Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS NAGPRA2011
Apply for NPS NAGPRA2011
- The National Park Service in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NAGPRA Consultation/Documentation Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.922 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 1, 2011 and posted on Feb 1, 2011.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 2, 2011 Consultation/Documentation Grants must be postmarked by March 2, 2011. Repatriation Grants are due by June 30, 2011 to be processed in this fiscal year.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $1,750,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $90,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 45 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: City or township governments County governments Special district governments Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education State governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
- Eligible applicants for museum documentation awards include any institution or State or local government agency (including any institution of higher learning) that has possession of, or control over, of Native American human remains or other cultural items and which has completed the following NAGPRA obligations provided a written summary of their Native American collections to the National Park Service and appropriate lineal descendants, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations and submitted an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects in their collections to the National Park Service and culturally affiliated Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. Eligible applicants for tribal documentation and repatriation awards are Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages or corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations that meet the criteria outlined in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. An Indian tribe is defined in NAGPRA as any tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians, which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. Alaska Native villages and corporations include those groups or communities defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Native Hawaiian organizations include any organization that serves and represents the interests of Native Hawaiians has as a primary and stated purpose the provision of services to Native Hawaiians and has expertise in Native Hawaiian Affairs. NAGPRA states that such Native Hawaiian organizations shall include the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Hui Malama I Na Kapuna O Hawaii Nei.
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Opportunity Summary:
The National Park Service (NPS), through its National NAGPRA Program, offered FY2011 funding under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) to support consultation, documentation, and repatriation work involving Native American human remains and certain categories of cultural items. The opportunity is authorized under Section 10 of NAGPRA and is administered as a discretionary grant program in the humanities/cultural affairs space (CFDA 15.922). For FY2011, NPS anticipated making about 45 awards, with an estimated total program funding level of $1,750,000 and no cost-sharing or matching requirement.
Two grant tracks were available. The first, Consultation/Documentation Grants, provided up to $90,000 per award and focused on the practical work needed to identify items, determine cultural affiliation, consult with the appropriate communities, and improve or complete the records that support repatriation decisions. The second, Repatriation Grants, provided up to $15,000 per award and was geared toward the direct logistics of returning human remains and cultural items, including travel, shipping, and appropriate transport containers. The posting date for the opportunity was February 1, 2011. Consultation/Documentation applications needed to be postmarked by March 2, 2011, while Repatriation Grant proposals were due by June 30, 2011 to be processed within that fiscal year.
Consultation/Documentation funds for museums and similar holding institutions were intended for activities that bring the right people together and produce stronger, more accurate NAGPRA documentation. Eligible uses included paying for lineal descendants, traditional religious leaders, and authorized representatives of Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations to travel to inspect collections and consult on identification, cultural affiliation, care and treatment, and repatriation planning. The grants could also support consultation specifically related to culturally unidentifiable human remains, staff training on NAGPRA requirements, travel by museum staff to meet with tribal or Native Hawaiian officials and religious leaders, and updates to documentation for unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony, with consultation built into that work.
For Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, Consultation/Documentation funding emphasized the capacity to review museum or federal agency materials and to participate fully in consultation. Supported activities included evaluating summaries, inventories, and related documentation provided by museums and federal agencies; providing NAGPRA training for staff; communicating with museum and federal officials about culturally affiliated human remains and cultural items; traveling to inspect collections and consult on identification, cultural affiliation, care, treatment, and repatriation; consulting about culturally unidentifiable human remains; and documenting cultural affiliation for human remains and cultural items currently controlled by museums and federal agencies.
Repatriation Grants were narrower and more logistical. Funds could be used for travel by authorized representatives (from tribes, Alaska Native entities, Native Hawaiian organizations, or museums) to accept and/or accompany repatriated human remains or cultural items, for transportation costs to move repatriated materials, and for constructing appropriate containers needed for safe transport and disposition.
The program also set clear restrictions on what grant dollars could not pay for. Funds could not be used for documentation or repatriation activities involving the Smithsonian Institution, nor for work tied to inadvertent discoveries or intentional excavations on federal or tribal lands under NAGPRA Section 3 and the related federal regulations (43 C.F.R. 10 Subpart B). Litigation costs, including expert testimony, were unallowable, as were costs for care and curation of items after repatriation, construction or renovation of facilities, or land/building purchases. The announcement also barred paying transport costs for cultural items when legal control is not being transferred to a lineal descendant, Indian tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. Indirect costs were capped, with overhead/indirect rates above 25 percent not allowed. Finally, the program would not fund projects from prior NAGPRA grantees whose earlier grants expired without successful completion of major proposed work elements or without meeting award conditions.
Eligibility depended on applicant type and compliance status. Museum documentation applicants could include institutions, and state or local government agencies (including higher education institutions), that possess or control Native American human remains or other NAGPRA cultural items and that had already completed key NAGPRA obligations, including providing written summaries of Native American collections to NPS and the appropriate communities, and submitting inventories of human remains and associated funerary objects to NPS and culturally affiliated tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. Tribal documentation and repatriation applicants needed to meet NAGPRA definitions and criteria: federally recognized Indian tribes; Alaska Native villages and corporations as defined or established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; and Native Hawaiian organizations that serve and represent Native Hawaiian interests, have a primary purpose of providing services to Native Hawaiians, and possess relevant expertise (with NAGPRA explicitly including the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawaii Nei). The broader eligible applicant list in the announcement also included various government entities and qualifying nonprofits and universities.
For more details and application access, the announcement pointed applicants to the National NAGPRA Program website and provided a grants coordinator contact at NPS (Sangita Chari, 202-354-2203).
FY2011 National NAGPRA Program (NPS) Grant Opportunity - FAQs
1) What is this grant opportunity?
