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Sitka Tribe reports $200,000 wildlife grant, $1 million ICDBG for supportive housing and $2.4 million LFPA award
Summary
Representatives of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska updated the Assembly on recent grants and tribal actions: a $200,000 tribal wildlife grant for AI-enabled monitoring at Redoubt Lake; a $1,000,000 Indian Community Development Block Grant to support a 12-unit permanent supportive housing project; and a $2.4 million Local Food Purchase Assistance
The Sitka Tribe of Alaska updated the Sitka Assembly Feb. 25 on grants and tribal activities, including conservation, housing and local food distribution programs.
Council chair Yeti Kuka (Sitka Tribe of Alaska) reported that the tribe’s Resource Protection Department received a $200,000 tribal wildlife grant and is proposing to partner with the Wild Salmon Center and the U.S. Forest Service to install AI-enabled video systems at Redoubt Lake to reduce in-season monitoring costs and support the Redoubt Lake sockeye salmon management plan. Kuka said the generated data will allow the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to continue implementing the plan “in order to maximize subsistence and commercial harvest opportunities.”
Kuka also said the tribe was awarded a $1,000,000 Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) and will provide funds to the Sitka Homeless Coalition to construct Hich Be Sawhney Little Houses: a permanent supportive housing community comprising 12 single-occupancy units, a caretaker unit and a service building.
In addition, Kuka reported the tribe received a Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) award that will administer $2,400,000 over three years. That program allocates $256,000 for local wild-food purchases from fishermen and processors, distributed to tribal citizens or used at community events, Kuka said. The tribe said the LFPA award supports local producers and community wellness goals and joins a national cohort of LFPA recipients.
Other tribal actions included enrollment resolutions; appointment of Lillian Feldpausch to a one-year term as the BHHWA board of commissioners chair (board name and acronym as presented by the tribe); adoption of 2025 legislative priorities; and tabling proposed amendments to the Sitka Tribe constitution pending an additional work session.
Kuka told the assembly the tribe is monitoring recent presidential executive orders and will continue working with state and federal lawmakers. The tribe also reminded tribal citizens to carry tribal IDs “in an abundance of caution” and announced a Sitka Native Education program 50th-anniversary celebration on April 19 at Harrigan beginning at noon.
No formal action was taken by the assembly on the tribal report; the presentation was provided as a scheduled special report.
