Crucial Issues in United States Department of Defense Cultural Resources Management

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Crucial Issues in United States Department of Defense Cultural Resources Management " at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Stewardship responsibilities for large tracts of land with multiple groups of Indigenous inhabitants presents the United States Department of Defense (DoD) with unique opportunities and challenges. Universal priorities among cultural resource practitioners include generating meaningful interactions with our Tribal partners and addressing impacts of climate change on cultural and natural resources of import to Tribal communities. This symposium will be split into two parts to review these issues. Successful case studies from installations will provide best practices and templates for future work in these important areas.

Other Keywords
Cultural Resource Management • Cultural Resources and Heritage Management • Climate Change • decolonization • Consultation • Military Lands • Tribal Consultation • Remote Sensing/Geophysics • Coastal and Island Archaeology  • Digital Archaeology: GIS

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • North America • United Mexican States (Country) • Department of Martinique (Country) • Republic of El Salvador (Country) • Department of Guadeloupe (Country) • Cayman Islands (Country) • Antigua and Barbuda (Country) • Turks and Caicos Islands (Country)

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  • Building Resilient Cultural Resource Programs with Tribal Partners: A Department of Defense (DoD) Perspective (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael Fedoroff.

    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. Many challenges exist to keep training and operations on military installations viable over time. Environmental and cultural stewardship programs are part of a military planner’s strategic approach to ensuring Department of Defense (DoD) managed lands remain healthy and active use areas for the...

  • Cultural Resource Implications of Wildfires on the Orchard Combat Training Center (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Tessa Amend.

    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. The Orchard Combat Training Center (OCTC) is a premier joint combined arms training site, located on the western Snake River Plain in southern Idaho. Military training activities often come with an added risk of wildfire, and like much of the western United States, climate change has increased the...

  • Development and Use of Interactive Cultural Resources Tribal Relations Viewer for Informed Air Force Decision-Making (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Shannon Voggesser. Gwynn Ellis.

    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. The Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML) collaborated with the United States Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) to develop an interactive Cultural Resources Tribal Relations Viewer. This application uses WebApp Builder for ArcGIS and enables exploration of critical historic...

  • Effective Tribal Consultation and Engaging Partnerships: A Utah DoD Collaboration (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Maia London. Shaun Nelson. Ellyse Simons.

    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. In 2010, the Utah Army National Guard (UTARNG) partnered with Hill Air Force Base and Dugway Proving Ground to conduct annual and quarterly meetings with Tribal governments throughout much of the intermountain West. Since then, the partnership has grown to include Tooele Army Depot. The partnership...

  • The Role of Geophysical Remote Sensing in the Management of Archaeological Resources within the US Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District’s Missouri River Main Stem Dam System (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Levi Keach.

    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. The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (USACE) has approximately 850,000 acres of land within its jurisdiction. Much of this land is rich in both historic and prehistoric archaeological resources and located on reservoir shoreline that is subject to erosion. Erosion is exacerbated by...

  • Synchronizing Views: The Development of the Sentinel Cultural Resource–Common Operational Picture (CR-COP) Tool as a Solution for Large-Scale NHPA Compliance and Consultation Challenges (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Raymond Sumner. J. Javi Vasquez.

    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. Over the next 20 years, the United States Air Force (USAF) will decommission the Minuteman III ICBM and replace it with the Sentinel ICBM. This project includes the replacement of 450 missile launch facilities and 45 missile alert facilities, the installation of 8,000 miles of utility lines and 62...

  • Tribal Consultation Program Renewal: An Example from the Air National Guard (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only J. de Gregory. Jennifer Harty.

    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...

  • Unearthed Burial from Rising Sea Levels: A Collaborative Community Approach for Tackling Climate Change in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Kelsey Lowe. Enid Tom. Michael Westaway. Jaime Swift. Annie Lau.

    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. The Torres Strait Islands, Australia, covers 50,000 km2 and includes 300 islands, with only 17 home to community settlements. Although regional maritime culture includes seascapes rich in cosmological and spiritual meaning, many sites that constitute cultural identity are under threat due to rising sea...