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News Release Date: August 17, 2017
Contact: Department of the Interior Press
Contact: Jeremy Barnum, National Park Service, 202-208-6843
(Press Release originally distribted by the Department of the Interior Press Office)
Offshore Drilling Funds Directed to Help Protect U.S. and Tribal Historic Places, Culture and Traditions
WASHINGTON – U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt with the National Park Service today announced the distribution of an additional $21 million in historic preservation grants to every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the U.S. territories, and partnering nations as well as $4.6 million for historic preservation grants to 169 Tribal Historic Preservation Offices. This funding, along with $32.6 million awarded earlier this year under a continuing resolution, represents a total of $58 million that the National Park Service has invested in the preservation efforts of states and tribes this year.
"These grants highlight the Department’s and the National Park Service’s commitment to preserving U.S. and tribal history and heritage,” Deputy Secretary Bernhardt said. “Through valuable partnerships, we are able to help communities and tribes protect the diverse historic places, culture, and traditions unique to our country for future generations to come."
Administered by the National Park Service, these funds are appropriated annually by Congress from the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). The HPF funds preservation programs at State Historic Preservation Offices and ensures local involvement by passing 10% of state funding through competitive subgrants to Certified Local Governments. All funding to the states and the District of Columbia requires a 40% non-federal match, which leverages state, local and private dollars to do even more with the federal HPF investment. Tribal grants do not require a match, although all tribes supplement their funding to accomplish their Tribal Preservation Office mission.
Since its inception in 1977, the HPF has provided more than $1.2 billion in historic preservation grants to states, tribes, local governments, and non-profit organizations. Funded at $80 million in 2017, the HPF does not use any tax dollars. It is supported solely by Outer Continental Shelf oil lease revenues.
Examples of state and local work accomplished with this annual funding include:
- Tennessee’s Historical Commission completed overseeing the restoration of six historic outbuildings associated with Clover Bottom Plantation including former slave cabins, a transverse crib horse barn, a carriage house and a poultry house;
- In May 2016, the State Historical Society of North Dakota conducted the first-ever “ArcheoBlitz” at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, engaging 250 middle-school students in archeological research;
- In 2017, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office collaborated and were successful in nominating the former Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School to the National Register of Historic Places.
- The Brighton Field School, an interactive archaeological school for the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s youth and elders, has examined a 20th century Anglo-pioneer homestead on tribal lands. Interpretations and survey findings from the project will be incorporated into the Tribal and National Register of Historic Places nominations.
- Since 2015, annual GPS and GIS capacity and database building programs have enabled the Pueblo of Zuni and the Tejon Indian Tribe to document, manage, and consult on historic properties and resources;
- Beginning in 2015, the Karuk Tribe K-12 Oral History Curriculum Project has trained youth to help tell the stories of their community through videography, oral history research, and by documenting tribal culture and history.
STATE GRANTS
| STATE | AWARD |
| ALABAMA | $ 368,684 |
| ALASKA | $ 519,049 |
| AMERICAN SAMOA | $ 30,959 |
| ARIZONA | $ 395,963 |
| ARKANSAS | $ 313,806 |
| CALIFORNIA | $ 899,922 |
| COLORADO | $ 417,936 |
| CONNECTICUT | $ 299,302 |
| DELAWARE | $ 135,423 |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | $ 133,129 |
| FLORIDA | $ 533,963 |
| MICRONESIA | $ 184,478 |
| GEORGIA | $ 438,887 |
| GUAM | $ 41,139 |
| HAWAII | $ 172,372 |
| IDAHO | $ 296,864 |
| ILLINOIS | $ 622,709 |
| INDIANA | $ 442,493 |
| IOWA | $ 387,939 |
| KANSAS | $ 382,819 |
| KENTUCKY | $ 361,635 |
| LOUISIANA | $ 373,237 |
| MAINE | $ 278,522 |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS | $ 106,914 |
| MARYLAND | $ 348,742 |
| MASSACHUSETTS | $ 443,292 |
