Tribes N-P

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
Protocol: Formal
Contact: Navajo Nation Heritage and Historic Preservation Department
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link: https://nptao.arizona.edu/navajo-nation
Permission Needed: Yes, permit needed
Fee Structure: Yes
Issues/Concerns:
Interest Areas: Colorado River, climate change, flora and fauna, feral horses
Verified: RB 01.06.2021

Nez Perce Tribe
Protocol: Formal
Contact: Cultural Resource Program
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Yes
Fee Structure: Yes
Issues/Concerns: Confidentiality; intellectual property rights; use of information; equality with western science
Interest Areas: Co-management opportunities
Verified: PB 01.07.2021

North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians
Protocol: No
Contact: Environmental Department
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Tribal Council Resolution
Fee Structure: Yes, various rates
Issues/Concerns: Confidentiality, protection of sacred areas and archaeological sites, protection of vistas
Interest Areas: Tribal forest protection act projects, land management, conservation, restoration and traditional land management
Verified: CM 09.10.2021

Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
Protocol: Under development
Contact:
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Advisory Board
Fee Structure: Yes
Issues/Concerns: Confidentiality, Tribal review of product
Interest Areas: Ancestral territory; riparian/wetland areas; using traditional names, plants
Verified: CCB 12.16.2020

Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana
Protocol: Yes, request formal written project proposals/consultation letters
Contact: THPO
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: THPO; Cultural Commission; Tribal Council (case-by-case)
Fee Structure: No
Issues/Concerns: Confidentiality; early consultation notification; site protection; medicinal plants
Interest Areas: All Cheyenne trust and ancestral lands
Verified: TL 01.07.2021

Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation
Protocol: Informal
Contact: Cultural Resources Department
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: No
Fee Structure: No
Issues/Concerns: Working with federal and military organizations, review before publication
Interest Areas: Ancestral land areas, linguistics and language families, migration patterns
Verified: GG 09.10.2021

Oglala Sioux Tribe
Protocol: No
Contact: Cultural Affairs & Historic Preservation Office
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Elders Council
Fee Structure: No
Issues/Concerns: Confidentiality
Interest Areas: Energy projects (solar, wind, pipeline, uranium); flint knapping areas
Verified: TB 01.13.2021

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
Protocol: Formal
Contact: Chief Counsel of the Oneida Law Office
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Oneida Law Office, Oneida Business Committee
Fee Structure: No
Issues/Concerns: Confidentiality, equitable compensation, use of end product, intellectual property rights
Interest Areas: Medicinal plants, wetlands, waterway restoration, climate change, riparian areas
Verified: SC 12.26.2019

Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma
Protocol: Informal
Contact: Chairman and THPO
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Case-by-case
Fee Structure: Case-by-case
Issues/Concerns: Confidentiality, collaborative research
Interest Areas: Current and ancestral lands
Verified: EW 01.13.2021

Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
Protocol: No
Contact: THPO
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: THPO, Chief
Fee Structure: Case-by-case
Issues/Concerns:
Interest Areas: Ottawa County, OK; Franklin Couty, KS; Michigan; Ohio; Wisconsin
Verified: RH 01.07.2021

Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona
Protocol: Formal
Contact: Department of Language and Culture
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Committee approval, Tribal Council, and Tribal Chairman
Fee Structure: Yes
Issues/Concerns: End use of product, community enrichment, equitable compensation, cultural norms followed in research and interpretations
Interest Areas: Water, rivers, riparian zones, Yaqui catfish
Verified: KH 03.03.2021

Passamaquoddy Tribe
Protocol: Formal and Informal
Contact: THPO
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Yes, THPO and final approval by the Chief and Council
Fee Structure: Varies according to project consultation
Issues/Concerns: Copyright; ownership; approval before dissemination; appropriate use of information; avoiding commercialization; collaborate with tribe throughout research design
Interest Areas: Ecological knowledge found in songs; open to ideas, especially that benefit the tribe
Verified: DS 04.02.2019

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
Protocol: No
Contact: THPO
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Culture Committee
Fee Structure: No
Issues/Concerns: Confidentialiity
Interest Areas:
Verified: MO 01.11.2021

Penobscot Nation
Protocol: Under development
Contact: THPO
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: THPO, Penobscot Tribal Rights and Resources Protection Board
Fee Structure: Case-by-Case, In development
Issues/Concerns: Confidentiality, Sustainability, Adverse effects to cultural resources, Intellectual Property
Interest Areas: Plants for foods, crafts, and medicines; sustainable harvesting
Verified: CS 03.26.2019

Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Protocol: No
Contact: Cultural Resources
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Case-by-case, Business Council
Fee Structure: Yes
Issues/Concerns: Revealing locations of resources
Interest Areas: Riparian areas
Verified: KS 08.24.2021

