2007 Current ANA Grants (by State)
Alaska
| Grantee Name |
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$396,610 |
| Project Title |
Alaska Rural Utility Collaborative (ARUC) |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to design, develop and implement a self-sustaining statewide ARUC to provide 15-24 villages with capacity building technical and managerial assistance to manage and operate water and sewer utilities in a sustainable manner. This in turn will promote self determination, quality of life, public health, and economic development. |
| Grantee Name |
Calista Elders Council |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$190,292 |
| Project Title |
The Way We Genuinely Live: Yup'ik Teachings, Words of Wisdom and Rules for Right Living |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to integrate the knowledge, wisdom and skills of elders in order to sustain traditional values and methods of mentoring youth. The project will promote healthy relationships and strengthen families and communities within the Yukon-Kuskokwim Region. |
| Grantee Name |
Central Council Tlingit Haida |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$359,112 |
| Project Title |
Tribal Integrated Enrollment Database and Case Management System |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop, test and refine a Tribal Integrated Enrollment Database and Case Management System. The project will address a number of gaps in the Tribe's current data management systems, and will achieve significant improvements in program service delivery, case management, evaluation, and reporting for the organization. This in turn will enhance the Tribe’s ability to access reimbursements through Title IV, Title 19 and Medicaid. This is a three year project to develop, test and refine a Tribal Integrated Enrollment Database and Case Management System. The project will address a number of gaps in the Tribe's current data management systems, and will achieve significant improvements in program service delivery, case management, evaluation, and reporting for the organization. This in turn will enhance the Tribe’s ability to access reimbursements through Title IV, Title 19 and Medicaid. |
| Grantee Name |
Chilkoot Indian Association |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$139,443 |
| Project Title |
Chilkoot Indian Association 24 month Human Capital and Economic Development Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to implement a formal training program within the Tribal government for employees. The program will provide business development training to tribal members for the start up of tribally owned businesses. |
| Grantee Name |
Chugach Regional Resources Commission |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$302,961 |
| Project Title |
Chugach Native Region of Alaska Economic Development Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to create businesses and employment opportunities for Tribal member communities based on the development of the fisheries resources. The project will develop safe and effective methods for improving incubation and marine survival of pink salmon from the Port Graham hatchery, reestablish the Nanwalek sockeye salmon enhancement project, and develop techniques for commercial production of cockles at Tatitlek. The project will provide the region's tribes and tribal members with business services such as analysis, advice, planning and identifying financing opportunities. |
| Grantee Name |
Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$280,918 |
| Project Title |
Two Spirits Arts Center |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to expand the existing Two Spirits Gallery into an Art Center in order to better meet the needs of gallery participants and to re-locate the gallery/art center to a more marketable downtown location. |
| Grantee Name |
Kenaitze Indian Tribe |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
93/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$67,946 |
| Project Title |
K'beq Interpretive Site Cultural Tourism Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop a K'Beq Interpretive Site that will increase cultural interpretive jobs and promote the cultural and economic well-being of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe. A marketing plan will be designed to increase international tourist visits by 15% and overall visits and revenues by an average annual growth of 28%. |
| Grantee Name |
Knik Tribal Council |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$367,216 |
| Project Title |
Knik Tribal Workforce Development Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to provide Tribal members and Native Borough residents with career guidance, education, training and job placement assistance. |
| Grantee Name |
McGrath Native Village Council |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$85,121 |
| Project Title |
McGrath Tribal Base Enrollment Reestablishment Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to strengthen the tribal government by reestablishing tribal base enrollment. The McGrath Native Village Council will work with area youth, families and elders on constructing genealogies of tribal members. |
| Grantee Name |
Metlakatla Indian Community |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$206,526 |
| Project Title |
A Roadmap to Metlakatla’s Future |
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| Project Summary |
The is a one year project to develop planning processes for the achievement of long-term economic sustainability and tribal relevance. The goals are supported by the recent completion of a two lane road, which connects the community to nearby villages and towns. |
| Grantee Name |
Native Village of Eyak |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$267,550 |
| Project Title |
The Ilanka Native Arts Consortium (INAC) |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to develop an artist and membership consortium to provide a venue, physical and on line, for artists to sell traditional arts and crafts thereby increasing the visibility of local cultural crafts. At least 200 people will participate in workshops that teach new skills and raise cultural awareness. |
