National Park Service | News Release

Media Contact: Jeffrey Olson, Jeffrey_olson@nps.gov 202-208-4988 Hampton Tucker, Hampton_tucker@nps.gov 202-354-2067
For Immediate Release: March 18, 2015

WASHINGTON – National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis this week announced $8.78 million of grants to 154 American Indian tribes to support their historic preservation offices in order to carry out national historic preservation program responsibilities on tribal lands.

"Engaging American Indian tribes in our national historic preservation program is essential to our nationwide effort to preserve significant tribal places, as well as tribal culture and tradition,” said Director Jarvis. “For many tribes, languages and traditions are threatened with extinction and sacred places are endangered. This grant program provides much needed funding to protect the cultures of America's first people."

List of Tribes, Home States and Grant Amounts Awarded
Tribe State Award
Poarch Band of Creek Indians AL $49,141
Native Village of Kake AK $47,618
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation AZ $64,033
Gila River Indian Community AZ $65,267
Hualapai Tribe AZ $70,594
Navajo Nation AZ $96,048
San Carlos Apache Tribe AZ $74,723
Tohono O'odham Nation AZ $77,966
White Mountain Apache Tribe AZ $73,962
Arizona Total: 7 $522,593
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians CA $53,004
Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria CA $48,294
Big Pine Paiute Tribe of Owens Valley CA $49,287
Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria CA $49,471
Bishop Paiute Tribe CA $50,334
Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe of Indians CA $48,311
Buena Vista Rancheria Me Wuk Indians of California CA $48,344
Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria CA $48,458
Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians CA $48,400
Elk Valley Rancheria CA $49,585
Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians CA $48,437
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria CA $49,213
Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Indian Reservation CA $49,889
Hopland Band of Pomo Indians CA $51,347
Karuk Tribe CA $50,264
Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Stewart's Point Rancheria CA $48,089
Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians CA $48,623
Pala Band of Mission Indians CA $54,064
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation CA $51,092
Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians CA $48,913
Pinoleville Pomo Nation CA $48,570
Pit River Tribe CA $54,508
Round Valley Indian Tribe CA $56,868
Sherwood Valley Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians of California CA $49,831
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians CA $48,875
Smith River Rancheria CA $48,092
Susanville Indian Rancheria CA $50,584
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe CA $53,393
Twenty-nine Palms Band of Mission Indians CA $49,462
United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria* CA $0
Wiyot Tribe CA $48,623
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation CA $49,225
Yurok Tribe CA $58,095
California Total: 33 $1,609,545
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe CO $67,899
Mashantucket Western Pequot Tribe CT $51,051
Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut CT $49,797
Connecticut Total: 2 $100,848
Seminole Tribe of Florida FL $59,519
Coeur d'Alene Tribe ID $65,511
Nez Perce Tribe of Indians ID $69,084
Idaho Total: 2 $134,595
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska KS $54,237
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana LA $49,679
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana LA $50,530
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians LA $48,311
Tunica-Biloxi Indians of Louisiana LA $50,142
Louisiana Total: 4 $198,662
Aroostook Band of Micmacs ME $50,644
Passamaquoddy Tribe ME $60,940
Penobscot Nation ME $59,130
Maine Total: 3 $170,714
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) MA $49,585
Bay Mills Indian Community MI $52,405
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community MI $57,998
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians MI $49,346
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potowatomi MI $49,037
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians MI $50,071
Saginaw Chippewa MI $61,125
Michigan Total: 6 $319,982
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians MN $60,810
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa MN $59,972
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa MN $57,605
Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians MN $68,354
Lower Sioux Indian Community MN $51,132
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians MN $60,108
Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota MN $51,522
Upper Sioux Community MN $50,894
White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa MN $69,565
Minnesota Total: 9 $529,962
Blackfeet Nation MT $73,361
Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation MT $60,545
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Nation MT $72,376
Crow Tribe of Indians MT $76,256
Fort Belknap Indian Community MT $68,161
Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes MT $75,603
Northern Cheyenne Tribe MT $66,194
Montana Total: 7 $492,496
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska NE $62,480
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska NE $48,871
Santee Sioux Tribe NE $60,468
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska NE $60,331
Nebraska Total: 4 $232,150
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe NV $66,377
Reno Sparks Indian Colony NV $51,340
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California NV $52,477
Nevada Total: 3 $170,194
Jicarilla Apache Nation NM $69,857
Mescalero Apache Tribe NM $66,312
Pueblo of Isleta NM $62,734
Pueblo of Jemez NM $59,548
Pueblo of Pojoaque NM $54,231
Pueblo of Santa Ana NM $59,113
Pueblo of Santa Clara NM $57,977
Pueblo of Tesuque* NM $0
Pueblo of Zuni NM $66,341
New Mexico Total: 8 $496,113
Seneca Nation of Indians NY $57,988
St. Regis Mohawk NY $54,922
New York Total: 2 $112,910
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians NC $58,072
Spirit Lake of Fort Totten ND $63,366
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe ND $76,417
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation* ND $0
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa ND $59,038
North Dakota Total: 3 $198,821
Absentee Shawnee Tribe OK $50,037
Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma OK $48,499
Cherokee Nation OK $57,434
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes OK $53,909
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma OK $54,840
Citizen Potawatomi OK $50,566
Comanche Nation OK $49,878
Eastern Shawnee of Oklahoma OK $50,052
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma OK $48,736
Muscogee (Creek) Nation OK $53,188
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma OK $48,888
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma OK $50,982
Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma OK $50,753
Seneca Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma OK $50,854
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town OK $51,520
Wyandotte Nation OK $49,435
Oklahoma Total: 16 $819,571
Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw OR $48,736
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Indian Community of Oregon OR $53,996
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation OR $63,433
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon OR $68,212
Coquille Indian Tribe OR $53,070
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians OR $52,292
Oregon Total: 6 $339,739
Narragansett Indian Tribe RI $51,286
Catawba Indian Nation SC $50,503
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe SD $77,885
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe SD $64,197
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe SD $51,415
Oglala Sioux Tribe SD $75,358
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of Indians SD $66,552
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate SD $55,292
Yankton Sioux Tribe SD $58,069
South Dakota Total: 7 $448,768
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation WA $72,752
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation WA $52,587
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation WA $72,782
Lummi Nation WA $55,449
Makah Tribe WA $56,140
Nooksack Tribe WA $49,312
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe WA $50,822
Samish Indian Nation WA $48,415
Skokomish Indian Tribe WA $52,637
Spokane Tribe of Indians WA $61,548
Squaxin Island Tribe WA $51,289
Suquamish Tribe WA $53,329
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community WA $53,956
Washington Total: 13 $731,018
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians WI $60,683
Forest County Potawatomi Community WI $54,251
Ho-Chunk Nation WI $51,475
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin WI $59,113
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians WI $59,691
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin WI $63,186
Oneida Nation of Wisconsin WI $53,370
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewas WI $54,630
Stockbridge-Munsee Community WI $54,870
Wisconsin Total: 9 $511,269
Northern Arapaho Tribe WY $76,199
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation WY $76,199
Wyoming Total: 2 $152,398

Grand Total:

154

$8,780,208

* = No funding issued in this award cycle.

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