Action Alerts
Indian Boarding School Initiative Comment Period Nov 15 – Dec 15, 2021
The Department seeks to consult with Tribal governments, Alaska Native Corporations, and Native Hawaiian Organizations on key issues for inclusion in the Department’s Indian Boarding School Initiative’s (Initiative) report and to help lay the foundation for future sitework to protect potential burial sites and other sensitive information. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the…
Read MoreUPDATE: The deadline for Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian community leaders to submit written comment has been EXTENDED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2021.
UPDATE: The deadline for Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian community leaders to submit written comment has been EXTENDED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2021. UPDATE: The deadline for Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian community leaders to submit written comment has been EXTENDED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2021. Draft Regulations On July 9, 2021, the Department invited Tribal leaders…
Read MoreTHPO Funding Request for FY22 — Letter Template for you
THPO Funding Request for FY22 — Letter Template for you It’s that time again! Increasing the amount appropriated for THPOs in the Historic Preservation Fund is a primary area of advocacy for NATHPO. And we need you! Here is a letter template you can personalize — one for the House and one for the Senate. Legislators prefer that…
Read MoreUrgent Request on Oak Flat for President Biden to Protect Native American Sacred Site
Urgent Request on Oak Flat for President Biden to Protect Native American Sacred Site On February 9, more than 200 conservation, Indigenous, religious and business groups sent a letter urging President Biden to withdraw the approval of a land exchange that would trade away Oak Flat, an Apache sacred site on the Tonto National Forest in central…
Read MoreOak Flat Alert! Opportunity to Comment to ACHP on Effects to Historic Properties from Resolution Copper
Oak Flat Alert! Opportunity to Comment to ACHP on Effects to Historic Properties from Resolution Copper On February 11, 2021, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) announced that it was terminating consultation on the development of a Section 106 agreement with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in the Resolution Copper Project and Southeast Arizona…
Read MoreAction Alert: National Register Final Rule, Request Meeting & Consultation
Action Alert: National Register Final Rule, Request Meeting & Consultation Action Alert: National Register Final Rule, Request Meeting & Consultation Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) announces the action alert for National Register Final Rule, Request Meeting & Consultation. SUMMARY The DOI/NPS Rule that would fundamentally alter the National Register of…
Read MoreAction Alert: Request for G2G Consultation for FCC’s Twilight Towers Program Comment Request
Action Alert: Request for G2G Consultation for FCC’s Twilight Towers Program Comment Request Action Alert: Request for Government-to-Government Consultation for FCC’s Twilight Towers Program Comment Request Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) announces the action alert for Request for G2G Consultation for FCC’s Twilight Towers Program Comment Request. SUMMARY On August…
Read MoreAction Alert: Save Oak Flat (Resolution Copper)
Action Alert: Save Oak Flat (Resolution Copper) On Thursday, March 12, 2020, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) in the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee will hold an oversight hearing entitled, “The Irreparable Environmental and Cultural Impacts of the Proposed Resolution Copper Mining Operation.” The proposed mine would destroy a National Register-Listed…
Read MoreAction Alert: FY21 THPO Appropriations
Action Alert: FY21 THPO Appropriations Thanks to your advocacy last year, we received the largest ever increase in THPO funding in the FY2020 federal appropriation from the Historic Preservation Fund — $2 million! Building on the success of our campaign, it’s time again to send letters to Congress members on the appropriations committee. Since the…
Read MoreAction Alert: Bears Ears Proposed Management Plan Comment/Protest
Action Alert: Bears Ears Proposed Management Plan Comment/Protest Bears Ears Proposed Management Plan & Final EIS & U.S. Forest Service Proposed Rule Revising NEPA Regulations Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in coordination with the United States Forest Service (USFS), has prepared the Proposed Monument Management Plans (MMPs) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Bears Ears…
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