| Grantee Name |
Native Village of Georgetown |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$107,767 |
| Project Title |
Tribal Leaders Youth Camp |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to plan and hold two youth training programs to introduce youth to career and economic opportunities along the Kuskokwim River. This is the original territory of the Native Village and future location of the community. |
| Grantee Name |
Native Village of Port Graham |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$236,225 |
| Project Title |
Sockeye Salmon Disease Free Water Development Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project that will identify markets for value-added pink salmon products. The project will train six village members in management, supervisory and quality control for the processing operation and initiate work on developing a sockeye run to Port Graham. The project will also develop marketing tools to help promote the products at trade shows. |
| Grantee Name |
Seldovia Village Tribe |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$445,817 |
| Project Title |
Seldovia Enterprise Expansion |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project that will engage youth, business owners, and other community members in enterprise expansion and development. The project will help Seldovia to economically diversify while providing valuable job skill training to local youth. The project will partner youth and business owners with local agencies to learn how to conduct scientific research, produce two or more new plant-based products and develop strategies to market those products. |
| Grantee Name |
Sitka Tribe of Alaska |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$196,088 |
| Project Title |
“Made in Sitka” Small Business Development Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project in which two tribal art-based businesses will provide the skills and training necessary for Tribal citizens to capitalize on integrated opportunities. |
| Grantee Name |
Tatitlek Village IRA Council |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$223,263 |
| Project Title |
Tribal Natural Resource Management Planning & Education Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year planning and education project that will allow the Tribe to become directly involved in the management of natural resources in their traditional use areas. The project will finalize Action Plans for the Tribe's most pressing natural resource issues and train Tribal members in the various regulatory processes that exist in Alaska. The project will also develop and implement an accredited natural resource curriculum. |
| Grantee Name |
Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$226,960 |
| Project Title |
Energy Conservation, Education, and Alternatives Development in the Yukon River Watershed. |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to provide energy efficiency/conservation training to at least 15 Tribes; install energy conservation measures; and initiate renewable energy programs with the local community highlighting different technologies (wind, solar, micro hydro and fuel cells). With local participation, the project will utilize on-the job training and educational workshops to expand energy awareness in the region. |
| Grantee Name |
Akiachak Native Community |
| Program Area |
SEDS-Alaska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$107,237 |
| Project Title |
Planning for the 2020s population doubling in a subsistence-dependent community |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to address health concerns due to rapid infrastructure development; specifically health risks from high concentrations of dust will be addressed by providing a practical, realistic plan to preserve new community roads, protect tribal members from inhaling P10 dust arising from motorized traffic, and protect the subsistence environment. |
| Grantee Name |
Council of Athabascan Tribal Government |
| Program Area |
SEDS-Alaska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$174,428 |
| Project Title |
Self Governance for the Conservation of Traditional Lands: Tribal Land Use Planning Initiative |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to build the foundation for the development of appropriate and effective tribal natural resources programming among participating tribes. Through an integrated approach of traditional tribal land use mapping, planning, and conservation, participating tribes will build their capacity and ability to effectively govern their lands and resources into the future. |
| Grantee Name |
Hoonah Indian Association |
| Program Area |
SEDS-Alaska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$41,378 |
| Project Title |
Developing a Community Based Plan for a Hoonah Cultural Heritage Center |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to develop programs for the Cultural Heritage Center at Icy Strait Point through a comprehensive community-based planning effort. The project will complete a comprehensive planning document that will identify tangible and intangible aspects of the cultural center worthy of protection and preservation, articulate strategies for protecting them, outline interpretive themes, and present a conceptual design for the museum space and museum exhibits. |
| Grantee Name |
Inupiat Community of the Artic Slope |
| Program Area |
SEDS-Alaska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$72,961 |
| Project Title |
Update and Enact Internal Administrative Policies and Procedures |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to improve the tribal government capacity by updating and enacting a Policies and Procedures manual. The Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope will work with staff, the State of Alaska Department of Commerce Community, and Economic Development Division of Community Advocacy in creating a manual to facilitate eligibility for a Bureau of Indian Affairs Self-Governance Compact. |
