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Deputy Secretary Bernhardt Announces $25.6 Million in Historic Preservation Grants to States and to Tribes

A previous grant was used by the State Historical Society of North Dakota to host an “ArcheoBlitz” at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site; providing middle school students the opportunity to participate in archaeological research.

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News Release Date: August 17, 2017

Contact: Department of the Interior Press

Contact: Jeremy Barnum, National Park Service, 202-208-6843

(Press Release originally distribted by the Department of the Interior Press Office)

Offshore Drilling Funds Directed to Help Protect U.S. and Tribal Historic Places, Culture and Traditions

WASHINGTON – U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt with the National Park Service today announced the distribution of an additional $21 million in historic preservation grants to every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the U.S. territories, and partnering nations as well as $4.6 million for historic preservation grants to 169 Tribal Historic Preservation Offices. This funding, along with $32.6 million awarded earlier this year under a continuing resolution, represents a total of $58 million that the National Park Service has invested in the preservation efforts of states and tribes this year.

"These grants highlight the Department’s and the National Park Service’s commitment to preserving U.S. and tribal history and heritage,” Deputy Secretary Bernhardt said. “Through valuable partnerships, we are able to help communities and tribes protect the diverse historic places, culture, and traditions unique to our country for future generations to come."

Administered by the National Park Service, these funds are appropriated annually by Congress from the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). The HPF funds preservation programs at State Historic Preservation Offices and ensures local involvement by passing 10% of state funding through competitive subgrants to Certified Local Governments. All funding to the states and the District of Columbia requires a 40% non-federal match, which leverages state, local and private dollars to do even more with the federal HPF investment. Tribal grants do not require a match, although all tribes supplement their funding to accomplish their Tribal Preservation Office mission.
 
Since its inception in 1977, the HPF has provided more than $1.2 billion in historic preservation grants to states, tribes, local governments, and non-profit organizations. Funded at $80 million in 2017, the HPF does not use any tax dollars. It is supported solely by Outer Continental Shelf oil lease revenues.

Examples of state and local work accomplished with this annual funding include:

• Tennessee’s Historical Commission completed overseeing the restoration of six historic outbuildings associated with Clover Bottom Plantation including former slave cabins, a transverse crib horse barn, a carriage house and a poultry house;
• In May 2016, the State Historical Society of North Dakota conducted the first-ever “ArcheoBlitz” at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, engaging 250 middle-school students in archeological research;
• In 2017, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office collaborated and were successful in nominating the former Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School to the National Register of Historic Places.

Examples of tribal efforts and accomplishments with this annual funding include:

• The Brighton Field School, an interactive archaeological school for the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s youth and elders, has examined a 20^th century Anglo-pioneer homestead on tribal lands. Interpretations and survey findings from the project will be incorporated into the Tribal and National Register of Historic Places nominations.
• Since 2015, annual GPS and GIS capacity and database building programs have enabled the Pueblo of Zuni and the Tejon Indian Tribe to document, manage, and consult on historic properties and resources;
• Beginning in 2015, the Karuk Tribe K-12 Oral History Curriculum Project has trained youth to help tell the stories of their community through videography, oral history research, and by documenting tribal culture and history.

For more information about the National Park Service historic preservation programs and grants, please visit www.nps.gov/stlpg/ 

