Course Description
*As a formal participant in the national historic preservation program, a tribe may assume official responsibility for a number of functions aimed at the preservation of significant historic properties. *Those functions include identifying and maintaining inventories of culturally significant properties, nominating properties to national and tribal registers of historic places, conducting Section 106 reviews of Federal agency projects on tribal lands, and conducting educational programs on the importance of preserving historic properties. *In accordance with Section 101(d)(2), the tribes on the National Park Service\’s list have formally assumed the responsibilities of the SHPO for poses of Section 106 compliance on their tribal lands. They have designated Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (THPOs) whom Federal agencies consult in lieu of the SHPO for undertakings occurring on, or affecting historic properties on, tribal lands. *This course is designed to assist those tribes that have not established THPO at their particular tribe; the knowledge and procedures in developing a THPO.