| Grantee Name |
Kawerak Inc. |
| Program Area |
SEDS-Alaska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$123,276 |
| Project Title |
The Bering Strait Regional Cultural Center Planning Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop a comprehensive, culturally appropriate plan to build a cultural center in Nome for twenty tribes located in the Bering Strait Region. The proposed cultural center would include a high-tech museum/repository for the repatriation of artifacts, a theatre-exhibition hall for cultural events, a living history section and a visitor center with gift shop. This project will promote the sharing and protection of Native culture, and provide economic opportunities for Native Alaskans in the region. |
| Grantee Name |
Native Village of Koyuk |
| Program Area |
SEDS-Alaska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$126,943 |
| Project Title |
Local Leadership & Youth Development Plan - Koyuk |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to develop and pilot a comprehensive culturally and socially appropriate youth development plan within the village. Participants will undergo local leadership training in communication, team building, self-esteem enhancement, and conflict resolution. |
| Grantee Name |
Chickaloon Village Traditional Council |
| Program Area |
Environmental |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$244,832 |
| Project Title |
Building Tribal Capacity through the Development of an Ecosystem-Based Plan |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop an ecosystem-based environmental plan designed to enhance the Tribe's technical and program capacity to carryout a comprehensive environmental program. The project has four areas of focus: 1) community education/community direction of the plan; 2) data gathering and analysis; 3) plan development; 4) and plan implementation. |
| Grantee Name |
Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC) |
| Program Area |
Environmental |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$202,730 |
| Project Title |
Tribal Water Quality Monitoring and Standard-Setting for the Yukon River Watershed |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to implement a water quality monitoring plan for the lower Yukon River. |
| Grantee Name |
Native Village of Point Hope |
| Program Area |
Environmental Mitigation |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$124,958 |
| Project Title |
Mitigation of Former Defense Department Sites |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to build the management and administrative capacity of the Native Village of Point Hope (NVPH) environmental mitigation program to enable effective planning and successful implementation of mitigation activities. |
| Grantee Name |
Chugachmiut |
| Program Area |
Healthy Marriage |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$151,434 |
| Project Title |
Positive Relationship Pathways |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to implement healthy marriage skill-building workshop activities for Native Alaskan couples within the Chugachmiut region. It will increase the percentage of Native couples and individuals who have skills and knowledge to make informed decisions about healthy relationships, including skills that can help them form and sustain a healthy marriage. This project will also train teams of facilitators using the PREP curriculum which will be adjusted to be culturally sensitive to Native Alaskan culture. |
| Grantee Name |
Chugachmiut |
| Program Area |
Healthy Marriage |
| Date of Award |
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| FY 2007 Amount |
$382,500 |
| Project Title |
Wise Fathers, Well Families |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to help couples become better parents and improve their family relationships through responsible father involvement and healthy marriage skill-building workshop activities. |
| Grantee Name |
Mt. Sanford Tribal Consortium |
| Program Area |
Healthy Marriage |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$147,970 |
| Project Title |
Healthy Relationships Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop and pilot a culturally appropriate, healthy relationships component for Mount Sanford's wellness program. This new program component will reaffirm traditional family values and raise awareness of the benefits of healthy relationships and marriage for children, families, and communities. This project will also provide healthy relationship skill-building activities for adults and abstinence education with risk elimination and healthy relationship training for youth. |
| Grantee Name |
Native Village of Afognak |
| Program Area |
Healthy Marriage |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$199,245 |
| Project Title |
Tamamta Tanqipet Tuniutapet “All of Us Are Tending Our Light” |
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| Project Summary |
This is a five year project to educate youth and parents about making informed decisions regarding healthy relationships through culturally-appropriate pre-marital and family communication education. During summers, youth will attend camps on healthy relationships; throughout the year, youth and adults will participate in workshops and awareness events on healthy relationships and marriages. |
| Grantee Name |
Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak |
| Program Area |
Healthy Marriage |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$89,188 |
| Project Title |
Sun'aq Healthy Family Initiative |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop a culturally consistent curriculum and counseling strategies for continued use within the Native community. Families and individuals will be provided with the tools and resources to empower them to identify, choose and maintain healthy relationships and lifestyles at all stages of life within a supportive setting where feedback will be provided from clinicians and Native elders. |
