HAINES, AK – The Chilkoot Indian Association received a $744,507 Save America’s Treasures grant from the National Park Service, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This year the Save America’s Treasures grants from the Historic Preservation Fund will support 58 projects in 26 states, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia that will preserve nationally significant sites and collections.
The Chilkoot Indian Association in Haines, Alaska will stabilize and rehabilitate the Noow Hit Tribal House, the last remaining Tlingit traditional structure constructed in the Chilkat Valley, using traditional Northern Tlingit post and beam building techniques. Noow Hit is located on the Fort Seward Parade Grounds. The project is also being funded by a Rasmuson Foundation Tier 1 grant of $17,000 and $74,889 of grant assistance provided by the Historic Preservation Fund, administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Total funds raised for the project to date are $836,396.
The public may donate to the Noow Hit Tribal House Restoration project, which is estimated will cost over $1 million, by contacting James Hart or Harriet Brouillette at the Chilkoot Indian Association, PO Box 490, Haines, AK 99827.