######### A Report on

**Fiscal Year 2007**

**Historic Preservation Fund Grants to Indian Tribes, Alaskan Natives
and Native Hawaiian Organizations**

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**United States Department of the Interior**

**National Park Service**

**Heritage Preservation Services**

**Tribal Preservation Program**

## INTRODUCTION

The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 authorizes grants to
Indian tribes for cultural and historic preservation projects. Now in
its fourteenth year, this grant program assists American Indians and
Alaska Natives in protecting and promoting 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, sacred and historic places, and the
establishment of tribal historic preservation offices are all part of
preservation from a tribal perspective. The grants selected in Fiscal
Year 2007 continue to reflect this broad range of funding needs.

Since 1990, approximately \$18.5 million has been awarded to **463**
Indian and Alaska Native communities. In Fiscal Year 2007, a total of
\$678,300 is being awarded to 18 communities for a broad range of
historic preservation projects. The projects selected for funding are
summarized below.

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

Federally recognized Indian tribes, Alaskan 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 five major categories of eligible
activities for Historic Preservation Fund grants: locating and
identifying cultural resources, preserving a historic property listed on
the National Register, preservation planning, oral history and
documenting cultural traditions, and education and training projects in
historic and cultural preservation.

Postcards announcing the availability and how to receive a grant
application and application guidelines were mailed in November 2006 to
the chief elected officials of all Federally recognized Indian tribes,
Alaskan Native groups, Native Hawaiian organizations, and to others on a
mailing list of over 1,400 individuals and organizations. In all, 49
proposals were received requesting approximately \$1.875 million.

Panels of experts who met in Washington, D.C. on April 17, 2007,
evaluated each application. Panel members are listed below.

######## GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS

Reviewers were asked to consider the following in evaluating
applications:

1.  How does this project address a critical cultural or historic
    preservation issue for the tribe?

2.  Are the project objectives, activities, and desired results
    (products) well designed, thought-through, and achievable?

3.  Will qualified people carry out the project?

4.  Is the project budget clear and reasonable?

5.  Is there demonstrable commitment to this project by the tribe?

6.  What is the lasting impact on and benefit to the tribe if the
    project is successfully completed?

## 

## FISCAL YEAR 2007 GRANTS SELECTION PANEL PARTICIPANTS

**Virginia Busby**

Department of the Army

**Paula Creech**

National Park Service

### Laura Dean

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

**Nancy Fuller**

Smithsonian Institution

**Anne Grimmer**

National Park Service

### Ed Natay

National Park Service

**Amy Van Allen**

Smithsonian Institution

# Richard Waldbauer

National Park Service

### Fred York

National Park Service

**[Fiscal Year 2007 Historic Preservation Fund Grants to]{.underline}**

**[Indian Tribes, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians]{.underline}**

+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| ### Tribe \[State\]                                    | **Amount**  |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
|                                                        |             |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (CA)            | \$ 40,000   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Blackfeet Tribe (MT)                                   | \$ 38,837   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Caddo Nation (OK)                                      | \$ 36,556   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Coeur d'Alene Tribe (ID)                               | \$ 16,784   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes (MT)             | \$ 39,975   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (MN)      | \$ 39,897   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Hopland Band of Pomo Indians (CA)                      | \$ 40,000   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Hula Preservation Society (HI)                         | \$ 39,941   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Nez Perce Tribe (ID)                                   | \$ 31,775   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Nooksack Indian Tribe (WA)                             | \$ 33,640   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Organized Village of Kake (AK)                         | \$ 37,500   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Passamaquoddy Tribe (ME)                               | \$ 39,413   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Peoria Tribe (OK)                                      | \$ 60,000   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Sealaska Corporation (AK)                              | \$ 40,000   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation (CA)                | \$ 40,000   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (OK)                     | \$ 25,083   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Yakama Nation (WA)                                     | \$ 39,331   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Yurok Tribe (CA)                                       | \$ 39,568   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
|                                                        |             |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| **TOTAL**                                              | **          |
|                                                        | \$678,300** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
|                                                        |             |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------+

##### FY 2007 Project Descriptions

#### Listed by State

### Alaska

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  Tribe:         **Organized Village of Kake**

  Project Title: **Preservation, Documentation, and Translation of Kake
                 Tlingit Audio Tapes**

  Grant Award:   **\$37,500.00**

  Description:   The Village of Kake will use funds to transfer more than
                 40 audiotapes of oral histories to a digital format, then
                 translate and transcribe the contents of the tapes in
                 order to retain them in their archives for public access.
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  Tribe:         **Sealaska Corporation**

  Project Title: **Keys to Our Past and Cultural Continuity**

  Grant Award:   **\$40,000.00**

  Description:   Funds will pay for documenting ancient Tlingit names of
                 four clans through recording oral histories and
                 traditional knowledge behind the names and to research
                 historical documents and archival recordings to develop
                 clan histories.
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### California

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  Tribe:         **Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians**

  Project Title: **Reevaluation of Andreas Canyon National Register
                 District**

  Grant Award:   **\$40,000.00**

  Description:   Funding will be used to assess the current condition of
                 historic resources of the Andreas Canyon Historic
                 District and prepare digital photographic documentation
                 of all features, especially the petroglyphs for managing
                 this significant historic resource.
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  Tribe:         **Hopland Band of Pomo Indians**

