**A Report on**![](media/image1.wmf){width="6.0in"
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**Fiscal Year 1996 Historic Preservation Fund Grants to Indian Tribes
and Alaska Natives**

**United States Department of the Interior**

**National Park Service**

**Heritage Preservation Services**

**Tribal Historic Preservation Program**

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of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; and the Age
Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, the United States Department if
the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color,
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> Washington, D.C. 20013-7127

This report was prepared by the Tribal Historic Preservation Program,
National Park Service, Washington, D.C.. Any questions or requests for
further copies should be directed to the Tribal Historic Preservation
Program (2255), P.O. Box 37127, Washington, D.C. 20013-17127, attention
Ronald J. Emery (202) 343-4280.

**Artwork by Richard Emery**

**[INTRODUCTION]{.underline}**

The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 authorizes grants to
Indian tribes for cultural and historic preservation projects. Now in
its sixth year, this grant program fills an important role in assisting
American Indians and Alaska Natives to protect and promote their unique
cultural traditions.

From the beginning, the program has been shaped by Indian tribes. Tribal
representatives defined \"historic preservation from a tribal
perspective\" in a National Park Service report to Congress in 1990.
*Keepers of the Treasures \-- Protecting Historic Properties and
Cultural Traditions on Indian Land* describes, in the words of Indian
people, what they are concerned with protecting. Native language, oral
history, plant and animal species important in tradition, and
places\--sacred and historic\--are all part of preservation from a
tribal perspective. The grants selected in Fiscal Year 1996 reflect this
broad range of funding needs.

Since 1990, just over 9.1 million dollars has been awarded to 253 Indian
and Alaska Native communities. In Fiscal Year 1996 \$1,820,800 is being
awarded to 33 communities. The projects selected for funding are
summarized below.

**[GRANT SELECTION PROCESS]{.underline}**

Federally recognized Indian tribes, Alaska Native groups, and Native
Hawaiian organizations were invited to submit grant applications to
support historic preservation projects and promote the continuation of
living cultural traditions.

The application guidelines listed the following examples of eligible
activities for Historic Preservation Fund grants.

\# Establishment of Tribal Historic Preservation Offices to assume Sate
Historic Preservation Office responsibilities in accordance with the
National Historic Preservation Act;

\# Historic preservation plans, ordinances, and cultural needs
assessments;

\# Surveys of archeological sites, traditional plant uses, and tribal
collections held in museums;

\# Training in historic preservation, conservation, oral history, and
documentation;

\# Rehabilitation and restoration of historic properties; and

\# Museum training and collections management

Grant applications and application guidelines were mailed in October
1995 to the chief elected officials of all Federally recognized Indian
tribes, Alaska Native groups, Native Hawaiian organizations, and to
others on a mailing list of over 5,500 individuals and organizations. In
all, 171 proposals were received from 136 tribes requesting just under
\$9.8 million.

In accordance with section 101(e)(3)(B) of the National Historic
Preservation Act authorizing grants to tribes, applications were
reviewed in consultation with the appropriate State Historic
Preservation Office. Each application was reviewed and rated by panels
of experts who met in Washington, D.C. the week of May 6, 1996. The
panels were comprised of Federal employees from a variety of agencies.

**[GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS]{.underline}**

Reviewers were asked to consider the following in evaluating
applications:

\# Is the proposal the top priority?

\# Are significant cultural issues and/or historic properties addressed
by the project?

\# Are project objectives, activities, and desired results reasonable
and achievable?

\# Will project activities be carried out by qualified people?

\# Is the project budget justified and reasonable?

