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GOMO-Funded Project

Travel Support for Alaskan Indigenous Delegation to the 2nd Cross-Pacific Indigenous Exchange

Image Credit: Crew and Officers of NOAA Ship Fairweather
  • Principal Investigator(s):
  • Project Institution(s): Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
  • Fiscal Year: 2024
  • Award Period:
    10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025

NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) facilitated the second Cross-Pacific Indigenous Exchange, held in Monterey and Seaside, California, on April 8 -10, 2024. The Exchange hosted 36 Indigenous leaders and representatives from Alaska, Hawai’i, American Samoa, Saipan, California, and Maryland. The financial support provided by OAR covered the cost of travel of the Tribal President and the Director of the Office of Justice and Governance Administration for the Aleut Community of St. Paul.

Project Gallery

Participants attending the first Cross-Pacific Indigenous Exchange in Neah Bay, Washington, hosted by the Makah Tribe
Attendees of the first Cross-Pacific Indigenous Exchange aboard the Windsong.