STATE GRANTS

STATE	AWARD
ALABAMA	$ 368,684
ALASKA	$ 519,049
AMERICAN SAMOA	$ 30,959
ARIZONA	$ 395,963
ARKANSAS	$ 313,806
CALIFORNIA	$ 899,922
COLORADO	$ 417,936
CONNECTICUT	$ 299,302
DELAWARE	$ 135,423
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	$ 133,129
FLORIDA	$ 533,963
MICRONESIA	$ 184,478
GEORGIA	$ 438,887
GUAM	$ 41,139
HAWAII	$ 172,372
IDAHO	$ 296,864
ILLINOIS	$ 622,709
INDIANA	$ 442,493
IOWA	$ 387,939
KANSAS	$ 382,819
KENTUCKY	$ 361,635
LOUISIANA	$ 373,237
MAINE	$ 278,522
MARSHALL ISLANDS	$ 106,914
MARYLAND	$ 348,742
MASSACHUSETTS	$ 443,292
MICHIGAN	$ 598,583
MINNESOTA	$ 462,881
MISSISSIPPI	$ 306,226
MISSOURI	$ 457,581
MONTANA	$ 339,030
NEBRASKA	$ 339,354
NEVADA	$ 307,904
NEW HAMPSHIRE	$ 208,504
NEW JERSEY	$ 449,186
NEW MEXICO	$ 341,169
NEW YORK	$ 794,529
NORTH CAROLINA	$ 450,358
NORTH DAKOTA	$ 256,431
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS	$ 42,488
OHIO	$ 592,496
OKLAHOMA	$ 374,584
OREGON	$ 402,176
PALAU	$ 106,914
PENNSYLVANIA	$ 651,812
PUERTO RICO	$ 227,874
RHODE ISLAND	$ 175,526
SOUTH CAROLINA	$ 319,234
SOUTH DAKOTA	$ 275,027
TENNESSEE	$ 390,153
TEXAS	$ 773,809
UTAH	$ 328,881
VERMONT	$ 171,652
VIRGINIA	$ 425,995
VIRGIN ISLANDS	$ 45,879
WASHINGTON	$ 447,956
WEST VIRGINIA	$ 276,583
WISCONSIN	$ 469,497
WYOMING	$ 262,550
TOTAL	$21,003,000

