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Opportunity Summary:

The Huna Tribal House Cultural Elements Project is a National Park Service (NPS) notice of intent to award a cooperative agreement, not an open call for applications. The NPS announced its plan to fund a single recipient, the Hoonah Indian Association (HIA), for work that supports NPS cultural and public purpose programs under statutory authority at 16 U.S.C. 1(g). The anticipated total federal funding is $500,000 over a five-year period of performance running from September 1, 2010 through August 31, 2015, with no cost-share requirement. The award vehicle is a Cooperative Agreement/CESU, and the listing is categorized under humanities/cultural affairs (CFDA shown as 00.000, Not Elsewhere Classified). Only one award was expected, with an award ceiling of $500,000 and an award floor noted at $105,000.

The project grows out of a long-standing government-to-government relationship between Glacier Bay National Park and the Hoonah Indian Association. In 1995, the NPS and HIA signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a formal framework to address shared concerns and to support the recognition and perpetuation of Huna Tlingit culture, especially as it relates to Glacier Bay, the Huna Tlingit ancestral homeland. During public planning in 1997, the idea of building a Huna Tribal House in the park emerged as a tangible place where Tlingit culture could be taught to tribal members and shared with park visitors. Although the concept has been kept active through additional planning (including the Hoonah Heritage Center Project) and ongoing consultation with clan leaders and elders, NPS budget constraints prevented construction of the actual tribal house facility for more than a decade. This funding is positioned as a practical way to keep the larger vision moving by creating the cultural components that would eventually give the future structure its meaning.

The core purpose is to design and produce major carved and painted cultural elements, primarily in red cedar, that depict significant Huna Tlingit history, people, landforms, and totemic animals. The work is organized into five “clusters” of deliverables over five years: a large interior house screen (planned for 2010), four carved house beam support posts (2011), an exterior totem pole (2012), a second exterior totem pole (2013), and assorted household furnishings and utility items (2014). Until a Huna Tribal House is eventually constructed in Bartlett Cove, these completed art pieces are intended to be displayed in the village of Hoonah as a visible, community-based expression of the Huna people’s continuing cultural connection to Glacier Bay. The announcement also emphasizes that even if the tribal house is never built, the project is still expected to achieve meaningful outcomes by producing lasting cultural representations, engaging and training a new generation of artisans in the creation of sacred clan icons, and sustaining hope and future involvement tied to Glacier Bay.

The first task is described in the most concrete terms. For 2010, HIA is to complete a carved and painted house screen measuring approximately 30 feet wide by 15 feet high, mount it on a frame, and install it at a suitable, pre-approved site in Hoonah by December 31, 2010. A progress report serving as the administrative record for that task is due by January 28, 2011. The house screen design must be approved by all four matrilineal clans, executed within the Northwest Coast artistic tradition, and constructed to be portable, structurally sound, and appropriate for public display. Deliverables in later years are stated to be contingent on future NPS funding availability and HIA’s ability to obtain sufficient red cedar for the planned carvings.

The NPS justifies making the award without competition as a single-source action because HIA is identified as the only entity that can legitimately represent and carry out this work on behalf of the Huna Tlingit people. HIA is described as the federally recognized tribal government for the Huna Tlingit peoples (organized under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and chartered as a sovereign government since 1936). The NPS identifies the Huna Tlingit as Glacier Bay’s only “traditionally associated group,” with at least 30 generations of occupation, and notes that no other government or private organization can officially represent those interests under applicable laws and executive orders. The rationale also frames the effort as both a continuation of a 15-year collaborative cultural preservation program and, in effect, an “unsolicited” but uniquely advantageous approach to meeting shared cultural preservation goals. No market research was conducted, and the announcement states that it was not considered, reflecting the premise that competition is not practical for a project grounded in sovereign tribal representation and culturally specific authority.

Budget-wise, the first year’s house screen task is estimated at $100,222, with subsequent years expected to be about $100,000 per year, totaling roughly $500,000 across the five-year term. The public notice lists the NPS point of contact as Erica Cordeiro (EricaCordeiro@nps.gov), with a phone contact number also provided in the posting. The posting dates indicate it was created and posted on August 29, 2010, with an original and current closing date of September 7, 2010, and an archive date of October 7, 2010, reinforcing that it functioned as a transparency notice rather than a competitive funding opportunity.

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