New Mexico State University, New Mexico Heritage Center

To obtain protected status for lands traditionally inhabited by the Yugansky Khanty people of western Siberia (over two years).

To support an ethnoecological survey of the proposed Yugansky Khanty Biosphere Reserve in western Siberia (over two years).

To develop a traditional land-use atlas of the Khanty peoples of Western Siberia (over two years).

To support the project Native Bridges: Linking Indigenous Leaders of North America and Siberia.

To support the project Sacred Trust: Preserving Land and Culture among the Khanty.