 
TRIBAL GRANTS 

TRIBE	STATE	CITY	AWARD
Native Village of Kake	Alaska	Kate	$ 22,645
Poarch Band of Creek Indians	Alabama	Atmore	$ 23,379
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation	Arizona	Parker	$ 30,553
Gila River Indian Community	Arizona	Sacaton	$ 31,148
Hualapai Tribe	Arizona	Peach Springs	$ 33,712
Navajo Nation	Arizona	Window Rock	$ 45,974
San Carlos Apache Tribe	Arizona	San Carlos	$ 35,701
Tohono O'odham Nation	Arizona	Sells	$ 37,264
White Mountain Apache Tribe	Arizona	Fort Apache	$ 35,335
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians	California	Palm Springs	$ 25,241
Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria	California	Loleta	$ 22,971
Big Pine Paiute Tribe of Owens Valley	California	Big Pine	$ 23,449
Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria	California	Lakeport	$ 23,538
Bishop Paiute Tribe	California	Bishop	$ 23,952
Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe of Indians	California	Blue Lake	$ 23,053
Bridgeport Indian Colony	California	Bridgeport	$ 23,040
Buena Vista Rancheria Me Wuk Indians of California	California	Sacramento	$ 22,995
Cahuilla Band of Indians	California	Anza	$ 26,300
Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria	California	Trinidad	$ 23,050
Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians	California	Geyserville	$ 23,022
Elk Valley Rancheria	California	Crescent City	$ 23,593
Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians	California	Oroville	$ 23,040
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria	California	Rohnert Park	$ 23,414
Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Indian Reservation	California	Independence	$ 23,739
Hoopa Valley	California	Hoopa	$ 28,404
Hopland Band of Pomo Indians	California	Hopland	$ 24,442
Karuk Tribe	California	Orleans	$ 23,920
Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Stewarts Point Rancheria	California	Santa Rosa	$ 23,708
Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians	California	Middletown	$ 23,129
Pala Band of Mission Indians	California	Pala	$ 25,751
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation	California	Temecula	$ 24,318
Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians	California	Fresno	$ 23,269
Pinoleville Pomo Nation	California	Ukiah	$ 23,103
Pit River Tribe	California	Burney	$ 25,965
Round Valley Indian Tribe	California	Covelo	$ 27,101
Sherwood Valley Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians of California	California	Willits	$ 23,711
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians	California	Shingle Springs	$ 23,251
Smith River Rancheria	California	Smith River	$ 22,873
Susanville Indian Rancheria	California	Susanville	$ 24,074
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe	California	Bishop	$ 25,427
Twenty-nine Palms Band of Mission Indians	California	Coachella	$ 23,533
United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria	California	Auburn	$ 24,135
Wiyot Tribe	California	Loleta	$ 23,129
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation	California	Brooks	$ 24,079
Yurok Tribe	California	Hoopa	$ 27,692
Ute Mountain Ute	Colorado	Towaoc	$ 32,415
Mashantucket Western Pequot Tribe	Connecticut	Mashantucket	$ 24,299
Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut	Connecticut	Uncasvile	$ 23,695
Seminole Tribe of Florida	Florida	Clewiston	$ 28,378
Coeur d'Alene Tribe	Idaho	Plummer	$ 31,264
Nez Perce Tribe of Indians	Idaho	Lapwai	$ 32,986
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska	Kansas	White Cloud	$ 25,834
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana	Louisiana	Charenton	$ 23,638
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana	Louisiana	Elton	$ 24,048
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians	Louisiana	Jena	$ 22,979
Tunica-Biloxi Indians of Louisiana	Louisiana	Marksville	$ 23,861
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)	Massachusetts	Aquinnah	$ 23,593
Aroostook Band of Micmacs	Maine	Presque Ilse	$ 24,103
Passamaquoddy Tribe	Maine	Princeton	$ 29,062
Penobscot Nation	Maine	Indian Island	$ 28,191
Bay Mills Indian Community	Michigan	Brimley	$ 24,951
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community	Michigan	Baraga	$ 27,646
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians	Michigan	Watersmeet	$ 23,477
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians	Michigan	Harbor Springs	$ 24,100
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potowatomi	Michigan	Fulton	$ 23,329
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians	Michigan	Dowagiac	$ 24,730
Saginaw Chippewa	Michigan	Mt. Pleasant	$ 29,152
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians	Minnesota	Nett Lake	$ 29,000
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa	Minnesota	Cloquet	$ 28,596
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa	Minnesota	Grand Portage	$ 27,456
Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians	Minnesota	Cass Lake	$ 32,634
Lower Sioux Indian Community	Minnesota	Morton	$ 24,337
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians	Minnesota	Onamia	$ 28,661
Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota	Minnesota	Welch	$ 24,526
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians	Minnesota	Red Lake	$ 33,107
Upper Sioux Community	Minnesota	Granite Falls	$ 24,232
White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa	Minnesota	White Earth	$ 33,217
Blackfeet Nation	Montana	Browning	$ 35,046
Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation	Montana	Box Elder	$ 28,872
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Nation	Montana	Pablo	$ 34,571
Crow Tribe of Indians	Montana	Crow Agency	$ 36,440
Fort Belknap Indian Community	Montana	Harlem	$ 32,541
Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes	Montana	Poplar	$ 36,125