**[FISCAL YEAR 1996 GRANTS SELECTION PANEL PARTICIPANTS]{.underline}**

**Barbara Booher**

Indian Affairs Coordinator

Intermountain Field Office

National Park Service

**Peter Bartis**

Folklore Specialist

American Folklife Center

Library of Congress

**Bruce Crespin**

Program Analyst

Native American Program Office

Bureau of Land Management

**Charlie Bunch**

Director, ANSCA Office

Juneau Area Office

Bureau of Indian Affairs

**Neal Crozier**

Archeologist

Phoenix Area Office

Bureau of Indian Affairs

**Ronald Emery**

Historian

Heritage Preservation Services

National Park Service

**Nancy Fuller**

Research Program Manager

Center for Museum Studies

Smithsonian Institution

**Daniel Haas**

Archeologist

Archeology and Ethnography Program

National Park Service

**Don Klima**

Chief, Eastern Office of Project Review

Advisory Council Historic Preservation

Washington Office

**Cid Martin**

Cultural Resource Manager

Gates of the Arctic National Park

National Park Service

**Tom McCulloch**

Office of Program Review and Education

Advisory Council Historic Preservation

Washington, DC

**Alyce Sadongei**

Training Coordinator

National Museum of the American Indian

Smithsonian Institution

**Jacilee Wray**

Anthropologist

Olympic National Park

National Park Service

**Frederick F. York**

Regional Anthropologist

Pacific Northwest Field Office

National Park Service

**FISCAL YEAR 1996 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS TO**

**INDIAN TRIBES AND ALASKA NATIVES**

**[STATE-BY-STATE LIST OF GRANT REQUESTS RECEIVED]{.underline}**

Total Number of Grant Proposals Received 171

Total Amount Requested \$9,779,366

+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| State   | N     | Num | A     |   | State   | N     | Num | A     |
|         | umber | ber | mount |   |         | umber | ber | mount |
|         |       |     |       |   |         |       |     |       |
|         | of    | of  | Requ  |   |         | of    | of  | Requ  |
|         |       |     | ested |   |         |       |     | ested |
|         | Prop  | Tri |       |   |         | Prop  | Tri |       |
|         | osals | bes |       |   |         | osals | bes |       |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Alabama | 0     | 0   |       |   | Montana | 8     | 7   | \$51  |
|         |       |     |       |   |         |       |     | 7,813 |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Alaska  | 21    | 19  | \$96  |   | N       | 3     | 2   | \$11  |
|         |       |     | 2,137 |   | ebraska |       |     | 4,497 |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Arizona | 13    | 8   | \     |   | Nevada  | 7     | 4   | \$43  |
|         |       |     | $1,02 |   |         |       |     | 7,353 |
|         |       |     | 4,632 |   |         |       |     |       |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| A       | 0     | 0   |       |   | New     | 0     | 0   |       |
| rkansas |       |     |       |   | Ha      |       |     |       |
|         |       |     |       |   | mpshire |       |     |       |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Cal     | 11    | 9   | \$52  |   | New     | 0     | 0   |       |
| ifornia |       |     | 7,476 |   | Jersey  |       |     |       |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| C       | 0     | 0   |       |   | New     | 11    | 10  | \$48  |
| olorado |       |     |       |   | Mexico  |       |     | 2,342 |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Conn    | 0     | 0   |       |   | New     | 2     | 2   | \$9   |
| ecticut |       |     |       |   | York    |       |     | 6,544 |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| D       | 0     | 0   |       |   | North   | 1     | 1   | \$5   |
| elaware |       |     |       |   | C       |       |     | 0,000 |
|         |       |     |       |   | arolina |       |     |       |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Florida | 0     | 0   |       |   | North   | 5     | 4   | \$49  |
|         |       |     |       |   | Dakota  |       |     | 9,293 |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Georgia | 0     | 0   |       |   | Ohio    | 0     | 0   |       |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Hawaii  | 0     | 0   |       |   | O       | 20    | 16  | \     |
|         |       |     |       |   | klahoma |       |     | $1,02 |
|         |       |     |       |   |         |       |     | 2,560 |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Idaho   | 3     | 3   | \$14  |   | Oregon  | 7     | 6   | \$57  |
|         |       |     | 1,750 |   |         |       |     | 4,155 |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| I       | 0     | 0   |       |   | Pennsy  | 0     | 0   |       |
| llinois |       |     |       |   | lvaniaa |       |     |       |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Indiana | 0     | 0   |       |   | Rhode   | 0     | 0   |       |
|         |       |     |       |   | Island  |       |     |       |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Iowa    | 0     | 0   |       |   | South   | 1     | 1   | \$1   |
|         |       |     |       |   | C       |       |     | 3,295 |
|         |       |     |       |   | arolina |       |     |       |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Kansas  | 1     | 1   | \$2   |   | South   | 8     | 5   | \$39  |
|         |       |     | 3,344 |   | Dakota  |       |     | 2,300 |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| K       | 0     | 0   |       |   | Te      | 0     | 0   |       |
| entucky |       |     |       |   | nnessee |       |     |       |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Lo      | 2     | 2   | \$8   |   | Texas   | 1     | 1   | \$10  |
| uisiana |       |     | 1,256 |   |         |       |     | 1,854 |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Maine   | 4     | 3   | \$14  |   | Utah    | 0     | 0   |       |
|         |       |     | 2,269 |   |         |       |     |       |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| M       | 0     | 0   |       |   | Vermont | 0     | 0   |       |
| aryland |       |     |       |   |         |       |     |       |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Massac  | 1     | 1   | \$2   |   | V       | 1     | 0   | \$4   |
| husetts |       |     | 2,502 |   | irginia |       |     | 9,740 |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| M       | 9     | 8   | \$43  |   | Was     | 13    | 10  | \$79  |
| ichigan |       |     | 9,406 |   | hington |       |     | 4,197 |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Mi      | 6     | 5   | \$47  |   | West    | 0     | 0   |       |
| nnesota |       |     | 1,043 |   | V       |       |     |       |
|         |       |     |       |   | irginia |       |     |       |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| Miss    | 0     | 0   |       |   | Wi      | 9     | 6   | \$64  |
| issippi |       |     |       |   | sconsin |       |     | 8,038 |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+
| M       | 0     | 0   |       |   | Wyoming | 3     | 2   | \$14  |
| issouri |       |     |       |   |         |       |     | 9,570 |
+---------+-------+-----+-------+---+---------+-------+-----+-------+