| Grantee Name |
Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
8/1/2004 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
Unangam Tunuu Preservation Project Phase II Implementation |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop mentor-apprentice relationships in four Head Start programs which will reach ten traditional Unanga communities located in the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands and on the Alaska Peninsula. This project will also raise the awareness of Unangam Tunuu through a community-based campaign involving signage in Unangam Tunuu and publication and radio broadcasts of the Unanga Word/Phrase of the Week. |
| Grantee Name |
Alutiiq Heritage Foundation |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
8/1/2004 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
Qik'rtamiut Alutit, Alutiiq People of the Island, Language Revitalization Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to revitalize the Alutiiq language by networking language Masters and apprentices, producing and distributing language materials, developing an accessible audio visual Alutiiq archive, providing instruction in Alutiiq in the Kodiak area, and developing a long-range plan for language education and for additional project funding. |
| Grantee Name |
Chickaloon Native Village |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$178,681 |
| Project Title |
Nay'dini'aa Na' Kenaege Mentorship Program |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to increase the Ahtna Athabascan language skills of two language teachers; this includes obtaining university credit towards a certified degree in Native Languages/Athabascan Studies, thereby enhancing their ability to create a multimedia curriculum in order to provide total immersion instruction. |
| Grantee Name |
Kenaitze Indian Tribe |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$99,736 |
| Project Title |
Den’ina Verb Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to develop the use of the Den’ina verb paradigm; this includes the development of a verb curriculum, implementation of verb classes, and internet resources. |
| Grantee Name |
Native Village of Kotzebue |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
8/1/2004 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$1 |
| Project Title |
Capacity Building for Nikaitchuat llisagviat Immersion School |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to complete the necessary organizational development required for a major expansion of Kotzebue's existing K-6 language immersion school. This will be achieved through curriculum development and a teacher/intern training process. |
| Grantee Name |
Nuniwarmiut Piciryarata Tamaryalkuti, Inc |
| Program Area |
Alaska |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$182,380 |
| Project Title |
Cu’pig Language Natural and Cultural Hisory |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop and implement a grade 4-12 Cu’pig cultural curriculum with a focus on natural and cultural history. It will draw upon existing cultural resources to create classroom texts and curriculum based on Nuivak Island and Bearing Sea geography, natural history, and culture. |
| Grantee Name |
Sealaska Heritage Institute |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
On-Line, CD-Rom, and Hard Copy bilingual Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian Dictionaries |
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| Project Summary |
This two year project will produce dictionaries of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian languages in hardcopy, online and CD-ROM formats. A total of 12 dictionaries will be created: four for each of the three language groups. |
| Grantee Name |
Telida Village Council |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$58,644 |
| Project Title |
Telida Language Assessment Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to promote the survival and continued vitality of the Upper Kuskokwim Athabascan language through language assessment. The Telida Village Council will develop a community survey and interview elders across the region. |
| Grantee Name |
Yakutat Tlingit Tribe |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$200,000 |
| Project Title |
Promote the Survival and Vitality of Native Languages |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to facilitate the transference of language skills from one generation to another by simultaneously teaching language to children, youth, and parents. This will be done through integrated classes utilizing an Apprentice/Master program. |
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American Samoa
| Grantee Name |
American Samoa Community College |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
Establishment of a Samoan Studies Institute for Economic Development |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project in which the new Samoan Studies Institute at ASCC will conduct research on economic development. A business plan/feasibility study will be reviewed for cultural sensitivity and for existing economic development projects encountering local resistance from which ASCC will develop a mitigation plan. |
| Grantee Name |
American Samoa Soil and Water Conservation District |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$128,070 |
| Project Title |
Pigs in Paradise: Retaining a Samoan Cultural Tradition |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to provide assistance to piggery owners for the compliance with a land use permitting program. Piggery owners will receive technical assistance on conservation planning and animal waste management systems to protect water quality and human health. |
| Grantee Name |
America Samoa Swimming Association |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