This is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the National Park Service (NPS) through its National NAGPRA Program. It provided FY2011 funding under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) to support consultation, documentation, and repatriation work involving Native American human remains and certain categories of cultural items.
2) What is the legal authority for the program?
The opportunity is authorized under Section 10 of NAGPRA.
3) What type of program is it and what is the CFDA number?
It is administered as a discretionary grant program in the humanities/cultural affairs space. The CFDA number listed is 15.922.
4) How much total funding was anticipated for FY2011, and how many awards were expected?
NPS anticipated making about 45 awards, with an estimated total program funding level of $1,750,000.
5) Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The announcement stated there was no cost-sharing or matching requirement.
6) What grant tracks were available?
Two tracks were available: (1) Consultation/Documentation Grants and (2) Repatriation Grants.
7) What is the maximum award amount for Consultation/Documentation Grants?
Consultation/Documentation Grants provided up to $90,000 per award.
8) What is the maximum award amount for Repatriation Grants?
Repatriation Grants provided up to $15,000 per award.
9) What is the main purpose of Consultation/Documentation Grants?
They supported practical work needed to identify items, determine cultural affiliation, consult with appropriate communities, and improve or complete records that support repatriation decisions.
10) What kinds of activities were supported for museums and similar holding institutions under Consultation/Documentation?
Supported uses included bringing the right people together and improving NAGPRA documentation, such as paying for lineal descendants, traditional religious leaders, and authorized representatives of Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations to travel to inspect collections and consult on identification, cultural affiliation, care and treatment, and repatriation planning. The track could also support consultation related to culturally unidentifiable human remains, staff training on NAGPRA requirements, travel by museum staff to meet with tribal or Native Hawaiian officials and religious leaders, and updates to documentation for unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony (with consultation included in the work).
11) What kinds of activities were supported for Indian tribes, Alaska Native entities, and Native Hawaiian organizations under Consultation/Documentation?
Supported activities emphasized capacity to review museum or federal agency materials and to participate fully in consultation. Examples included evaluating summaries, inventories, and related documentation provided by museums and federal agencies; providing NAGPRA training for staff; communicating with museum and federal officials about culturally affiliated human remains and cultural items; traveling to inspect collections and consult on identification, cultural affiliation, care, treatment, and repatriation; consulting about culturally unidentifiable human remains; and documenting cultural affiliation for human remains and cultural items controlled by museums and federal agencies.
12) What is the main purpose of Repatriation Grants?
Repatriation Grants were focused on the direct logistics of returning human remains and cultural items, including travel, shipping/transportation, and appropriate transport containers.
13) What expenses were allowable under Repatriation Grants?
Allowable uses included travel by authorized representatives (from tribes, Alaska Native entities, Native Hawaiian organizations, or museums) to accept and/or accompany repatriated human remains or cultural items; transportation costs to move repatriated materials; and constructing appropriate containers needed for safe transport and disposition.
14) When was the opportunity posted?
The posting date was February 1, 2011.
15) What were the deadlines for each track?
Consultation/Documentation applications needed to be postmarked by March 2, 2011. Repatriation Grant proposals were due by June 30, 2011 to be processed within that fiscal year.
16) Who was eligible to apply for museum documentation funding?
Museum documentation applicants could include institutions and state or local government agencies (including higher education institutions) that possess or control Native American human remains or other NAGPRA cultural items, and that had already completed key NAGPRA obligations such as providing written summaries of Native American collections to NPS and the appropriate communities, and submitting inventories of human remains and associated funerary objects to NPS and culturally affiliated tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations.
17) Which tribal or Native Hawaiian entities were eligible to apply?
Tribal documentation and repatriation applicants included federally recognized Indian tribes; Alaska Native villages and corporations as defined or established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; and Native Hawaiian organizations that serve and represent Native Hawaiian interests, have a primary purpose of providing services to Native Hawaiians, and possess relevant expertise. The announcement explicitly included the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawaii Nei under the Native Hawaiian organization category.
18) Did the announcement list other categories of eligible applicants?
Yes. The broader eligible applicant list also included various government entities and qualifying nonprofits and universities.
19) Can grant funds be used for Smithsonian Institution-related documentation or repatriation?
No. The program restricted the use of funds for documentation or repatriation activities involving the Smithsonian Institution.
20) Can funds be used for NAGPRA Section 3 excavations or inadvertent discoveries on federal or tribal land?
No. Funds could not be used for work tied to inadvertent discoveries or intentional excavations on federal or tribal lands under NAGPRA Section 3 and related federal regulations (43 C.F.R. 10 Subpart B).
21) Are litigation costs allowed?
No. Litigation costs, including expert testimony, were unallowable.
22) Can funds pay for care and curation after repatriation?
No. Costs for care and curation of items after repatriation were not allowed.
23) Can funds be used for construction, renovation, or real estate purchases?
No. Construction or renovation of facilities, and land/building purchases, were prohibited uses of grant funds.
24) Are there restrictions on paying transport costs for cultural items?
Yes. The announcement barred paying transport costs for cultural items when legal control is not being transferred to a lineal descendant, Indian tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
25) Is there an indirect cost/overhead cap?
Yes. Indirect costs were capped, and overhead/indirect rates above 25 percent were not allowed.
26) Are there restrictions based on past performance on prior NAGPRA grants?
Yes. The program would not fund projects from prior NAGPRA grantees whose earlier grants expired without successful completion of major proposed work elements or without meeting award conditions.
27) Where could applicants find more details and access the application?
The announcement directed applicants to the National NAGPRA Program website for more details and application access.
28) Who was the NPS contact person for this opportunity?
The grants coordinator contact listed was Sangita Chari at NPS, reachable at 202-354-2203.
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