  Project Title: **Building Hopland Tribe\'s Cultural and Historical
                 Preservation Program through Training**

  Grant Award:   **\$40,000.00**

  Description:   Funds will pay for staff training that is tailored for
                 developing a historic preservation program in order to
                 help the Tribe save its history and culture.
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  Tribe:         **Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation**

  Project Title: **The Kumeyaay: The Land, the Sea, and the People**

  Grant Award:   **\$40,000.00**

  Description:   Funding will be used to prepare a cultural resource
                 management plan for the long-term protection and
                 management of documented land-based and submerged
                 traditional cultural properties.
  -------------- ---------------------------------------------------------

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  Tribe:         **Yurok Tribe**

  Project Title: **Yurok Tribe Coastal Resources Field Inventory Project**

  Grant Award:   **\$39,568.00**

  Description:   Funding will be used to research and document Yurok
                 coastal resources that include traditional cultural
                 properties, archeological sites and cultural use areas.
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### Hawaii

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  Tribe:         **Hula Preservation Society**

  Project Title: **Our Last Living Link**

  Grant Award:   **\$39,941.00**

  Description:   The Hula Preservation Society will use funds to conduct
                 ten oral history sessions with elders in order to gather
                 information on hula history on three Hawaiian islands and
                 then produce a set of education documentaries.
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## 

## Idaho

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  Tribe:         **Coeur d'Alene Tribe**

  Project Title: **Hnq\'espilgwesn "A Place for Things Long Ago"**

  Grant Award:   **\$16,784.00**

  Description:   Funding will be used to provide training to the Tribe's
                 Cultural Resource Management Program staff in archive and
                 collection management.
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  Tribe:         **Nez Perce Tribe**

  Project Title: **Updating Nez Perce Oral History Data Format**

  Grant Award:   **\$31,775.00**

  Description:   The Nez Perce Tribe will use funds to pay for the
                 transfer of taped cultural activities and oral histories
                 collected from the 1940s through the 1990s to digital
                 format for long-term preservation.
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**Maine**

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  Tribe:         **Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point**

  Project Title: **Comprehensive Land-Use Planning for Machias Bay
                 Petroglyph Sites**

  Grant Award:   **\$39,413.00**

  Description:   Awarded funds will be used to develop a long-range
                 comprehensive management plan for the preservation of the
                 petroglyph sites and associated landscapes at Machias
                 Bay, Maine.
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**Minnesota**

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  Tribe:         **Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa**

  Project Title: **Grand Portage Cultural Resources Inventory**

  Grant Award:   **\$39,897.00**

  Description:   Funds will be used to initiate a comprehensive cultural
                 resource inventory of the Grand Portage reservation.
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###### Montana

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  Tribe:         **Blackfeet Tribe**

  Project Title: **Connecting Ancient Landscapes and Modern Blackfeet
                 through Archaeology**

  Grant Award:   **\$38,837.00**

  Description:   Funds will used to pay for a detailed survey and
                 inventory of all features and resources associated with
                 the Two Medicine Bison Kill site to provide information
                 for the nomination of the site to the National Register
                 of Historic Places.
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  Tribe:         **Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes**

  Project Title: **Visions and Voices: Connecting, Conserving and
                 Preserving Tribal History**

  Grant Award:   **\$39,975.00**

  Description:   Awarded funds will be use to digitize, archive and
                 catalog 3000 historical photographs and to collect a
                 series of oral histories in order to better connect the
                 community to its cultural collections.
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## 

## Oklahoma

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  Tribe:         **Caddo Nation**

  Project Title: **Survey and Inventory of Significant Places in Caddo
                 County, Oklahoma**

  Grant Award:   **\$36,556.00**

  Description:   The Caddo Nation will use funds to locate and document
                 altars used in conjunction with peyote rituals in the
                 Caddo County area.
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  Tribe:         **Peoria Tribe of Indians**

  Project Title: **Preservation of the Peoria Indian Schoolhouse - Phase
                 II**

  Grant Award:   **\$60,000.00**

  Description:   The Peoria Tribe will use their grant funds to complete
                 phase II of the restoration of the National Register
                 listed Peoria Indian Schoolhouse.
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  Tribe:         **Wichita and Affiliated Tribes**

  Project Title: **Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Cultural Survey Project**

  Grant Award:   **\$25,083.00**

  Description:   Funds will be used to conduct a survey of tribal members
                 in order to identify those with knowledge of tribal
                 traditions and skills and if they are willing to share
                 and teach the younger tribal members.
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### Washington

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  Tribe:         **Nooksack Indian Tribe**

  Project Title: **Preparation for Sustaining a Historical Preservation
                 Program**

  Grant Award:   **\$33,640.00**

  Description:   Funds will be used to pay for training staff of their new
                 cultural resource department in historic preservation.
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  Tribe:         **Yakama Nation**

  Project Title: **Preservation of the Plateau Nations**

  Grant Award:   **\$39,331.00**

  Description:   The Yakama Nation will use these funds to conduct oral
                 history interviews with Elders on the history of the
                 "tipin", the ancient needle used for various sewing
                 projects.
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