Swimming and Water Safety Education |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to train youth in life saving skills which will reduce the incidences of drowning. The training will also open up new career opportunities for youth interested in becoming Lifeguards, Water Safety Instructors, or other aquatic related careers. |
| Grantee Name |
Native American Samoan Advisory Council |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$238,025 |
| Project Title |
The Native American Samoan Ceremonial Siapo Restoration |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to reintroduce and educate village residents on the critical importance of Siapo in the Native American Samoan culture and ceremony. The project will begin the restoration of Siapo’s use in ritual and cultural events. |
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Arizona
| Grantee Name |
Developing Innovations in Navajo Education, Inc. |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$236,917 |
| Project Title |
Navajo Nation Traditional Agricultural Outreach |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to install drip irrigated community gardens at nine chapter houses, train local youth to establish and manage gardens, and execute the marketing plan for produce to commercial kitchen operations. |
| Grantee Name |
Diné College |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$98,978 |
| Project Title |
Dine' Policy Institute |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project that will implement dynamic decision-making and policy analysis processes based on the Navajo Indigenous Knowledge paradigm, which will support community strategies for creating sustainable, self-determination and culturally appropriate economic development. |
| Grantee Name |
Iina' Coalition |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$86,352 |
| Project Title |
Iina' Coalition Sustainability Project (T'aa Nihi Anitt'eego) |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project that will assist the Iina' Coalition to develop organizational and management capacity building activities to enhance community based program delivery systems and services. The project will develop a Five-year Strategic Plan, establish a Community Grants Resource Center, and coordinate student internships. |
| Grantee Name |
Moenkopi Developers Corporation |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$214,605 |
| Project Title |
Capacity and Management Building for UVM Water Utility Authority |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project that will upgrade the organizational and management capacity of the Upper Village of Moenkopi of the Hopi Tribe. The project will enhance the capacity of the Volunteer Water and Sanitation Committee, develop the Moenkopi Utility Authority (MUA), and develop ordinances for the MUA. |
| Grantee Name |
Shonto Community Development Corporation, Inc. |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
Building Capacity through Partnerships to Empower and Revitalize the Shaatohi Community |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to strengthen the capacity of the Shonto Development Corporation. The project will implement a strategic work session and board members will attend workshops to expand their knowledge to better support the community's economic and social development. |
| Grantee Name |
Sipaulovi Development Corporation |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$108,320 |
| Project Title |
Tourism and Entrepreneurship for a Sustainable Future |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to provide administrative infrastructure for business and tourism development; establish a tourist market; and train potential entrepreneurs to start their own businesses. |
| Grantee Name |
The Nakwatsvewat Institute, Inc. |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$302,500 |
| Project Title |
Hopi Dispute Resolution Services |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop an alternative dispute resolution program for the villages of the Hopi Tribe in Arizona. The project will train volunteer village members in mediation and negotiation skills, coordinate and administer the disputes resolution process for participating disputants, assist the villages in formalizing the process at the village level, and involve village and tribal leaders as well as Hopi judicial system in order to ensure that disputants utilize the service. |
| Grantee Name |
The National Society for American Indian Elderly |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$177,420 |
| Project Title |
The NSAIE Knowledge Preservation Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop and sell a traditional American Indian cookbook to be produced and distributed in conjunction with a national publisher. The project will develop a system to collect and archive information regarding food collection, preparation, service, and provide local and national access to this information for generations to come. The project will increase the quality of life for seniors and youth alike through intergenerational activities and increased services to elders through the senior service program. |
| Grantee Name |
White Mountain Apache Housing Authority |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$200,500 |
| Project Title |
White Mountain Apache Tribe Boys & Girls Club Start Up Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to bring the White Mountain Apache community together to invest in the future generations by providing a foundation for comprehensive youth programming through a network of three new Boys and Girls Clubs. The project will empower Apache youth to reach their full potential by staying in school, out of trouble, active, healthy, and drug/alcohol-free. |
| Grantee Name |
San Carlos Apache Tribe |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$77,778 |
| Project Title |
Ndee -Apache Language Planning |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to develop a Strategic Language Preservation Plan to promote the revitalization of the Ndee Language; planning components will involve Elders and 100% of the local and private schools to develop language products. |
