Assistance program
Cultural Resources Management
$30.0 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Project Grants (Discretionary);Direct Payments for Specified Use
- CFDA number
- 15.159
- What it does
- To ensure the proper management, protection, and preservation of cultural resources over which the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) maintains responsibility; furnish secure, short-term housing and care for cultural resources recovered during investigations; provide for the curation, stewardship, and public access to the BIA museum collections and other cultural resources, including the increase of public awareness, appreciation, and knowledge of these resources.
- Who benefits
- State and local governments, Federally recognized Indian Tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, educational or scientific institutions, universities, associations, and entities that have an education mission or mission-component, and museums and/or repositories that meet the standards of the Department of the Interior, Department Manual, Part 411.
- Who applies
- State and local agencies, sponsored organizations, public nonprofit institutions/organizations, other public institutions/organizations, Federally-recognized Indian Tribal governments, specialized groups, small businesses, profit organizations, private nonprofit institutions/organizations, quasi-public nonprofit institutions/organizations, other private institutions/organizations, and Native American Organizations, educational or scientific organization, or any institution, corporation, association, or individual that possesses the requisite professional expertise. Applicant eligibility will be specified in the Funding Opportunity Announcement, if applicable.
- Authorized by
- Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, as amended (ARPA), 16 U.S.C. §§ 470aa–mm; The Lacey Act of 1900, as amended, 16 U.S.C. §§ 3371-78, and 18 U.S.C. 42; Historic, archeologic, or prehistoric items and antiquities, 18 U.S.C. § 1866(b); Native American Graves Pr…
- Program site
- https://www.bia.gov/bia/ots.descdrcrm/bcr ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Direct payments
$4.1M
14%
Grants
$25.9M
86%
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
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Direct payments