| MICHIGAN | $ 598,583 |
| MINNESOTA | $ 462,881 |
| MISSISSIPPI | $ 306,226 |
| MISSOURI | $ 457,581 |
| MONTANA | $ 339,030 |
| NEBRASKA | $ 339,354 |
| NEVADA | $ 307,904 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | $ 208,504 |
| NEW JERSEY | $ 449,186 |
| NEW MEXICO | $ 341,169 |
| NEW YORK | $ 794,529 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | $ 450,358 |
| NORTH DAKOTA | $ 256,431 |
| NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS | $ 42,488 |
| OHIO | $ 592,496 |
| OKLAHOMA | $ 374,584 |
| OREGON | $ 402,176 |
| PALAU | $ 106,914 |
| PENNSYLVANIA | $ 651,812 |
| PUERTO RICO | $ 227,874 |
| RHODE ISLAND | $ 175,526 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | $ 319,234 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | $ 275,027 |
| TENNESSEE | $ 390,153 |
| TEXAS | $ 773,809 |
| UTAH | $ 328,881 |
| VERMONT | $ 171,652 |
| VIRGINIA | $ 425,995 |
| VIRGIN ISLANDS | $ 45,879 |
| WASHINGTON | $ 447,956 |
| WEST VIRGINIA | $ 276,583 |
| WISCONSIN | $ 469,497 |
| WYOMING | $ 262,550 |
| TOTAL | $21,003,000 |
TRIBAL GRANTS
| TRIBE | STATE | CITY | AWARD |
| Native Village of Kake | Alaska | Kate | $ 22,645 |
| Poarch Band of Creek Indians | Alabama | Atmore | $ 23,379 |
| Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation | Arizona | Parker | $ 30,553 |
| Gila River Indian Community | Arizona | Sacaton | $ 31,148 |
| Hualapai Tribe | Arizona | Peach Springs | $ 33,712 |
| Navajo Nation | Arizona | Window Rock | $ 45,974 |
| San Carlos Apache Tribe | Arizona | San Carlos | $ 35,701 |
| Tohono O'odham Nation | Arizona | Sells | $ 37,264 |
| White Mountain Apache Tribe | Arizona | Fort Apache | $ 35,335 |
| Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians | California | Palm Springs | $ 25,241 |
| Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria | California | Loleta | $ 22,971 |
| Big Pine Paiute Tribe of Owens Valley | California | Big Pine | $ 23,449 |
| Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria | California | Lakeport | $ 23,538 |
| Bishop Paiute Tribe | California | Bishop | $ 23,952 |
| Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe of Indians | California | Blue Lake | $ 23,053 |
| Bridgeport Indian Colony | California | Bridgeport | $ 23,040 |
| Buena Vista Rancheria Me Wuk Indians of California | California | Sacramento | $ 22,995 |
| Cahuilla Band of Indians | California | Anza | $ 26,300 |
| Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria | California | Trinidad | $ 23,050 |
| Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians | California | Geyserville | $ 23,022 |
| Elk Valley Rancheria | California | Crescent City | $ 23,593 |
| Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians | California | Oroville | $ 23,040 |
| Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria | California | Rohnert Park | $ 23,414 |
| Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Indian Reservation | California | Independence | $ 23,739 |
| Hoopa Valley | California | Hoopa | $ 28,404 |
| Hopland Band of Pomo Indians | California | Hopland | $ 24,442 |
| Karuk Tribe | California | Orleans | $ 23,920 |
| Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Stewarts Point Rancheria | California | Santa Rosa | $ 23,708 |
| Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians | California | Middletown | $ 23,129 |
| Pala Band of Mission Indians | California | Pala | $ 25,751 |
| Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation | California | Temecula | $ 24,318 |
| Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians | California | Fresno | $ 23,269 |
| Pinoleville Pomo Nation | California | Ukiah | $ 23,103 |
| Pit River Tribe | California | Burney | $ 25,965 |
| Round Valley Indian Tribe | California | Covelo | $ 27,101 |
| Sherwood Valley Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians of California | California | Willits | $ 23,711 |
| Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians | California | Shingle Springs | $ 23,251 |
| Smith River Rancheria | California | Smith River | $ 22,873 |
| Susanville Indian Rancheria | California | Susanville | $ 24,074 |
| Timbisha Shoshone Tribe | California | Bishop | $ 25,427 |
| Twenty-nine Palms Band of Mission Indians | California | Coachella | $ 23,533 |
| United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria | California | Auburn | $ 24,135 |
| Wiyot Tribe | California | Loleta | $ 23,129 |
| Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation | California | Brooks | $ 24,079 |
| Yurok Tribe | California | Hoopa | $ 27,692 |
| Ute Mountain Ute | Colorado | Towaoc | $ 32,415 |