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California
| Grantee Name |
American Indian Recruitment Programs |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$111,476 |
| Project Title |
Pride for Life Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to develop a mentoring program to provide academic support for high school and junior high school students to encourage college attendance, leadership, and understanding of Tribal governments. |
| Grantee Name |
Cortina Indian Rancheria Wintun Tribe |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$133,172 |
| Project Title |
Cortina Strategic Planning Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to implement a comprehensive community survey to document community needs. Based upon analysis of findings, a five-year strategic plan establishing goals, objectives, and timelines will be developed. |
| Grantee Name |
Indian Child Welfare Consortium |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2004 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
Promoting Healthy American Indian Families: A Tribal Treatment Foster Care and Family Reunification Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project that will provide for the development of a comprehensive, culturally appropriate, family-based program which includes quality treatment, foster care, an after care program and adolescent youth transitions program. A comprehensive recruitment plan will recruit families and support them through the process of following Community Care Licensing guidelines and provide intensive parent training and support services for the foster parents to help them successfully cope with and intervene in child behavior problems. |
| Grantee Name |
Karuk Tribe of California |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$302,847 |
| Project Title |
Karuk Language Distance Education Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to recruit, hire, promote, and retain its own members as employees and increase employment, post secondary education, and provide career development. It will establish minimum training standards and develop personnel policies as well as partner with six (6) public and private sector organizations and develop six (6) new personnel policies. |
| Grantee Name |
National Indian Justice Center |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$155,000 |
| Project Title |
Songs of Our People: Curriculum |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to conduct a 4th Grade curriculum needs assessment of the Northern California region and report on findings. |
| Grantee Name |
Redwood Valley Little River Band of Pomo Indians |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
Redwood Valley Government Capacity Building & Self-Sufficiency Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to develop a Land Use Master Plan and an affordable Housing Site Plan that will provide tribal members financial and home ownership education. The project will design and develop a road map for future social, economic and cultural development on newly acquired tribal land in coordination with the Tribe's existing land base and empower tribal members to achieve their own economic independence through home ownership. |
| Grantee Name |
Shingle Springs Rancheria |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$146,804 |
| Project Title |
Governance Codes & Ordinances Development Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project that will develop and implement codes and ordinances in accordance with 24 CFR Part 1000 and 24 CFR Part 85, train staff and the Council on housing regulations and develop a Land Use Plan. The project will survey their membership to determine current and future housing needs. |
| Grantee Name |
Southern Indian Health Council, Inc. |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$250,000 |
| Project Title |
Tribal Culturally Unchallenged Prevention & Placement Services (T-CUPPS) |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project that will assist Tribal members by providing a variety of coordinated, culturally supported, family-oriented services. |
| Grantee Name |
Tribal Economic & Social Solutions Agency, Inc. |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$234,226 |
| Project Title |
Social Development Project to Create an Indian Foster Family Agency |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project that will address the problem of how Indian child foster care and adoption services are managed in the ten-County Sacramento Valley region. The project will enable the completion of Phase II of the State certification process to establish TESSA as a Foster Family Agency. |
| Grantee Name |
Hopland Band of Pomo Indians |
| Program Area |
Environmental |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$72,420 |
| Project Title |
Implementation of the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians’ Enforcement Program |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop a baseline database of ecological conditions using benthic macro-invertebrates from reservation water bodies and flora and fauna throughout the reservation. This baseline will be used in comparisons with future conditions to determine ecological trends and inform future environmental regulatory programs. Furthermore, a process will be developed through which proposed development projects can be assessed for their impact on the environment. |
| Grantee Name |
Soboba Bands of Luiseno Indians |
| Program Area |
Environmental |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$150,900 |
| Project Title |
Environmental & Cultural Monitoring |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to develop a Cultural and Environmental Monitoring Department in order to handle issues with SB-18, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements set forth by the State, local and Federal governments. The Tribe will also develop and implement 8-10 new codes, regulations or ordinances. |
| Grantee Name |
Yurok Tribe |
| Program Area |