**FISCAL YEAR 1996 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS TO**

**INDIAN TRIBES AND ALASKA NATIVES**

**ALASKA**

[Kenaitze Indian Tribe Training Project]{.underline}

Project Description: Conduct a collaborative effort to train Endi=Ina Ya
Ida=Ina committee members from five neighboring Alaska Native Villages
in museum administration, conservation, curation, and exhibition of
objects. The committee will provide guidance to Pratt Museum personnel
as to the proper procedure in the handling and interpretation of Den=ina
culturally affiliated items.

Submitted By: **Kenaitze Indian Tribe, IRA**

Amount: \$ 50,000

[Alutiiq Plantlore: An Interpretive Signage Project for Kodiak=s
Parks]{.underline}

Project Description: Develop a series of interpretive signs on Alutiiq
plantlore. Develop a ethnobotanical trail guide to coincide with the
interpretive signs.

Submitted By: **Kodiak Area Native Association**

Amount: \$ 35,000

[Assessment of the Historic and Heritage Potential of an Archeological
Site]{.underline}

Project Description: Conduct intensive one month archeological testing
at a site located in the village of Port Graham. Artifacts found will
remain with the Village.

Submitted By: **Port Graham Corporation**

Amount: \$ 12,000

**ARIZONA**

[Hualapai Tribal Historic Preservation Office]{.underline}

Project Description: Establish a program to assume State Historic
Preservation Officer responsibilities on tribal lands pursuant to
Section 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Submitted By: **Hualapai Tribe**

Amount: \$ 45,000

**ARIZONA Continued**

[Hualapai Tribe Historic Preservation Plan and Cultural Resources
Ordinance]{.underline}

Project Description: Implement a historic preservation plan and finalize
a proposed draft ordinance.

Submitted By: **Hualapai Tribe**

Amount: \$ 50,000

[Ganado Archeological Recording Project]{.underline}

Project Description: Conduct an archeological inventory of two sites
near Ganado, Arizona, employing professional staff from Navajo Nation
Archeological Department and students from Ganado High School.

Submitted By: **Navajo Nation Archeological Department**

Amount: \$ 35,000

[Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Office]{.underline}

Project Description: Establish a program to assume State Historic
Preservation Officer responsibilities on tribal lands pursuant to
Section 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Submitted By: **Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Office**

Amount: \$ 59,500

**CALIFORNIA**

[The Yurok Tribe Heritage Preservation Program]{.underline}

Project Description: Establish a program to assume State Historic
Preservation Officer responsibilities on tribal lands pursuant to
Section 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Submitted By: **Yurok Tribe**

Amount: \$ 85,000

**KANSAS**

[Sac and Fox of Missouri=s Museums, Archives, and Collections Management
Project]{.underline}

Project Description: Develop an exhibit of a collection permanently
loaned to the tribal museum by the Kansas Historical Society. Collect
and copy archival material to add to the museum collection.