| Mashantucket Western Pequot Tribe | Connecticut | Mashantucket | $ 24,299 |
| Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut | Connecticut | Uncasvile | $ 23,695 |
| Seminole Tribe of Florida | Florida | Clewiston | $ 28,378 |
| Coeur d'Alene Tribe | Idaho | Plummer | $ 31,264 |
| Nez Perce Tribe of Indians | Idaho | Lapwai | $ 32,986 |
| Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska | Kansas | White Cloud | $ 25,834 |
| Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana | Louisiana | Charenton | $ 23,638 |
| Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana | Louisiana | Elton | $ 24,048 |
| Jena Band of Choctaw Indians | Louisiana | Jena | $ 22,979 |
| Tunica-Biloxi Indians of Louisiana | Louisiana | Marksville | $ 23,861 |
| Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) | Massachusetts | Aquinnah | $ 23,593 |
| Aroostook Band of Micmacs | Maine | Presque Ilse | $ 24,103 |
| Passamaquoddy Tribe | Maine | Princeton | $ 29,062 |
| Penobscot Nation | Maine | Indian Island | $ 28,191 |
| Bay Mills Indian Community | Michigan | Brimley | $ 24,951 |
| Keweenaw Bay Indian Community | Michigan | Baraga | $ 27,646 |
| Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | Michigan | Watersmeet | $ 23,477 |
| Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians | Michigan | Harbor Springs | $ 24,100 |
| Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potowatomi | Michigan | Fulton | $ 23,329 |
| Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians | Michigan | Dowagiac | $ 24,730 |
| Saginaw Chippewa | Michigan | Mt. Pleasant | $ 29,152 |
| Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians | Minnesota | Nett Lake | $ 29,000 |
| Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | Minnesota | Cloquet | $ 28,596 |
| Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | Minnesota | Grand Portage | $ 27,456 |
| Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians | Minnesota | Cass Lake | $ 32,634 |
| Lower Sioux Indian Community | Minnesota | Morton | $ 24,337 |
| Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians | Minnesota | Onamia | $ 28,661 |
| Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota | Minnesota | Welch | $ 24,526 |
| Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians | Minnesota | Red Lake | $ 33,107 |
| Upper Sioux Community | Minnesota | Granite Falls | $ 24,232 |
| White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa | Minnesota | White Earth | $ 33,217 |
| Blackfeet Nation | Montana | Browning | $ 35,046 |
| Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation | Montana | Box Elder | $ 28,872 |
| Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Nation | Montana | Pablo | $ 34,571 |
| Crow Tribe of Indians | Montana | Crow Agency | $ 36,440 |
| Fort Belknap Indian Community | Montana | Harlem | $ 32,541 |
| Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes | Montana | Poplar | $ 36,125 |
| Northern Cheyenne Tribe | Montana | Lame Deer | $ 31,594 |
| Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians | North Carolina | Cherokee | $ 27,681 |
| Spirit Lake Tribe of Fort Totten | North Dakota | Fort Totten | $ 30,231 |
| Standing Rock Sioux Tribe | North Dakota | Fort Yates | $ 36,518 |
| Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation (Mandan, Hidatsa, & Arikara Nation) | North Dakota | New Town | $ 33,770 |
| Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa | North Dakota | Belcourt | $ 28,146 |
| Omaha Tribe of Nebraska | Nebraska | Macy | $ 29,805 |
| Ponca Tribe of Nebraska | Nebraska | Niobara | $ 23,249 |
| Santee Sioux Tribe | Nebraska | Niobara | $ 28,835 |
| Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska | Nebraska | Winnebago | $ 28,769 |
| Jicarilla Apache Nation | New Mexico | Dulce | $ 33,358 |
| Mescalero Apache Tribe | New Mexico | Mescalero | $ 31,651 |
| Pueblo of Isleta | New Mexico | Isleta | $ 29,926 |
| Pueblo of Jemez | New Mexico | Jemez | $ 28,393 |
| Pueblo of Laguna | New Mexico | Laguna | $ 31,856 |
| Pueblo of Pojoaque | New Mexico | Santa Fe | $ 25,832 |
| Pueblo of San Felipe | New Mexico | San Felipe | $ 27,779 |
| Pueblo of Santa Ana | New Mexico | Santa Ana | $ 28,108 |
| Pueblo of Santa Clara | New Mexico | Espanola | $ 27,662 |
| Pueblo of Tesuque | New Mexico | Santa Fe | $ 26,175 |
| Pueblo of Zuni | New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo | $ 31,664 |
| Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe | Nevada | Nixon | $ 31,714 |
| Reno Sparks Indian Colony | Nevada | Reno | $ 26,088 |
| Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California | Nevada | Gardnerville | $ 24,986 |
| Seneca Nation of Indians | New York | Salamanca | $ 27,641 |