Environmental |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$199,453 |
| Project Title |
Enhancing Environmental Protection and Yurok Tribal Sovereignty |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to collect and analyze data for the development of a plan for future regulatory enhancement. Data will be collected through discussions with Tribal community members and various Tribal government departments. In addition, archival research will be added to the data collected. Potential pollutant sources will be mapped and checked for accuracy. |
| Grantee Name |
United American Indian Involvement |
| Program Area |
Healthy Marriage |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$200,926 |
| Project Title |
Develop and Implement Strengthening American Indian Families |
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| Project Summary |
This is a five year project to provide education in youth organizations and community centers on the value of healthy relationship skills including conflict resolution, communication, commitment, marriage education, marriage skills, parenting skills, and relationship skills. |
| Grantee Name |
California Indian Museum and Cultural Center |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$82,050 |
| Project Title |
Pomo Language Distance Learning Curriculum Study |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to promote the vitality of seven Pomo languages by facilitating the sharing and accessibility of language preservation information and language resources between all 20 Pomo bands. The project will develop and disseminate a Pomo Language Distance Learning Planning Study. |
| Grantee Name |
Karuk Tribe of California |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$134,058 |
| Project Title |
Karuk Language Distance Education Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop and implement a tribally-certified Karuk distance learning course. The project will compile results of a survey of 15 tribal language programs that identify strategies for successful tribal language distance education courses, develop tribal standards for the certification of language teachers and establish levels of language fluency. |
| Grantee Name |
Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Stewards Point Rancheria |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
Kashia Pomo Tribe Kashaya Language Preservation and Maintenance Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a two year project to provide language workshops, record and archive oral histories from the 9 original Kashia families, complete an educational language DVD, and complete one series of Kashia children's educational books. The project will also complete a web link for members to use the Kashaya language tools. |
| Grantee Name |
Smith River Rancheria |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$121,479 |
| Project Title |
Taa-laa-wa Dee-ni'Wee-ya' (The Tolowa Peoples' Language) Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop an age-appropriate language curriculum that will be utilized in four local schools. This project will also assist the tribe in obtaining documented recordings of their remaining fluent speakers. |
| Grantee Name |
Yurok Tribe |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$161,871 |
| Project Title |
Yurok Tribe Fluency Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop language tests and curriculum units that will include academic coursework in basic, intermediate and advanced grammar. The project will also hold intensive summer institutes to provide mentoring to teacher interns. |
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Colorado
| Grantee Name |
Southern Ute Indian Tribe |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$94,181 |
| Project Title |
Ute Language and Culture Expansion Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop a language curriculum that will be utilized in the Montessori school. An archive will be established that will include a pronunciation dictionary, a language CD for children, and audio recordings for beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses. Additionally, the curriculum will be utilized to train 80 tribal employees bi-weekly in the Ute Language and to provide cultural awareness training to 400 employees. |
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District of Columbia
| Grantee Name |
National Congress of American Indians Fund |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$302,500 |
| Project Title |
National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to increase the capacity of NCAIF to provide research on emerging social issues identified as priorities by Tribal leaders and facilitate proactive public policy development at the Tribal community and national levels. This project will focus on two inter-related sub-projects: the development and facilitation of social development “communities of practice” and the development of academic and applied research curriculum for tribal social services practitioners, Native college/graduate students in social development-related disciplines, and Native and non-Native scholars working on social development issues in tribal communities. |
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Guam
| Grantee Name |
Pa'a Taotao Tano' |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2006 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$246,114 |
| Project Title |
Pa'a Taotao Tano Northern Cultural Performing Arts Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to provide 410 Chamorro performing arts practitioners from the northern villages of Dedego and Yigo opportunities to showcase their cultural traditions. The project will also assist advanced performing arts practitioners in partnering with hotels serving the tourism industry for economic benefit. |
| Grantee Name |
Sanctuary, Inc. of Guam |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$324,660 |
| Project Title |
