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This document contains recommended best practices for the identification, evaluation, and management of natural resources important to tribes that are located on DoD lands. The afterword is a case study from the tribal perspective, Nellis Air Force Base Indian Program
Best Practices: Managing Traditional Resources on Department of Defense Lands - Report (Legacy 08-406) (2012)
This document contains recommended best practices for the identification, evaluation, and management of natural resources important to tribes that are located on DoD lands. The afterword is a case study from the tribal perspective, Nellis Air Force Base Indian Program.
Cavalier Air Force Station, Installation Tribal Relations Plan, Pembina County, North Dakota (2021)
This Installation Tribal Relations Plan (ITRP) serves as an instrument for navigating ongoing government-to-government relationships with Native American tribes as mandated by Air Force Instruction (AFI) 90-2002—Interactions with Federally-Recognized Tribes (United States Air Force [USAF] 23 Aug 2020).
Co-stewardship: Positive Impacts from Meaningful Consultation (2024)
This is an abstract from the "Collaborative Archaeology: How Native American Knowledge Enhances Our Collective Understanding of the Past" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. S’edav Va’aki (formerly known as Pueblo Grande) is an ancestral O’Odham (Hohokam) archaeological village site and the only National Historic Landmark in Phoenix, Arizona. For more than a decade, the S’edav Va’aki Museum (Museum) has consulted monthly with the Salt River...
Collaborating on the Federal Level: Moving beyond Mandated Consultation in the Section 106 Process (2017)
Collaboration versus Consultation—while both terms involve working with stakeholders, consultation implies a formulaic, reactionary response or product and can produce negative connotations while collaboration suggests a voluntary, shared method and a mutual goal, invoking more positive connotations. Within archaeology, collaboration is not a new practice. Yet within this post-colonial approach to conducting archaeology there is little discussion around what this looks like within the public...
Connecting Section 106 and The National Historic Preservation Act to People: Creative Mitigation in the Public Interest (2016)
Reflecting on NHPA 50 years after its passage, it is its public relevance, engagement, and inclusiveness that increasingly enable it to protect the valued heritage of our diverse peoples. Implemented wisely, with broad stakeholder involvement, and integrated with environmental considerations, NHPA, Section 106 in particular, can directly support future economic, cultural, and environmental sustainability. From its beginnings NHPA provided flexibility that we have gradually grown more...
Consultants Are People Too: Meaningful Consultation and Archaeology (2015)
Gaining meaningful information from traditional community consultants can often be difficult. Furthermore, exactly what constitutes such information has changed over time. Recently the focus in archaeology has shifted from a point based search for specific locations to a landscape based approach aimed at information that can be used to define the attributes of traditional cultural properties, so that areas which could contain them can be managed. This paper explores the elements needed to...
Correspondence Concerning the Proposed Programmatic Agreement for Scott Air Force Base (2015)
Correspondence from the Osage Nation Historic Preservation Office requesting consulting party status and to be a signatory on the proposed Programmatic Agreement for the Scott Air Force Base, Illinois Programmatic Agreement.
Developing dialogue: A developer, First Nation band member, and archaeologist discuss the role of meaningful consultation in CRM (2017)
As stated in the SAA’s Principles of Archaeological Ethics, "Responsible archaeological research [requires a commitment to] consult actively with affected group(s), with the goal of establishing a working relationship that can be beneficial to all parties involved". In the context of professional consulting archaeology, meaningful consultation with descendant communities is often held as a primary goal. However, CRM archaeologists are faced developers’ timelines and budgets, which can preclude...
DoD Report to Congress on Historic Preservation - Report (2022)
This report satisfies the requirements of House Report 116-445, page 7, accompanying H.R. 7609, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2021. House Report 116-445 requests that the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment provide a study to Congress regarding services DoD provides to State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPOs) and systemic departmental issues when requesting concurrence on historical...
Historic Preservation Plan for the Kahuku Training Area, O'ahu, Hawai'i (Legacy 93-0539)
This Historic Preservation Plan was prepared for use by the Commanding Officer and staff of the Kahuku Training Area to help guide and advise on responsibilities and to assist with the protection, preservation, and enhancement of the prehistoric and historic resources under their jurisdiction.
Historic Preservation Plan for the Kahuku Training Area, O'ahu, Hawai'i - Plan (Legacy 93-0539) (1996)
This Historic Preservation Plan was prepared for use by the Commanding Officer and staff of the Kahuku Training Area to help guide and advise on responsibilities and to assist with the protection, preservation, and enhancement of the prehistoric and historic resources under their jurisdiction.
