OpportunityTitle: Traditional Healing in Beringia: Using local plant-based medicines, local traditions and cultural history to develop and preserve culturally-relevant traditional healing resources and knowledge.
Description: The Shared Beringian Heritage Program recognizes and celebrates the natural resources and cultural heritage shared by Russia and the United States on both sides of the Bering Strait. The program works to improve local, national, and international understanding of these resources and sustain the cultural vitality of Native peoples in the region. The program&apos;s goals are to: Foster a climate of mutual understanding and cooperation among the United States, Russia, and the indigenous people of Beringia in environmental protection, historic preservation, and interpretation. Support subsistence opportunities within Beringia and recognize the unique and traditional activities by indigenous people of the region. Promote the study, interpretation, and enjoyment of the natural and cultural resources of international significance. Support cultural exchange between the indigenous people on both sides of the Bering Strait. This project is as follows: This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS), intention to fund the following project activities without competition. ABSTRACT Funding Announcement P16AS00250 Project Title Traditional Healing in Beringia: Using local plant-based medicines, local traditions and cultural history to develop and preserve culturally-relevant traditional healing resources and knowledge. Recipient Maniilaq Association Total Anticipated Award Amount $150,000 Cost Share 0.00 Anticipated Length of Agreement 4 years Anticipated Period of Performance July 30, 2016 - September 30, 2019 Award Instrument Cooperative Agreement Statutory Authority 54 U.S.C. &#194;&#167;101702(a) Cooperative Agreements, Transfer of Service Appropriated Funds CFDA # and Title 15.946-Cultural Resource Management Single Source Justification Criteria Cited The Beringia program put out a call for proposals from 6/1/2015-9/14/2015. This proposal was selected. Point of Contact Erica Cordeiro OVERVIEW In the past, the cultural relationships between Kotzebue, AK, Nome, AK and Russia were stronger in terms of gathering together and learning/sharing cultural knowledge. Maniilaq Association Tribal Doctors would like to build upon this historical exchange and strengthen these relationships, encouraging the fluent exchange of cultural knowledge and resources. The main focus of this project will be to use local plant-based medicines, local traditions, and cultural history to develop and preserve traditional healing resources, knowledge and awareness. The intent of this project is to create video, photographic and educational package to help locals identify plants used in healing and medicine, how to process and preserve them appropriately, and how to use them in practice. Ultimately, this project will contribute to the development of a Tribal Doctor training program that will be available to locals in northwest Alaska and shared with partners in Norton Sound and Chukotka regions through their cultural exchange program. STATEMENT OF JOINT OBJECTIVES/PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN RECIPIENT INVOLVEMENT A. Maniilaq Association agrees to: 1. Organize the travel and logistics to hold a tribal healer workshop at Serpentine Hot Springs in Year 1. 2. Teach the workshop with tribal healers and patients from across Beringia 3. Organize the travel and logistics and teach the tribal healer workshop in Loreno, Russia in Year 2. 4. Document in video, photography and narrative the workshops, travels and training seminars from the project. 5. Produce a video of the healer workshops for use in the training program and to be shared with the public. 6. Produce an educational book for training tribal doctors. 7. Develop a Tribal Doctor training program to train local folks to become tribal doctors in Year 3. 8. Present results of the project at the Beringia Days conference in Kotzebue in 2018 or another similar regional conference. 9. A set of copyright-free digital images (a minimum of 15 images) Images will be in .jpg format @300 pixels per inch; 10. Submit Annual financial and progress reports NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVOLVEMENT B. NPS agrees to: 1. Act as liaison with the partner and possible individuals or groups in the Beringia region that may be interested in the Traditional Healing and Native Medicine. 2. Act as a liaison when needed to facilitate international travel logistics and enhance communication. NPS will provide translation and interpretation when necessary through our network of translators and will allow the use of government simultaneous translation equipment free of charge on an as needed basis. 3. To the extent possible, assist with organizing workshops and trainings, assist making agreements on using government housing, and other logistical support. 4. Provide technical assistance and safety briefings related to project and geographic location. 5. Utilize the Beringia Program&#226;&#191;&#191;s contacts in Alaska and Russia (especially in Native communities) to inform communities and organizations about the project. Assist with the dissemination of information working with local park units to post information, advertise workshops, and share project activities and outcome on the NPS Shared Beringian Heritage Program website and Alaska National Parks Facebook page. 6. Use the network of contacts, the program website, and the Alaska National Parks Facebook page to share information from the final and interim reports with the public, as well as with targeted audiences through the development of a project-specific distribution plan. First and foremost it will be targeted toward the communities in the Bering Strait region. 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 &#226;&#191;&#191; 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 &#226;&#191;&#191; 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 &#226;&#191;&#191; The language in the applicable authorizing legislation or legislative history clearly indicates Congress&#226;&#191;&#191; intent to restrict the award to a particular recipient of purpose; (4) Unique Qualifications &#226;&#191;&#191; 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 &#226;&#191;&#191; 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 proposal was selected from the submitted proposals submitted by 9/14/2015.
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GrantorContactText: Erica Cordeiro 907-644-3315&lt;br/&gt;Erica_Cordeiro@nps.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Applications were previously requested from 6/2015-9/14/2015.  No applications will be accepted at this time.