Awarded Grants

This project will support the use of conservation easements to permanently protect the subsistence and conservation values of approximately 80,000 acres owned by Igiugig Native Corporation. The acres identified for protection are of both subsistence and cultural significance to the Tribe.

The Protecting Ancestral Wisdom project will preserve, maintain, protect and offer services that better our tribal lands and communities to overcome the erasure of the Original People of Texas - the Esto’k Gna.

This project will support Barbareño/Ventureño Band of Mission Indians (BVBMI) to enact a cultural conservation easement on a 6,500-acre portion of their ancestral land. BVBMI plans to use a cultural conservation easement to strengthen connection and access to land and strengthen community.

This project strengthens co-management of Alaska’s migratory birds by fostering collaboration, shared understanding & trust among Tribal, federal, and state partners, ensuring sustainable, culturally grounded subsistence practices and long-term stewardship of Alaska’s vital migratory bird resources.