Awarded Grants

This project strengthens organizational capacity to pursue and manage U.S. Forest Service funding. This project will establish a path for expanding cultural stewardship and climate resilience across tribal homelands through strategic planning, funding alignment, and system readiness. 

To support Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan)'s intergovernmental advocacy and legal strategy efforts to defend our traditional territory, pursue #landback, and assert Tribal governance and protection of the Jilḵáat Aani Ka Héeni (the Chilkat Valley Watershed).

This funding supports the purchase of essential equipment, supplies for logging and forest monitoring operations. Activities integrate modern tools with traditional stewardship values, ensuring environmental and cultural sustainability to support the Harvest to Home initiative.

This project builds organizational capacity to steward 3,000 acres of tribal lands. It will support engagement with U.S. Forest Service and contribute to long-term stewardship planning.

This project builds tribal capacity to pursue U.S. Forest Service funding opportunities, develop partnerships, and implement long-term traditional stewardship practices. This project will also strengthen organizational capacity for grant development and strategic planning. 

This project supports the tribe's partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and its programs. This project will support the development of a firewood program that integrates cultural stewardship, climate-smart forest management, and sustainable business development.

This project builds organizational capacity to pursue U.S. Forest Service funding opportunities that support community-led stewardship. It will support grant development, stewardship planning, and collaboration with federal partners.

This project builds tribal capacity to engage with the U.S. Forest Service and other federal partners through staff development planning and coordination. It will support natural resource management and long-term stewardship priorities.