Submitted By: **Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri**

Amount: \$ 23,400

**LOUISIANA**

[Preparatory Training for Tribal Historic Preservation
Self-reliance]{.underline}

Project Description: Provide training to tribal staff in archeological
practices, federal historic preservation law, artifact curation, and
computer application. Conduct a reservation-wide archeological survey,
and create a database of culturally and historically significant sites
to assist in planning on the reservation.

Submitted By: **Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana**

Amount: \$ 45,000

**MAINE**

[Nipayapon - Project of the Northern Lights]{.underline}

Project Description: Conduct an archeological survey of Passamaquoddy
lands within Maine as part of a long term historic preservation program.
Train tribal members in archeological methods and findings, and
integrate findings within local secondary school curricula.

Submitted By: **Passamoquoddy Tribe**

Amount: \$ 20,000

**MICHIGAN**

[Images Past and Present: A Photographic Profile of Grand Traverse Band
Traditions]{.underline}

Project Description: Catalog and index an existing tribal archive of
photographs. Additional photographs will be taken to produce exhibits to
be displayed in three tribal satellite offices. Elders will be shown
historical and current photographs and interviewed to discuss the
significance of the documented living cultural traditions.

Submitted By: **Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians**

Amount: \$ 50,000

**MINNESOTA**

[Establishing a Tribal Historic Preservation Office on the Leech Lake
Reservation - Mending the Sacred Hoop]{.underline}

Project Description: Establish a program to assume State Historic
Preservation Officer responsibilities on tribal lands pursuant to
Section 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Submitted By: **Leech Lake Tribal Council**

Amount: \$ 73,000

[Mille Lacs Reservation Tribal Historic Preservation Office]{.underline}

Project Description: Establish a program to assume State Historic
Preservation Officer responsibilities on tribal lands pursuant to
Section 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Submitted By: **Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians**

Amount: \$ 82,000

**MONTANA**

[Talk about a Pow Wow]{.underline}

Project Description: Document several community meetings and APow Wows@
to preserve and foster living cultural traditions. The project results
will be shared on the tribal radio station.

Submitted By: **Fort Belknap**

Amount: \$ 30,300

**MONTANA Continued**

[Confederated Tribes of Salish and Kootenai Tribal Cultural Preservation
Officer]{.underline}

Project Description: Establish a program to assume State Historic
Preservation Officer responsibilities on tribal lands pursuant to
Section 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Submitted By: **Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes**

Amount: \$ 80,000

**NEW MEXICO**

[Development and Implementation of a Tribal Historic Preservation Plan
and Cultural Resources Ordinance]{.underline}

Project Description: Develop a master plan for cultural resources and
historic preservation on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Develop and
enact a Cultural Resources and Historic Preservation Ordinance to be
incorporated into the Mescalero Tribal Code.

Submitted By: **Mescalero Apache Tribe**

Amount: \$ 50,000

[Preserving Traditional Zuni Place Names]{.underline}

Project Description: Collect information about traditionally named
places, their location, and their meanings within a traditional cultural
context at the Pueblo of Zuni.

Submitted By: **Pueblo of Zuni**

Amount \$ 36,000

**NEW YORK**

[Thomas Indian School Infirmary Building Stairway Project]{.underline}

Project Description: Construct an interior stairway to meet fire code
requirements in the Thomas Indian School infirmary building listed on
the National Register of Historic Places.

Submitted By: **Seneca Nation of Indians**

Amount: \$ 50,000

**NORTH DAKOTA**

[Hecel Oyate Kin Nipi Kte (so the people will live)]{.underline}

Project Description: Establish a program to assume State Historic
Preservation Officer responsibilities on tribal lands pursuant to
Section 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Submitted By: **Standing Rock Sioux Tribe**

Amount: \$ 82,000

**OKLAHOMA**

[Development of Caddo Tribal Resource Center]{.underline}

Project Description: Establish a Caddo Tribal Resource Center through
the collection, cataloging, and preservation of historic photographs,
audio and video recordings, and reading material relating to the
cultural, historical, and archeological records of the Caddo people.

Submitted By: **Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma**

Amount: \$ 37,400

[Kaw Nation of Oklahoma Cultural Project]{.underline}

Project Description: Conduct a cultural needs assessment, develop and
adopt a long-range cultural preservation plan, and provide training to
the newly formed Kaw Nation Cultural Board.

Submitted By: **Kaw Nation of Oklahoma**

Amount: \$ 50,000

[Ottawa Tribal Cultural Preservation Project]{.underline}

Project Description: Establish a photographic archive of Ottawa tribe
artifacts held in museums. Train project director and one staff member
in archival techniques.

