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HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND Tribal Historic Preservation Officers Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (THPOs) are officially designated by federally-recognized Native American tribes to direct preservation programs approved by the National Park Service (NPS). The THPO assumes some or all of the functions and responsibilities of State Historic Preservation Officers on tribal lands. The NPS distributes Historic Preservation Fund grants, which are typically matched by Tribes, to THPOs Barnaby Lewis, an Akimel Odham Elder and Tribal Historic by apportionment formula. Preservation Officer for the Gila River Indian Community, at Robbins Butte in southwest Arizona. PHOTO BY ELIAS BUTLER

Background For many years, THPOs have received insufficient federal funding to fully implement their federally mandated FY 2021 Appropriations Request responsibilities. There were only 12 federally recognized THPOs when the program began in 1996, with $79,875 going to each. In 2019, for example, 187 THPOs received Please support $22 million for Tribal Historic an average of $62,754 in funding. Preservation Officers in the FY 2021 Interior Appropriations bill. Collectively, Tribes with NPS-recognized THPOs exercise responsibilities over a land base that exceeds 50 million APPROPRIATIONS BILL: Interior, Environment, acres in 30 states. THPOs review federal undertakings— and Related Agencies including projects using federal funding or requiring AGENCY: National Park Service federal approval—for their impacts on tribal historic resources (Section 106 review). In 2018, THPOs reviewed ACCOUNT: Historic Preservation Fund more than 126,000 federal undertakings and provided ACTIVITY: Grants to Tribes 7,000 National Register of Historic Places (National Register) eligibility opinions. THPOs also survey and Recent Funding History: maintain inventories of tribal historic resources, prepare FY 2018 Enacted Funding: $11.485 million preservation plans, and provide technical assistance FY 2019 Enacted Funding $11.735 million and funding for preservation activities. THPOs facilitate nominations to the National Register, and added 48 FY 2020 Enacted Funding: $13.735 million properties to the National Register and nominated more FY 2021 President’s Budget Request: $5.738 million than 8,000 properties to Tribal Registers in 2018. Along FY 2021 NTHP Recommendation: $22 million with local, state, and federal law enforcement, THPOs work to prosecute looters of Indian remains and sacred JUSTIFICATION: Tribal Historic Preservation Officers are in objects. They also provide oversight for repatriation per great need of federal funding as the number of THPOs has grown dramatically since the creation of the program. Currently, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation there are nearly 200 THPOs. Increased funding would help Act (NAGPRA). address significant shortfalls in THPO funding needs. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE^ HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

Recognized Tribal Historic Preservation Officers*

ALABAMA Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux The Confederated Tribes of Grand Poarch Band of Creek Indians Tribe Tribes Ronde Community of Yocha Dehe Nation Northern Cheyenne Tribe Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla ALASKA Tribe Organized Village of Kake NEBRASKA Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon COLORADO Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Coquille Indian Tribe ARIZONA Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Colorado River Indian Tribes Santee Sioux Nation Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Gila River Indian Community CONNECTICUT Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Mashantucket Western Pequot Tribal Hopi Tribe of Arizona RHODE ISLAND Nation NEVADA Hualapai Tribe Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Duckwater Shoeshone Tribe of the Narragansett Indian Tribe The Navajo Nation Connecticut Duckwater Reservation Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe SOUTH CAROLINA Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian FLORIDA Reno-Sparks Catawba Indian Nation Community Seminole Tribe of Florida Washoe Tribe of Nevada and San Carlos Apache Tribe SOUTH DAKOTA Tohono Nation IDAHO NEW MEXICO Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe White Mountain Apache Tribe Coeur d’Alene Tribe Jicarilla Apache Nation Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Nez Perce Tribe Mescalero Apache Tribe Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe CALIFORNIA The Navajo Nation Oglala Sioux Tribe Agua Caliente Band of Indians KANSAS Pueblo of Acoma Rosebud Sioux Tribe of Indians Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Rancheria The Pueblo of Isleta Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens LOUISIANA Pueblo of Jemez Yankton Sioux Tribe Valley Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana Pueblo of Laguna UTAH Big Valley Band of Indians Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Pueblo of Pojoaque The Navajo Nation Jena Band of Choctaw Indians Pueblo of San Felipe Tribe of Indians Pueblo of San Ildefonso Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana WASHINGTON Bridgeport Indian Colony Pueblo of Santa Ana MAINE Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Pueblo of Santa Clara Yakama Nation Indians Aroostook Band of Micmacs Pueblo of Tesuque Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Cahuilla Band of Indians Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Pueblo of Zia Reservation Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of Passamaquoddy Tribe Zuni Pueblo Confederated Tribes of the Colville the Trinidad Rancheria Penobscot Nation Reservation Band of Pomo NEW YORK Hoh Indian Tribe Indians MASSACHUSETTS The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head- Seneca Nation of Indians Lummi Nation Aquinnah Makah Tribe of Indians NORTH CAROLINA MICHIGAN Nooksak Indian Tribe Federated Indians of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Fort Independence Paiute Indians Bay Mills Indian Community Quinault Indian Nation Habematolel Band of Pomo Indians Keweenaw Bay Indian Community NORTH DAKOTA Samish Indian Nation Hoopa Valley Tribe Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation Superior Chippewa Indians Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Hopland Band of Pomo Indians Spirit Lake Tribe of Fort Totten Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Skokomish Indian Tribe Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Indians Spokane Tribe of Indians Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Squaxin Island Tribe Stewarts Point Rancheria Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan OKLAHOMA Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians Tribe Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Manzanita Band of Diegueno Indians Potawatomi Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Suquamish Tribe Band of Chico Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Caddo Nation Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Cherokee Nation Indians of California Michigan Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes WISCONSIN Morongo Band of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of the Chippewa Pala Band of Mission Indians MINNESOTA Citizen Potawatomi Nation Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians Forest County Potawatomi Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Comanche Nation Community Indians Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Chippewa The Ho-Chunk Nation Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Indians Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Muscogee Creek Nation Superior Chippewa Indians of Pinoleville Pomo Nation Chippewa Osage Nation Wisconsin Pit River Tribe Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Lower Sioux Indian Community Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Superior Chippewa Indians Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma Indians Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Prairie Island Indian Community of Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma Round Valley Indian Tribes Oneida Nation of Wisconsin San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Indians Minnesota Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma (O-Gah- Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Chippewa Indians of California Upper Sioux Community Pah) Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band Shingle Springs Band of Indians White Earth Nation of Minnesota of Mohican Indians Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Chippewa Seneca Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma Stewarts Point Rancheria Kashia Band Thlopthlocco Tribal Town WYOMING MONTANA of Pomo Indians Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Susanville Indian Rancheria The Blackfeet Nation Wyandotte Nation Reservation Shoshone Tribe Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Northern Arapaho Tribe Boy’s Reservation Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation OREGON Confederated Salish and Kootenai Burns Paiute Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Tribes *As of December 1, 2019: http://nathpo. Indians Confederated Tribes of the Coos, org/wp/thpos/find-a-thpo The Crow Tribe of Indians United Auburn Indian Community Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians Fort Belknap Indian Community

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