This National Park Service grant is for conducting archeological data recovery at the Elbee and Karishta sites within the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, North Dakota. These National Register-listed sites suffered significant damage from the 2009 flood and are at imminent risk of further loss from future high-water conditions. The grant’s purpose is to salvage threatened near-bank archeological resources, preserve a vital record of these sites, and gather information to enhance the understanding of prehistoric activities. Conducted in compliance with federal preservation acts, this initiative will also provide practical excavation training for University of North Dakota archeological field school students in May/June 2010, fulfilling their educational requirements.
Opportunity ID: 54273
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NPS-NOI-KNRI-10-GP01 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Archeological Data Recovery at the Elbee and Karishta sites, Knife River Indian Villages NHS |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | — |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 04, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 06, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 06, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 05, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $150,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $150,000 |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This is a "Notice of Intent" of a single source task agreement award to the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota under the Great Plains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). The cooperator for this project was chosen because of the unique ability. The complex nature of this project and the multiple tasks that need to be accomplished require personnel with expertise and extensive experience that UND, with its premier academic credibility in Northern Great Plains archeology, its proximity to KNRI, and its capability of training undergraduate students by way of its formalized archeology field school, is staffed. The principal investigator, is a professor of anthropology/archeology at the University of North Dakota. The PI and his associates have over forty years of extensive experience in prehistoric and protohistoric archeology of the Great Plains and are considered the foremost experts on the types of archeology and landforms in North Dakota, subject to intensive erosional processes, that are critical components to this project. The PI and the University of North Dakota is selected as the cooperator because they have an established research program in North Dakota and a specific research interest in KNRI that include the Elbee and Karishta sites. The PI has conducted previous investigations at the Elbee site in 2003 and, using this work as a foundation, is best positioned to pursue efforts at Elbee that address questions of significant importance to the Upper Missouri culture area, the development of the Hidatsa culture, and landscape interpretation at KNRI. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | The NPS plans to conduct archeological data recovery within portions of the Elbee (32ME408) and Karishta (32ME466) sites immediately adjacent to the bank of the Knife River that sustained significant damage during the spring 2009 flood event at KNRI, Mercer County, North Dakota . Both the Elbee and Karishta sites are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as contributing sites of the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Archeological District as of October 26, 1974 and revised on July 25, 1987. This data recovery project is being conducted in order to collect archeological information from areas within these two sites that are in imminent danger of loss during future high-water conditions. A recent archeological damage assessment (April 2009) conducted by archeologists from the Midwest Archeological Center (MWAC) concluded that these sites had sustained significant damage during the spring 2009 high-water event and that data recovery, in order to salvage threatened near-bank archeological resources, is necessary for the long-term preservation of the archeological information contained within the Elbee and Karishta sites. The overall goals of this data recovery project are to (1) preserve a record of the archeological resources within the immediate vicinity of erosional banks at these two sites that would be adversely affected by future high water flood events, and (2) gather information that would produce a more complete understanding and interpretation of prehistoric activities at the Elbee and Karishta sites. The data recovery project will be conducted in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, the Archeological Resources Protection Act, the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act, Secretary of the Interiors Standards for Archeology, and applicable NPS guidelines. This agreement will also assist UND with training of its archeological field school students in excavation techniques. The University of North Dakota 2010 Archeological Field School will assist in conducting the excavations at both the Elbee and Karishta sites during May/June 2010. By assisting with the UND field school, the NPS will directly contribute to fulfilling the educational requirements for the undergraduate Anthropology majors attending the 2010 archeological field school. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Tonya Bradley
Contract Specialist Phone 402-661-1656 Email:tonya_bradley@nps.gov |
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Tonya Bradley Contract Specialist Phone 402-661-1656 Email: tonya_bradley@nps.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKG00018478 | May 04, 2010 | May 06, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
54273 SF424-2.0.pdf
54273 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
54273 SF424A-1.0.pdf
54273 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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