National Park Service Grant: Preservation of Yakutat Tlingit Traditional Cultural Property in Glacier Bay National Park

ABSTRACT
Funding Announcement P16AS00662
Project Title Yakutat Tlingit Traditional Cultural Property Study, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Recipient Portland State University
Total Anticipated Award Amount $120,000
Cost Share 0
Anticipated Length of Agreement 5 years
Anticipated Period of Performance 9/30/2016-9/30/2021
Award Instrument CESU Task Agreement
Statutory Authority 54 USC 100703, Cooperative Study Units
CFDA # and Title 15.945, Cooperative Research and Training Programs
Single Source Justification Criteria Cited CESU Task Agreement â¿¿ Already competed and Continuation
Point of Contact Erica Cordeiro

OVERVIEW

Yakutat Tlingit Traditional Cultural Property Study, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Public Purpose

Three elements of Portland State Universityâ¿¿s Mission Statement apply to this project:
–We are dedicated to collaborative learning, innovative research, sustainability and community engagement.
–We educate a diverse community of lifelong learners.
–Our research and teaching have global impact.

This project will assist Portland State to accomplish that mission by supporting a faculty member that conducts ground-breaking anthropological and cultural landscape work

RECIPIENT INVOLVEMENT
1. Carry out ethnographic fieldwork with members of the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe, including but not limited to interviewing Yakutat elders regarding places of cultural significance on the western, Pacific Ocean drainages of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (GLBA).
2. Coordinate at least one trip involving field visits and field interviews within the GLBA study area, involving Yakutat Tlingit interviewees.
3. Record interviews and field visits through audio-recordings, video recordings, detailed field notes, photographs and other media as appropriate, for inclusion in project reports and the project archive.
4. Produce transcripts of formal interviews to assist in the development of future reports and for inclusion in the project archive.
5. Produce thematic collections of transcript excerpts, containing quotations and paraphrased comments from tribal members, organized in reference to particular places of cultural significance and other themes as appropriate.
6. Coordinate the hiring of a research assistant to review materials in GLBA files and archives relating to project themes, including materials from past NPS anthropological research and field visits within the study area.
7. Produce maps or GIS data that demonstrate the location of places that appear to meet the criteria for federal listing as Traditional Cultural Properties, including but not necessarily limited to Raven cycle sites within Gunaaxoo Kwaan traditional territory.
8. Produce a draft Phase II and III Project Report that summarizes major project findings in lay language, and includes an appendix containing language that can be used as a National Register context statement for at least one Traditional Cultural Property district nomination assessed in the course of the study.
9. Be available to NPS staff during the review of the draft project report.
10. Produce a final Phase II and III Project Report that is responsive to reviewer comments.
11. Deliver a final project archive to the project ATR that contains field-notes, maps, transcripts, digital audio and/or video files, photos, and other materials gathered in the course of the study.
12. Participate in a project closeout meeting with Yakutat Tlingit and NPS representatives, presenting an overview of project findings.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVOLVEMENT
NPS is involved with the recipient in describing the goals, jointly developing the scope and the activities to be accomplished.
NPS will provide the services of a Program Coordinator to serve as liaison to (the recipient) for the work under this agreement. This includes consulting and working specifically with the Recipientâ¿¿s program coordinator and team leaders on recruiting , interviewing and recommending appropriate candidates.

SINGLE-SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SINGLE SOURCE POLICY REQUIREMENTS

Department of the Interior Policy (505 DM 2) requires a written justification which explains why competition is not practicable for each single-source award. The justification must address one or more of the following criteria as well as discussion of the program legislative history, unique capabilities of the proposed recipient, and cost-sharing contribution offered by the proposed recipient, as applicable.

In order for an assistance award to be made without competition, the award must satisfy one or more of the following criteria:

(1) Unsolicited Proposal â¿¿ The proposed award is the result of an unsolicited assistance application which represents a unique or innovative idea, method, or approach which is not the subject of a current or planned contract or assistance award, but which is deemed advantageous to the program objectives;

(2) Continuation â¿¿ The activity to be funded is necessary to the satisfactory completion of, or is a continuation of an activity presently being funded, and for which competition would have a significant adverse effect on the continuity or completion of the activity;

(3) Legislative intent â¿¿ The language in the applicable authorizing legislation or legislative history clearly indicates Congressâ¿¿ intent to restrict the award to a particular recipient of purpose;

(4) Unique Qualifications â¿¿ The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based upon a variety of demonstrable factors such as location, property ownership, voluntary support capacity, cost-sharing ability if applicable, technical expertise, or other such unique qualifications;

(5) Emergencies â¿¿ Program/award where there is insufficient time available (due to a compelling and unusual urgency, or substantial danger to health or safety) for adequate competitive procedures to be followed.

NPS did not solicit full and open competition for this award based the following criteria:
This is a CESU task agreement and as such, has already been competed, no additional competition is required. This serves as a notice of intent to award to Portland State University.