Northern Cheyenne Tribe	Montana	Lame Deer	$ 31,594
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians	North Carolina	Cherokee	$ 27,681
Spirit Lake Tribe of Fort Totten	North Dakota	Fort Totten	$ 30,231
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe	North Dakota	Fort Yates	$ 36,518
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation (Mandan, Hidatsa, & Arikara Nation)	North Dakota	New Town	$ 33,770
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa	North Dakota	Belcourt	$ 28,146
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska	Nebraska	Macy	$ 29,805
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska	Nebraska	Niobara	$ 23,249
Santee Sioux Tribe	Nebraska	Niobara	$ 28,835
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska	Nebraska	Winnebago	$ 28,769
Jicarilla Apache Nation	New Mexico	Dulce	$ 33,358
Mescalero Apache Tribe	New Mexico	Mescalero	$ 31,651
Pueblo of Isleta	New Mexico	Isleta	$ 29,926
Pueblo of Jemez	New Mexico	Jemez	$ 28,393
Pueblo of Laguna	New Mexico	Laguna	$ 31,856
Pueblo of Pojoaque	New Mexico	Santa Fe	$ 25,832
Pueblo of San Felipe	New Mexico	San Felipe	$ 27,779
Pueblo of Santa Ana	New Mexico	Santa Ana	$ 28,108
Pueblo of Santa Clara	New Mexico	Espanola	$ 27,662
Pueblo of Tesuque	New Mexico	Santa Fe	$ 26,175
Pueblo of Zuni	New Mexico	Zuni Pueblo	$ 31,664
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe	Nevada	Nixon	$ 31,714
Reno Sparks Indian Colony	Nevada	Reno	$ 26,088
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California	Nevada	Gardnerville	$ 24,986
Seneca Nation of Indians	New York	Salamanca	$ 27,641
St. Regis Mohawk	New York	Akwesasne	$ 26,164
Absentee Shawnee Tribe	Oklahoma	Shawnee	$ 23,810
Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Binger	$ 23,070
Cherokee Nation	Oklahoma	Teahlequah	$ 27,374
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes	Oklahoma	Concho	$ 25,676
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Durant	$ 26,124
Citizen Potawatomi	Oklahoma	Shawnee	$ 24,065
Comanche Nation	Oklahoma	Lawton	$ 23,733
Eastern Shawnee of Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Wyandotte	$ 23,817
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Miami	$ 23,183
Muscogee (Creek) Nation	Oklahoma	Okmulgee	$ 25,330
Osage Nation	Oklahoma	Pawhuska	$ 23,900
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Red Rock	$ 24,692
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Miami	$ 23,258
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Pawnee	$ 24,266
Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Ponca City	$ 24,446
Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Quapaw	$ 24,156
Seneca Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Grove	$ 24,204
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town	Oklahoma	Okemah	$ 24,525
Wyandotte Nation	Oklahoma	Wyandotte	$ 23,520
Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw	Oregon	Coos Bay	$ 23,183
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Indian Community of Oregon	Oregon	Grand Ronde	$ 25,719
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation	Oregon	Pendleton	$ 30,264
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon	Oregon	Warm Springs	$ 32,565
Coquille Indian Tribe	Oregon	North Bend	$ 25,273
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians	Oregon	Roseburg	$ 24,897
Narragansett Indian Tribe	Rhode Island	Charlestown	$ 24,412
Catawba Indian Nation	South Carolina	Rock Hill	$ 24,035
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe	South Dakota	Eagle Butte	$ 37,233
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe	South Dakota	Fort Thompson	$ 21,923
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe	South Dakota	Flandreau	$ 24,474
Oglala Sioux Tribe	South Dakota	Porcupine	$ 36,007
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of Indians	South Dakota	Rosebud	$ 33,472
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate	South Dakota	Sisseton	$ 26,342
Yankton Sioux Tribe	South Dakota	Wagner	$ 27,679
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation	Washington	Toppenish	$ 34,752
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation	Washington	Oakville	$ 25,039
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation	Washington	Nespelem	$ 34,767
Lummi Nation	Washington	Bellingham	$ 26,418
Makah Tribe	Washington	Neah Bay	$ 26,751
Nooksack Tribe	Washington	Deming	$ 23,461
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe	Washington	Kingston	$ 24,189
Samish Indian Nation	Washington	Anacortes	$ 23,029
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe	Washington	Darrington	$ 23,103
Skokomish Indian Tribe	Washington	Skokomish	$ 25,063
Spokane Tribe of Indians	Washington	Wellpinit	$ 29,355
Squaxin Island Tribe	Washington	Shelton	$ 24,413
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians	Washington	Arlington	$ 23,916
Suquamish Tribe	Washington	Suguamish	$ 25,429
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community	Washington	La Conner	$ 25,699
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians	Wisconsin	Odanah	$ 28,939
Forest County Potawatomi Community	Wisconsin	Crandon	$ 25,841
Ho-Chunk Nation	Wisconsin	Black River	$ 24,503
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Hayward	$ 28,183
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians	Wisconsin	Lac du Flambeau	$ 28,461
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Keshena	$ 30,145
Oneida Nation of Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Oneida	$ 25,417
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa	Wisconsin	Bayfield	$ 26,023
Stockbridge-Munsee Community	Wisconsin	Bowler	$ 26,178
Northern Arapaho Tribe	Wyoming	St. Stevens	$ 36,412
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation	Wyoming	Fort Washakie	$ 36,413
Total			$4,580,335

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