Alaska Native Culture Grant

Geographic Scope: Alaska statewide

Focus Areas:
Supports work that engages Alaska Native youth in cultural activities, including:

• Subsistence activities
• Traditional arts and crafts
• Native language learning
• Alaska Native history, spiritual beliefs, and cultural values

Target Population: Alaska Native youth

Purpose: Promote mental wellbeing and increase protective factors for youth by strengthening connection to culture and community, and fostering relationships with caring adults outside immediate family.

Background: Created in response to rising levels of sadness and hopelessness among Alaska's high school students and the increasing teen suicide rate, with growing racial/ethnic disparities. American Indian/Alaska Native youth experience mental health challenges at disproportionate rates.

Program History: Offered in 2023 and 2024

Recent Awardees (2024):

• William Tyson Elementary School Indigenous Education Program
• Native Village of Tetlin
• Friends of ANCCS INC
• Village of Solomon
• Mentasta Traditional Council
• Native Village of Napaimute
• Native Village of Koyuk
• Tongass School of Arts and Sciences
• Akiak Native Community
• Atux̂ Forever Restoring Attuans' Freedom
• Young Native Fiddlers, Inc.
• VOA Alaska
• Native Village of Kiana
• Cook Inlet Tribal Council
• Norton Sound Health Corporation
• Native Village of Port Lions
• Native Village of Unalakleet
• Council of Athabascan Tribal Government
• Behavioral Health Salamatof Tribal Association
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska
• King Island Native Community
• Alaska Center for Resource Families
• Goldbelt Heritage Foundation
• Dot Lake Village
• Native Village of Eyak
• Uŋalaqłiq Iñuutchak (Unalakleet Crafters Group)

Organization Address: 6591 A Street, Suite 110, Anchorage, AK 99518