Fan Macho'cho Healing Farms |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to develop a micro-enterprise project called Healing Farms. The project will focus on at-risk youth who will learn entrepreneurial skills through the farming of various vegetable products. |
| Grantee Name |
Guam Community College |
| Program Area |
Language |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$148,106 |
| Project Title |
Protehi I Lengguähėn Chamorro |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to identify, plan and design four scripts in the Chamarro language for use in media based learning modules. |
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Hawaii
| Grantee Name |
Aha Kukui O Molokai |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$93,308 |
| Project Title |
Project Outrigger Canoe |
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| Project Summary |
This is a one year project to educate 45 Native Hawaiians, youth and adults, through workshops to increase the transmission of traditional knowledge. The workshops will restore outrigger canoe protocols and practices to help youth and adults understand the importance of the canoe in the survival of the ocean and of Native Hawaiians. |
| Grantee Name |
Hana Community Health Center |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$251,939 |
| Project Title |
Sustainable Farm and Workforce Development Program |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project that will contribute to the overall economic vitality of Hana through the development of a new and revitalized agriculture economic base and provide sustainable employment and training opportunities in agriculture. The project will in turn be able to generate new sources of funding for the Health Center and increase the supply of organic fruits and vegetables through the Farm project; thus promoting a healthy lifestyle that reduces risk factors. |
| Grantee Name |
Hawai'i Maoli |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$271,570 |
| Project Title |
E Ho'owaiwai i ka Pono (Bring Prosperity through Righteousness) |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to improve the opportunities for Native Hawaiians to succeed in establishing their own businesses and address the fact that Native Hawaiians are underrepresented in the small business community. The project will conduct a survey/needs assessment and the findings and analysis will be shared at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs annual conference. |
| Grantee Name |
Hawaiian Community Assets |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2007 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$411,184 |
| Project Title |
Brokering Mortgages to Support Financial Literacy Enhancement Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to address the needs of eligible applicants who do not meet the financial requirements for home ownership under the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) land allocation program. Participants will attend workshops covering financial management skills, financial literacy and foreclosure prevention training, homeownership training, customized credit counseling, and a variety of individualized case management services. |
| Grantee Name |
Healani Canoe Club |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$89,370 |
| Project Title |
Hawaiian Canoe Restoration and Cultural Preservation Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project that will implement an educational program that strives to perpetuate Hawaiian canoe culture and traditions through the restoration of two historic Hawaiian koa canoes. The project will train and mentor 50 Hawaiian youth ages 12-18 in the creation of a professional-grade video documentary which will serve as a vehicle by which to present Hawaiian canoe building traditions and practices to a larger audience throughout the State of Hawaii. |
| Grantee Name |
Ho'oulu Lahui |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$202,090 |
| Project Title |
Ke Ala o ka Alaka`ina |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to provide youth and families with the support skills and training experience needed in entrepreneurship through hands-on projects in the field of agriculture and natural resource management. Participants will learn entrepreneurship by cultivating food in a modern greenhouse system and learn resource identification, management skills and the economic sustainability of both ancient and modern practices. |
| Grantee Name |
Institute for Native Pacific Education & Culture |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/30/2005 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$185,255 |
| Project Title |
Ka Lama Education Academy II |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project to provide the opportunity for local residents to obtain the necessary training and accreditation to become teachers and to return to teach in the community. The project will recruit and enroll students first in a community college course to receive an Associate degree and then at UHM College of Education to participate in a teachers’ aid program. |
| Grantee Name |
KHM International |
| Program Area |
SEDS |
| Date of Award |
9/1/2004 |
| FY 2007 Amount |
$0 |
| Project Title |
Molokai Reef Fish Restoration Project |
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| Project Summary |
This is a three year project that will create a sustainable feed program, develop profitable sustainable fish-rearing technology, and develop a market for native fish. The project will use sophisticated aquaculture techniques to grow-out native Hawai'ian fish species (Moi, Mullet, Kahala, Awa and Ulua), improve the limited aquaculture technology concerning the grow-out of captive-born native fish species; release over 350,000 pounds of native fish into Moloka'i's reef ecosystem; and sell an additional 150,000 pounds of native fish to international markets and educate 3000 people about local nature resource challenges. |
| Grantee Name |
Ma Ka Hana Ka 'Ike Building Program |
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