This grant by the National Park Service aims to raise awareness of American Indian cultural heritage, focusing on preserving pipestone pipe making culture and other forms of pipestone carvings. The project involves educating 70,000 visitors on the sacredness and significance of pipestone, how American Indians learned to carve, and the importance of this craft. The NPS collaborates closely with the recipient to deliver interpretation of cultural heritage, promoting historic preservation and public understanding. The grant encourages public and private engagement in preservation efforts and aims to keep alive this potentially fading craft/belief. Deadline for application: April 14, 2019.
Opportunity ID: 314522
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NPS-NOIP19AC00053 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Pipestone National Monument Cultural Demonstrator Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | This announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service’s intention to award financial assistance for the following project activities. |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.954 — National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 04, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Apr 04, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 14, 2019 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 14, 2019 |
| Archive Date: | May 14, 2019 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $350,000 |
| Award Floor: | $350,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service’s intention to award financial assistance for the following project activities. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | This announcement is to provide public notice of the NPS’s intention to award financial assistance for the following project activities without competition. This project creates awareness of American Indian cultural heritage, with emphasis on the preservation of the pipestone pipe making culture and perpetuation of other forms of pipestone carvings representative of American Indian Cultures. The NPS substantial involvement is to collaborate with the recipient to jointly organize and deliver interpretation of the American Indian cultural heritage for promoting historic preservation to the public visiting the park. The cultural demonstrators will educate 70,000 visitors and general public through interpretation about the sacredness and significance of the pipestone. Demonstrators will discuss how American Indians learned to carve; the importance of the pipestone to their heritage; and to be able to educate and share their knowledge of this trade of a potentially dying craft/belief. NPS will assign a coordinator to work directly with the recipient on assigned interpretation and daily contact and activities. The public purpose is to enhance and foster visitors’ understanding and appreciation of the contemporary and historic American Indian use and significance of the pipestone quarries. The project promotes greater public and private participation in historic preservation programs, and activities. The Recipient has contacts and contextual understanding of the park’s resources and its historical/traditionally associated use with regard to the rock material being carved into Plains Indian style pipes. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Katherine S Borschel
Grants Management Specialist Phone 402-661-1958 Email:katherine_borschel@nps.gov |
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Related Documents
Folder 314522 Full Announcement-NPSNOIP19AC00053 -> NPS NOIP19AC00053 PIPE PISA Cultural Demostrator Notice of Intent.pdf
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