| St. Regis Mohawk | New York | Akwesasne | $ 26,164 |
| Absentee Shawnee Tribe | Oklahoma | Shawnee | $ 23,810 |
| Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Binger | $ 23,070 |
| Cherokee Nation | Oklahoma | Teahlequah | $ 27,374 |
| Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes | Oklahoma | Concho | $ 25,676 |
| Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Durant | $ 26,124 |
| Citizen Potawatomi | Oklahoma | Shawnee | $ 24,065 |
| Comanche Nation | Oklahoma | Lawton | $ 23,733 |
| Eastern Shawnee of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Wyandotte | $ 23,817 |
| Miami Tribe of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Miami | $ 23,183 |
| Muscogee (Creek) Nation | Oklahoma | Okmulgee | $ 25,330 |
| Osage Nation | Oklahoma | Pawhuska | $ 23,900 |
| Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Red Rock | $ 24,692 |
| Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Miami | $ 23,258 |
| Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Pawnee | $ 24,266 |
| Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Ponca City | $ 24,446 |
| Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Quapaw | $ 24,156 |
| Seneca Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Grove | $ 24,204 |
| Thlopthlocco Tribal Town | Oklahoma | Okemah | $ 24,525 |
| Wyandotte Nation | Oklahoma | Wyandotte | $ 23,520 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw | Oregon | Coos Bay | $ 23,183 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Indian Community of Oregon | Oregon | Grand Ronde | $ 25,719 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation | Oregon | Pendleton | $ 30,264 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon | Oregon | Warm Springs | $ 32,565 |
| Coquille Indian Tribe | Oregon | North Bend | $ 25,273 |
| Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians | Oregon | Roseburg | $ 24,897 |
| Narragansett Indian Tribe | Rhode Island | Charlestown | $ 24,412 |
| Catawba Indian Nation | South Carolina | Rock Hill | $ 24,035 |
| Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe | South Dakota | Eagle Butte | $ 37,233 |
| Crow Creek Sioux Tribe | South Dakota | Fort Thompson | $ 21,923 |
| Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe | South Dakota | Flandreau | $ 24,474 |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe | South Dakota | Porcupine | $ 36,007 |
| Rosebud Sioux Tribe of Indians | South Dakota | Rosebud | $ 33,472 |
| Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate | South Dakota | Sisseton | $ 26,342 |
| Yankton Sioux Tribe | South Dakota | Wagner | $ 27,679 |
| Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation | Washington | Toppenish | $ 34,752 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation | Washington | Oakville | $ 25,039 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation | Washington | Nespelem | $ 34,767 |
| Lummi Nation | Washington | Bellingham | $ 26,418 |
| Makah Tribe | Washington | Neah Bay | $ 26,751 |
| Nooksack Tribe | Washington | Deming | $ 23,461 |
| Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe | Washington | Kingston | $ 24,189 |
| Samish Indian Nation | Washington | Anacortes | $ 23,029 |
| Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe | Washington | Darrington | $ 23,103 |
| Skokomish Indian Tribe | Washington | Skokomish | $ 25,063 |
| Spokane Tribe of Indians | Washington | Wellpinit | $ 29,355 |
| Squaxin Island Tribe | Washington | Shelton | $ 24,413 |
| Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians | Washington | Arlington | $ 23,916 |
| Suquamish Tribe | Washington | Suguamish | $ 25,429 |
| Swinomish Indian Tribal Community | Washington | La Conner | $ 25,699 |
| Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | Wisconsin | Odanah | $ 28,939 |
| Forest County Potawatomi Community | Wisconsin | Crandon | $ 25,841 |
| Ho-Chunk Nation | Wisconsin | Black River | $ 24,503 |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Hayward | $ 28,183 |
| Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | Wisconsin | Lac du Flambeau | $ 28,461 |
| Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Keshena | $ 30,145 |
| Oneida Nation of Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Oneida | $ 25,417 |
| Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | Wisconsin | Bayfield | $ 26,023 |
| Stockbridge-Munsee Community | Wisconsin | Bowler | $ 26,178 |
| Northern Arapaho Tribe | Wyoming | St. Stevens | $ 36,412 |
| Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation | Wyoming | Fort Washakie | $ 36,413 |
| Total | $4,580,335 |
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