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 Barnaby Lewis, an Akimel Odham Elder and Tribal Historic THPOs 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 2022 Appropriations Request responsibilities. There were only 12 federally recognized THPOs when the program began in 1996, with $79,875 going to each. In FY 2021, by contrast, 198 THPOs received Please support $24 million for Tribal Historic an average of $69,369 in funding. Preservation Officers in the FY 2022 Interior Collectively, Tribes with NPS-recognized THPOs exercise Appropriations bill. responsibilities over a land base that exceeds 50 million acres in 30 states. THPOs review federal undertakings— including projects using federal funding or requiring federal APPROPRIATIONS BILL: Interior, Environment, approval—for their impacts on tribal historic resources and Related Agencies (Section 106 review). THPOs also survey and maintain AGENCY: National Park Service inventories of tribal historic resources, prepare preservation ACCOUNT: Historic Preservation Fund plans, and provide technical assistance and funding for ACTIVITY: Grants to Tribes preservation activities. THPOs also facilitate nominations to the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) and Tribal Registers. Along with local, state, and federal law Recent Funding History: enforcement, THPOs work to prosecute looters of Indian FY 2019 Enacted Funding: $11.735 million remains and sacred objects. They also provide oversight for repatriation per the Native American Graves Protection and FY 2020 Enacted Funding: $13.735 million Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). FY 2021 Enacted Funding: $15.000 million In FY 2021, THPOs: FY 2022 President’s Budget Request: TBD • Reviewed more than 45,000 federal undertakings, FY 2022 NTHP Recommendation: $24.000 million providing 3,500 National Register eligibility opinions • Surveyed approximately 75,000 acres for cultural JUSTIFICATION: Tribal Historic Preservation Officers are in resources and inventoried, evaluated, or designated over great need of federal funding as the number of THPOs has 2,600 significant historical and archeological properties grown dramatically since the creation of the program. Currently, there are nearly 200 THPOs. Increased funding would help • Nominated more than 1,1000 properties to Tribal Registers address significant shortfalls in THPO funding needs. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE^ HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
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ALABAMA United Auburn Indian Community Fort Belknap Indian Community The Confederated Tribes of Grand Poarch Band of Creek Indians Wilton Rancheria Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Ronde Community of Oregon Wiyot Tribe Tribes Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation ALASKA Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation Northern Cheyenne Tribe Confederated Tribes of the Warm Organized Village of Kake Yurok Tribe NEBRASKA Springs Reservation of Oregon Coquille Indian Tribe ARIZONA COLORADO Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Colorado River Indian Tribes Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Indians Gila River Indian Community Santee Sioux Nation Hopi Tribe of Arizona CONNECTICUT Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska RHODE ISLAND Hualapai Tribe Mashantucket Western Pequot Tribal Nation NEVADA Narragansett Indian Tribe The Navajo Nation Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Duckwater Shoeshone Tribe of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona Connecticut Duckwater Reservation SOUTH CAROLINA Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Catawba Indian Nation Community FLORIDA Reno-Sparks Indian Colony San Carlos Apache Tribe SOUTH DAKOTA Seminole Tribe of Florida Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California Tohono Nation Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe White Mountain Apache Tribe IDAHO NEW MEXICO Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Coeur d’Alene Tribe Jicarilla Apache Nation Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe CALIFORNIA Nez Perce Tribe Mescalero Apache Tribe Oglala Sioux Tribe Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians The Navajo Nation Rosebud Sioux Tribe of Indians Bear River Band of the Rohnerville KANSAS Pueblo of Acoma Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Rancheria Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens The Pueblo of Isleta Yankton Sioux Tribe Valley LOUISIANA Pueblo of Jemez UTAH Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana Pueblo of Laguna The Navajo Nation Bishop Paiute Tribe Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Pueblo of Pojoaque Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe of Indians Pueblo of San Felipe Jena Band of Choctaw Indians WASHINGTON Bridgeport Indian Colony Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana Pueblo of San Ildefonso Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Pueblo of Santa Ana Yakama Nation Indians MAINE Pueblo of Santa Clara Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Cahuilla Band of Indians Aroostook Band of Micmacs Pueblo of Tesuque Reservation Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Pueblo of Zia Confederated Tribes of the Colville the Trinidad Rancheria Passamaquoddy Tribe Zuni Pueblo Reservation Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Penobscot Nation Hoh Indian Tribe Indians NEW YORK Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Elem Indian Colony MASSACHUSETTS The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Lummi Nation Elk Valley Rancheria Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head- Seneca Nation of Indians Makah Tribe Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians Aquinnah Nooksak Indian Tribe Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria NORTH CAROLINA MICHIGAN Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Fort Independence Paiute Indians Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Quinault Indian Nation Habematolel Band of Pomo Indians Bay Mills Indian Community Samish Indian Nation Hoopa Valley Tribe Keweenaw Bay Indian Community NORTH DAKOTA Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Hopland Band of Pomo Indians Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation Superior Chippewa Indians Skokomish Indian Tribe Jamul Indian Village Spirit Lake Tribe of Fort Totten Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Spokane Tribe of Indians Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Indians Stewarts Point Rancheria Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Squaxin Island Tribe Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians Karuk Tribe Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan OKLAHOMA Suquamish Tribe Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Indians Potawatomi Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Mechoopda Band of Chico Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Caddo Nation WISCONSIN Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Cherokee Nation Indians of California Michigan Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of the Chippewa Morongo Band of Mission Indians Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Pala Band of Mission Indians MINNESOTA Forest County Potawatomi Citizen Potawatomi Nation Community Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians Comanche Nation Indians The Ho-Chunk Nation Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Chippewa Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Indians Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Pinoleville Pomo Nation Chippewa Muscogee Creek Nation Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Osage Nation Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Pit River Tribe Superior Chippewa Indians Lower Sioux Indian Community Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Indians Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma Oneida Nation of Wisconsin Round Valley Indian Tribes Prairie Island Indian Community of Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma Minnesota Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Chippewa San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Indians Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma (O-Gah- Pah) Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Upper Sioux Community of Mohican Indians Indians of California White Earth Nation of Minnesota Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Chippewa Seneca Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma WYOMING Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Thlopthlocco Tribal Town Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Stewarts Point Rancheria Kashia Band MONTANA Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Reservation of Pomo Indians The Blackfeet Nation Wyandotte Nation Northern Arapaho Tribe Susanville Indian Rancheria Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Timbisha Shoshone Tribe Boy’s Reservation OREGON Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation Confederated Salish and Kootenai Burns Paiute Tribes *As of December 20, 2020: Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Confederated Tribes of the Coos, https://www.nathpo.org/thpo-search/ Indians The Crow Tribe of Indians Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians
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