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| TRIBAL PROGRAMS |
The Qawalangin Tribe is involved in many programs that affect its members and the community at large. The Wellness Center provides essential medical services to Native Americans.
The Tribe recently finished the reconstruction of a portion of the road up to Ulakta Head, through a contract with BIA, working in conjunction with the Ounalashka Corporation. It provides improved access for the public to a National Heritage Area, and a better drainage system for the road.
The Tribe continues its work to achieve reparations for the Kuroshima oil spill. Six projects are in various stages of implementation and completion. Agencies involved are U. S. Fish & Wildlife, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Alaska Department of Law, and the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
The Tribe is also involved in the
Selendang Ayu Oil spill, at the consultation level with the Unified Command and through the Natural Resource Damage Assessment process. We are the recipients of a grant from the EPA under the Indian General Assistance Program that allows us to build capacity in the environmental arena.
The Tribe continues its work with the Alaska Sea Otter & Steller Sea Lion Commission in the facilitation of a yearly sea otter count. In the past year, the Tribe has also worked on a program to document Traditional Knowledge of Sea Otters, and implemented a pilot program of real-time monitoring and other environmental documentation.
We continue to work with Fish & Wildlife on a salmon survey at McLees Lake that has made it possible to track red salmon escapement into the environment in order to monitor the subsistence fishing openings and closures. The Tribe will work with F&W to help implement a similar program for Iliuliuk River, as funds allow.
The Tribe just closed a federal grant with the Department of Defense and the Ounalashka Corporation that focuses on removing stake pickets left behind from World War II.
Tribal shares of our Johnson O’Malley funds pay for services for Native American children to attend preschool.
Camp Qungaayux has been sponsored by the Tribe for the past eight years in conjunction with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Ounalashka Corporation, the City of Unalaska, the Unalaska City School District, and many other donors.
The Tribe has developed an Unangan Dance Program funded by grants from the Ounalashka Corporation, the City of Unalaska, and the Aleutian Arts Council, as well as in-house funding from the Tribe.
The Qawalangin Tribe also coordinates and sponsors scholarships for the youth of Unalaska to attend colleges, universities, and trade schools.
The Tribe hosts an E-Commerce Center for artisans in the Unalaska area. |
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