produce a conservation plan for artifacts recovered from
the site and held by the Tribe. The project will be undertaken in consultation with the
Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History and the Canadian Conservation
Institution. The project will also Provide intensive training of two Makah tribal members
in the artifact conservation and management of their patrimony.
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Port
Gamble Klallam Tribe
NUHWQ EEYT Language and Artifact Preservation Project
$ 45,900
This is a language preservation project which seeks to ensure the
continuation of the Klallam language for future generations by providing tribal classes to
preschoolers in the tribal Head Start Program, to students in grades K-12 as part of a 10
week summer youth program, and to adults in evening classes. The tribe will develop a 32-
page Klallam language alphabet book using Klallam cultural concepts and practices.
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Northern
Cheyenne Tribe
Cheyenne Index (Index of Northern Cheyenne Sacred Objects in Museum
Collections)
$ 20,000
The Northern Cheyenne seek to identify and develop an index of sacred
tribal objects held in museums located off the reservation. The repatriation of important
and sacred tribal objects remains a high priority of many American Indians throughout the
nation. A report will be produced for distribution to tribal offices, the tribal community
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