The Impact of COVID on Community Collaboration on the Navajo Nation

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Collaborative and Community Archaeology" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In 1999, the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department (NNHPD) became a Tribal Historic Preservation Office, under 36 CFR Part 800, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act 1966, as amended. This action enabled the Navajo Nation to enforce the Navajo Nation Cultural Resource Protection Act (CRPA), Navajo Nation Code Title 19 Section 1001, passed by the Navajo Nation Council. CRPA gave the NNHPD the authority to defend, protect, and preserve Navajo Nation Cultural Resources. Under this code, several policies were created to manage and collect information on the resources; the one that concerns this issue is the Traditional Cultural Property Policy. The policy mandates that Chapters (area of local government), government officials, and residents be consulted as part of the undertaking. The policy focuses on the more familial and local TCPS in a community that could be impacted. Community residents were given a voice in the management and preservation of resources; COVID would impact these voices.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Collaborative and Community Archaeology   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 36963.0