Tribal Historic Preservation Program 2017 Annual Report: Celebrating 25 Years

This 25th Anniversary issue of the Tribal Historic Preservation Program report checks in with some of the first 12 THPOs established in 1996, and welcomes the newest THPOs established in 2016-2017. This issue highlights successes from across the nation and the close preservation partnerships that have developed over the years within the federal family. You’ll learn about the development of a Cultural Atlas by the Hualapai Tribe, and the 726 archeological surveys conducted on the tribal lands of the Lac du Flambeau Tribe. THPOs document both painful times and times of prosperity by getting Indian boarding schools in Wisconsin and Michigan and a historic trading post gas station along Route 66 in Arizona added to the National Register of Historic Places. Read about the new Multi-Property National Register Nomination for ceremonial stone landscapes developed through the joint work of the Narragansett Tribe, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, the Mashantucket (Eastern) Pequot, and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut who sought to bring recognition and visibility to traditional landscapes that hold ceremonial stones

American Indian tribal leaders, Native American Indian Activists, members of all American Indian Nations, National Park Service officials engaged in Indian Affairs, Congressional representatives from states with significant Indian populations,