Links

Heritage Preservation

1. Learn more about informal heritage preservation by community groups

   • Explore African American cemeteries on-line web site.
     http://www.prairiebluff.com/aacemetery/
     
   • Read about heritage preservation efforts of one African American community to preserve its’ cemetery. http://www.gashpo.org/assets/documents/Reflections_Feb_2005.pdf

2. Learn more about studies conducted to evaluate areas for potential inclusion in the National Park System

   • Read The Low Country Gullah Geechee Culture Special Resource Study
     http://www.nps.gov/sero/planning/gg_srs/gg_process.htm#author

3. Learn more about the National Register of Historic Places

   • The National Register of Historic Places is the Nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources. Properties listed in the Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture.
     http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/

4. For information on how to nominate a property to the National Register, visit the Listing a property page.

   • http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listing.htm

5. Locate the State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices in your state

   • State Historic Preservation Offices and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices
     http://grants.cr.nps.gov/thpo/tribaloffices.cfm
     

6. Learn more about how local governments strengthen their local historic preservation efforts by achieving Certified Local Government status from the National Park Service
   

   • http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/clg/
     

7. Learn more about Heritage Preservation Services

   • The Heritage Preservation Services provides a broad range of products and services, financial assistance and incentives, educational guidance, and technical information in support of this mission. Its diverse partners include State Historic Preservation Offices, local governments, tribes, federal agencies, colleges, and non-profit organizations.
     http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/

8. Learn more about Section 106 and how it is implemented

   • Read the current regulations posted on the website of the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation Insert Link.
     http://www.achp.gov/regs.html

9. Learn about the characteristics of successful consultation according to tribal people

   • http://www.nathpo.org/special_projects-Best_Practices.html

10. Learn more about special resource studies and the involvement of community as well as the role of anthropologist/ethnographers the Fort King Special Resource Study, especially Chapter 6

    • http://www.nps.gov/sero/planning/foki_srs/srs_news.htm

11. Learn more about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Program.

    • http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/index.htm

12. Visit the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

    • http://209.10.16.21/TEMPLATE/FrontEnd/index.cfm

13. Visit the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

    • http://www.freedomcenter.org/

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1. Home
2. Contents
1. Introduction
   • Contents and Expectations
   • Format
   • Navigation
   • Disclosure
   • Editorial Method
   • Internet Link Policy
2. Key Concepts
   • Who are African Americans?
   • What is ethnography?
   • What is "culture" ?
   • What are cultural resources?
   • What are "ethnographic" resources?
   • What is "heritage preservation" ?
   • What is stewardship?
   • What is the NPS Thematic Framework?
   • Self Assessment
3. Ethnographic Research Center
   • What is Ethnographic Research?
   • Why is Ethnographic Research conducted?
   • Who conducts Ethnographic Research?
   • How is it different from other Social Science Research?
   • What are Ethnographic Research methodologies?
   • How does the NPS use Ethnographic Research?
   • Who uses Ethnographic Research?
   • How does Ethnographic Research help with the preservation of Ethnographic Resources?
   • Ethics in Ethnographic Research
4. Module 1 —African Nation Founders 1500– 1799
   • Overview
   • Historic Contexts
     • Africans Before Captivity
     • Self Assessment 1
     • Exchanging People for Trade Goods
     • Why was African Heritage Lost?
     • Who were the First Africans in America?
     • The Transatlantic Slave Trade
     • Which Europeans Trafficked in Slaves?
     • Laws that Bound
     • Laws that Freed
     • Wars
     • Conclusion
     • Self Assessment 2
   • Cultural Heritage
     • Africans in Spanish America
     • Africans in the Chesapeake
     • Africans in the Low Country
     • Africans in French America
     • African Systems of Meaning
     • Africans in the Northern Colonies
   • Credits
5. Module II African Nation Builders 1800 1865
6. Module III  Lifting as We Climb  1865 1965
7. Heritage Preservation Notes
   • Who Preserves Heritage?
   • Heritage Preservation Law
   • Protecting Indigenous Peoples  Patrimony
   • Other Laws, Policies and Executive Orders
   • Ethnography and Heritage Preservation
8. Learning Resources Center
   • References
   • Glossary
   • Further Reading
   • Links
   • Image Gallery