A major renovation at an Alaska museum to attract tourists to its Kodiak Island community got a boost from the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association. The association, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, awarded a grant to the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository for a new project, “Keneq — Fire Gallery: Sharing Our […] The post Alutiiq museum in Kodiak celebrates the past to connect with the future appeared first on Alaska Beacon.
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The Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository will raise its profile within Kodiak’s growing tourism economy with a new grant from the U.S. Forest Service and the American Indian Alaska Native
A mix of six tribal nations and Native organizations will receive a total of $1.8 million for tourism infrastructure and capacity building in grants announced today by the U.S. Forest Service and American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association. Recipients include: the Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository in Kodiak, Alaska; Bay Mills Indian Community in Bimley, Michigan; Chief Joseph Foundation in Lapwai, Idaho; Organized Village of Kasaan in Kasaan, Alaska; Pit River Tribe KWAHN Corporation in Burney, California; and Snoqualmie Indian Tribe in Snoqualmie, Washington. In 2018, The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA)—the only national organization dedicated to advancing cultural tourism in Native Nations and communities across the United States—signed an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service to collaborate on the Native American Tourism & Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act grant funding.