CHARLESTOWN — The Narragansett Indian Tribe will receive nearly $200,000 to help restore part of Indian Cedar Swamp Brook on tribal land.

The brook is near the Narragansett Indian Church, not far from the site of the tribe’s annual August meeting, off Old Mill Road. The money will help the tribe restore about seven acres of wetlands habitat.

The Narragansetts are among tribes in 18 states sharing $6.2 million in federal grants for a wide range of conservation projects.

The grants are provided exclusively to federally recognized tribes and are made possible under the Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2002, and through a component of the state Wildlife Grant program.

The program addresses cultural and environmental issues. Some grants help tribes protect threatened and endangered species.

In all, the government awarded more than $360,000 to the Narragansetts and two other New England tribes, the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, both of Maine.

The Aroostook Band of Micmacs will improve tribal habitats by planting wildlife plants and foods such as apples and cranberries, which are eaten by songbirds, deer, moose, bear, raccoons, squirrels, mice and shrews.

The grants are much more than a fiscal resource for tribes, said Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne. “The projects and partnerships supported by this program have enhanced our commitment to Native Americans and to the United States’ shared wildlife resources.”