How Financial Settlements Can Transform the Perceived Value of Archaeological Work and Sites (2024)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Cultural Heritage Laws and Policies, Political Economy, and the Community Importance of Archaeological Sites", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This presentation explores the potentially transformative impact of financial settlements on the perceived value of the quality of archaeological work and archaeological sites themselves. In cases where project proponents do not value archaeological quality and have...
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Resources
Project metadata for resources within the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson cultural heritage resources collection. This project is used to fill metadata for all resources part of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson collection.
Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst. Native American Consultation (2016)
Overview document on federally recognized tribes affiliated with JBDML, consultation history, and protocol for government to government consultation.
Memorandum from AFCEC on Native American Consultation Funding Guidance (2022)
Undated memorandum for Wing Commanders providing guidance regarding the use of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) Environmental Quality (EQ) funds for Native American Consultations and explanation of appropriate funding channels.
Notification Is Not Consultation: Ethical Practices in Community and Indigenous Archaeology (2016)
In the quarter of a century since the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was enacted, attempts to involve descendant Native communities in research on and interpretation of archaeological resources have been met with limited success. Blurred lines delineating ancestral lands and migration routes across modern state boundaries, historical political alliances, and dynamic cultural identities often cause confusion and a defeatist attitude in approaching and working with...
Preparing for the Real World: How Fieldschools Can Teach Consultation with Interested Parties (2016)
In 2010, Dr. Kevin McBride from the University of Connecticut conducted an archaeological fieldschool at various archaeological sites associated with the Pequot War, which took place from 1636-1638. News of the archaeological survey illicted many diverse responses from interested parties and community members. As a result, students participating in the field school benefited from the opportunity to interact with descendant communities, property owners, and other interested publics. This brief...
Preserving Our Past and Providing For Our Future: Heritage Management at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, Montana (2016)
Like all Tribal Historic Preservation Offices, our staff are required to wear many hats. The diversity of projects undertaken by the Chippewa Cree Cultural Resources Preservation Department (CCCRPD) includes on-reservation resource documentation and mitigation, educational programming for the local community, development of governmental agency policies and procedures, and consultation on repatriation and current archaeological and museum research. In addition, the CCCRPD has developed the...
Repatriation Collaborations Using 3D Technology: The Smithsonian-Tlingit Experience (2016)
Smithsonian repatriation efforts have resulted in close consultation and collaboration with tribes and Alaskan Native communities that have enabled exploration of museum resources and shared interests taking the communities and the Institution far beyond what was envisioned by most when the repatriation legislation was first enacted. In particular, the Tlingit Dakhl'aweidi clan and the Hoonah Indian Association have worked with the National Museum of Natural History to pilot collaborations using...
Shí Kéyaa: The Western Apache Homeland and Archaeology of the Mogollon Rim (2009)
Western Apache history, as it relates to the State Route 260 (SR 260) Payson-to-Heber project implemented by Desert Archaeology, Inc., is summarized in this report. This project was conducted to mitigate the impact of highway realignment and improvement on cultural resources along a 74-km- (46-mile-) long stretch of right-of-way between Payson and Heber (Milepost 256 to Milepost 302) (Herr 1999). Ethnohistoric research included preliminary fieldwork in 2000 (Ferguson and Anyon 2000), followed...
State Historic Preservation Office Letter: Demolition of Site Summit, Section 106 Consultation (2003)
This document includes correspondence between the Alaska State Historic Preservation Office and the Director of Public Works Headquarters, U.S. Army Garrison. The correspondence consists of determinations of the proposed demolition on Nike Site Summit (ANC-00789).
Toward a Decolonized CRM: Challenges in Archaeological Stewardship and Interpretation for Virginia Tribes (2021)
This is an abstract from the "Deep History, Colonial Narratives, and Decolonization in the Native Chesapeake" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Long overdue federal acknowledgment of Virginia’s tribes has created a sea change for many of Virginia’s tribal communities over the last five years. Virginia now has seven federally recognized resident tribes, and an additional five tribes have state recognition. Virginian erasures of Native history have...
Tribal Consultation Program Renewal: An Example from the Air National Guard (2023)
This is an abstract from the "Crucial Issues in United States Department of Defense Cultural Resources Management " session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. To enhance the Air National Guard’s (ANG) Tribal consultation program, the ANG Readiness Center (ANGRC) partnered with the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise (TNTCX) to support its complex mission of fulfilling its Federal Trust Responsibility...
USACE St. Paul District Regulatory (Corps) Commitment to Open and Transparent Communication and Consultation with Tribes (2019)
This is an abstract from the "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: A National Perspective on CRM, Research, and Consultation" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. St. Paul District Regulatory (Corps) implemented measures to build upon and improve relationships with our Tribal Nations and ensure open and transparent communication. A multi-year effort occurred in stages to assess tribal concerns and needs, and develop and share tools and materials to address...