Submitted By: **Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma**

Amount: \$ 50,000

**OKLAHOMA Continued**

[Sac and Fox Nation Oral History Project]{.underline}

Project Description: Record and transcribe oral interviews of twenty
tribal elders. The oral histories will be housed in the Sac and Fox
National Public Library.

Submitted By: **Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma**

Amount: \$ 13,900

**OREGON**

[Klamath Cultural Heritage Program Development]{.underline}

Project Description: Develop a long range plan to identify and protect
aboriginal sites of the Klamath, Modoc, and Yadooskin Tribes of Oregon.
Train tribal members in cultural resource management to insure that
protection and site management policies reflect tribal perspective.

Submitted By: **The Klamath Tribe**

Amount: \$ 50,000

[Umatilla Tribal Historic Preservation Program]{.underline}

Project Description: Establish a program to assume State Historic
Preservation Officer responsibilities on tribal lands pursuant to
Section 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Submitted By: **Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation**

Amount: \$ 85,000

[The Museum at Warm Springs Cultural Resource Inventory Project of Ceded
Lands Petroglyphs]{.underline}

Project Description: Locate and identify known Petroglyphs and
Pictographs within the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation,
and its ceded area. Record and enhance photographs of petroglyphs to
establish a digital repository at the Museum at Warm Springs.

Submitted By: **Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and the Museum at
Warm Springs**

Amount: \$ 50,000

**OREGON** **Continued**

[Pilot Project to Establish a Tribal Historic Preservation Program for
the Assumption of SHPO Responsibilities]{.underline}

Project Description: Establish a program to assume State Historic
Preservation Officer responsibilities on tribal lands pursuant to
Section 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Submitted By: **The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon**

Amount: \$ 57,000

**SOUTH DAKOTA**

[Wolakota Oral Histories Documentation Project]{.underline}

Project Description: Train tribal staff in interviewing and
documentation techniques. Tribal staff will then work with tribal elders
to conduct oral histories and edit the material into 2 hour videos. The
video tapes will be used in tribal classrooms as well as broadcast on
the Tribal Cable television channel.

Submitted By: **Cheyenne River Sioux**

Amount: \$ 49,800

**TEXAS**

[Tribal Apprenticeship Program]{.underline}

Project Description: Conduct an apprenticeship program to train tribal
members in cultural preservation activities. Classes will be for a
43-week period.

Submitted By: **Ysleta del Sur**

Amount: \$ 35,000

**WASHINGTON**

[Colville Pilot Tribal Historic Preservation Program]{.underline}

Project Description: Establish a program to assume State Historic
Preservation Officer responsibilities on tribal lands pursuant to
Section 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Submitted By: **Colville Confederated Tribes**

Amount: \$ 88,000

[Olympic Peninsula Intertribal Cultural Advisory Committee To Protect
and Preserve Historic and Traditional Places]{.underline}

Project Description: Support training in Federal Preservation Law and
travel expenses for cultural resource managers of the twelve Olympic
Peninsula Tribes who formed the Intertribal Cultural Advisory Committee.

Submitted By: **Port Gamble S=Klallam Tribes**

Amount: \$ 23,000

[Establishment of the Spokane Tribal Historic Preservation
Office]{.underline}

Project Description: Establish a program to assume State Historic
Preservation Officer responsibilities on tribal lands pursuant to
Section 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Submitted By: **Spokane Tribe of Indians**

Amount: \$ 86,000

[Sa-heh-wa-mish Site Protection Project]{.underline}

Project Description: Develop a Cultural Resources Ordinance to assist
the Tribe in identification and protection of sites within the
reservation. Train two tribal members in archeological survey and
evaluation to assist in the protection of cultural resource sites.

Submitted By: **Squaxin Island Tribe**

Amount: \$ 21,500

**WISCONSIN**

[Preserving Chippewa Culture and Heritage]{.underline}

Project Description: Establish a program to assume State Historic
Preservation Officer responsibilities on tribal lands pursuant to
Section 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Submitted By: **Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians**

Amount: \$ 86,000

**WYOMING**

[Faith Hall Community Center Restoration Project]{.underline}

Project Description: Repair the roof of Faith Hall, a historic building
listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Submitted By: **Northern Arapaho Business Council**

Amount: \$ 45,000

**TOTAL GRANTS = \$ 1,820,800**