Pinoleville Pomo Nation, California
Protocol: Formal
Contact: THPO
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Cultural Committee and Tribal Council
Fee Structure: No
Issues/Concerns: Confidentiality, use of end product must have the Pinoleville Pomo Nation’s approval, use of cultural information beyond the scope of the proposed research is not permitted without PPN’s permission, information is for the sole use in the approved project and not to be used elsewhere
Interest Areas: Language preservation, native plant preservation and restoration, cultural and historic sites, all Pinoleville Pomo Nation original territorial boundaries, all ground disturbance activity of the Pinoleville Pomo Nation original territorial boundaries, natural springs, waterways, Ackerman Creek, salmon, and steelhead, ceremonial protections, burial sites
Verified: AJ 05.01.2019

Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Protocol: Under development
Contact: THPO
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Business Committee
Fee Structure: No
Issues/Concerns: Benefit to tribe, use of end product, tribal sponsorship, confidentiality
Interest Areas: Ecological health of ancestral territory
Verified: SH 03.29.2022

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico
Protocol: Formal
Contact: THPO
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Yes. Depending on scope review/permission by one or more THPO, Governor’s Office, AHPO Advisory Board will be determined
Fee Structure: Negotiable. Based on research type and researcher qualifications
Issues/Concerns: Alignment with Pueblo values, use of end product, co-production of research, confidentiality of sensitive information, usage of information deemed culturally inappropriate, review prior to publication
Interest Areas: Ancestral Pueblo lands in the SW, migration paths, landscape research, areas of ecology incorporating climate change, faunal research, hydrology (watersheds, springs, flows), agricultural, astroarchaeology, ethnobotany, and gender influences on any of these areas
Verified: SC 01.03.2022

Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico
Protocol: Formal
Contact: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Governor’s Office
Fee Structure: Depends on project
Issues/Concerns: Alignment with cultural values, co-production of research, early consultation, reciprocity, confidentiality
Interest Areas: Biodiversity, ecosystem health, water
Verified: JR 10.26.2021

Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico
Protocol: Informal
Contact: THPO or Tribal Administration
Phone: [phone] or 575-834-7359
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Yes, THPO and Tribal Administration
Fee Structure: Negotiated
Issues/Concerns: Confidentiality, who takes control, credit, use of end product
Interest Areas: Riparian areas, Jemez River, Vallecitos River, climate change, nonnative invasive species, fire and forests, ancestral lands, natural and cultural resources
Verified: CT 03.31.2021

Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico
Protocol: Informal
Contact: THPO
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: THPO; THPO Advisory Board Review; Pueblo Council (case-by-case)
Fee Structure: No
Issues/Concerns: Purpose of research; confidentiality; proprietary information; use of end product
Interest Areas: All Laguna and ancestral lands; water
Verified: RS 01.12.2021

Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico
Protocol: Under development
Contact: Governor’s Office, Administrator
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Governor’s Office
Fee Structure: Case-by-case
Issues/Concerns: Misquotes, prioritizing western science over tribal perspectives, confidentiality, use of end product, revealing the location of resources, review before publication
Interest Areas: Travel routes, bison, Pot Creek, rock gardens, protection of natural and cultural resources, environmental monitoring, protection of sites
Verified: JA 10.02.2018

Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico
Protocol: Under development
Contact: THPO
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Depends on size and scope: Cultural Advisory Board, Tribal Council Resolution
Fee Structure: Staff – no; community members - $100
Issues/Concerns: Benefit to the pueblo, confidentiality, use of end product must have pueblo’s approval, use of cultural information beyond the scope of the proposed research is not permitted without pueblo’s permission, information is for the sole use in the approved project and not to be used elsewhere
Interest Areas: Traditional use areas, heirloom varieties of corn, bison
Verified: BB 02.16.2021

Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico
Protocol: Informal
Contact: Governor's Office
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: THPO and Advisory Board
Fee Structure: No
Issues/Concerns: Confidentiality, use of end product
Interest Areas: Traditional use areas
Verified: MB 01.12.2021

Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico
Protocol: Under development
Contact: Office of Rights Protection and THPO
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Santa Clara Pueblo Cultural Committee and Santa Clara Pueblo Tribal Council
Fee Structure: No
Issues/Concerns: Confidentiality; accuracy
Interest Areas: Traditional land areas
Verified: BC 02.18.2021

Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico
Protocol: Informal
Contact: Governor’s Office, THPO
Phone: [phone]
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Governor’s Office
Fee Structure: Case-by-case
Issues/Concerns: Confidentiality, mutual benefit to tribe, academic rigor, researcher qualifications, receipt of final product, percentage of royalties for scholarships
Interest Areas: Health of traditional lands, pollution, traditional foods, seed sovereignty, GMO impacts on ecology
Verified: MM 03.09.2021

Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico
Protocol: Informal
Contact: Department of Environmental Resources
Phone: [phone] x213
PPP Link:
Permission Needed: Yes, depends on project—permit from THPO, Administrative Team or Cultural Preservation, Tribal Council Resolution
Fee Structure: Case-by-case
Issues/Concerns: Shrine locations, traditional plant use
Interest Areas: None
Verified: BG 08.25.2021