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National Park Service Announces $85.15 Million in Historic Preservation Grants to States and Tribes
News Release Date: May 6, 2024
Contact: [email protected]
WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) today announced the distribution of $62.15 million in Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grants to historic preservation offices in states, territories, the District of Columbia, and partnering nations, and $23 million to Tribal historic preservation offices.
"The National Park Service is proud to support our state, Tribal, and local partners with annual funding that helps them preserve their significant historic and cultural places," said National Park Service Director Chuck Sams. "Importantly, these grants aid communities across the country to invest in local stewardship of treasured resources."
Established in 1977, the Historic Preservation Fund was authorized at $150 million per year through 2023 and has provided more than $2.7 billion in historic preservation grants to states, Tribes, local governments, and nonprofit organizations. Administered by the NPS, the funds appropriated by Congress support a variety of historic preservation programs and projects to help preserve the nation's cultural resources and history.
The HPF is supported by Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease revenues, not tax dollars, with the intent to mitigate the loss of a non-renewable resource to benefit the preservation of other irreplaceable resources.
Read more about the HPF in the FY 2023 annual report.
Preservation in Action
State and Local Preservation Grants
Annual HPF grants fund preservation programs at 59 state historic preservation offices and ensure support of local preservation with a required 10 percent pass-through from states to over 2,200 Certified Local Governments (CLGs) via competitive subgrants.
Examples of the diversity of work accomplished with this annual funding in recent years include:
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South Carolina successfully listed its first Traditional Cultural Property, the Phillips Community Historic District in Charleston County, in the National Register of Historic Places. The listing recognizes the unique culture and heritage of the community and provides additional awareness and serves as an educational tool for the community to help its preservation efforts.
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Ball State University's History Department identified and surveyed all purpose-built synagogues in Indiana, collecting photos and documents related to these buildings, and compiling a report of the findings that included recommendations for possible listings on the National Register of Historic Places. The team consulted newspapers and secondary sources and also conducted research in several Jewish archives and repositories. This resulted in a list of 88 synagogues across Indiana that were built between 1865 and 2015. Further research revealed that 66 of these buildings were purpose-built synagogues; the others were churches, homes, or other buildings that were adapted for later use as synagogues.
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Mysterious rows, walls, and piles of carefully stacked stones exist in rural areas throughout Pennsylvania. Many were created by early European settlers as they cleared land for farms and communities, while others are believed to have earlier Tribal origins. State archaeologists explored these stone landscapes to discover clues about their age and purpose, and record the locations in the Pennsylvania Archaeological Site Survey, the statewide inventory of approximately 25,000 archaeological sites that represents more than 16,000 years of Pennsylvania's history. Recording archaeological sites such as the stone landscapes is an important step in the consideration and potential protection of these sites under state and federal laws. The records preserve basic information about the sites - the when, where and what - and are digitally stored for research access by professional archaeologists.
Tribal Preservation Grants
Annual HPF grants fund preservation programs at Tribal historic preservation offices to ensure preservation of Tribal sites and cultural traditions.
Examples of the diversity of work accomplished with this annual funding in recent years include:
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The Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation Tribal historic preservation office worked with four properties eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. One is named Shin-yvslh-sri~ /Lht'vsr-me' (Summer-gathering/harvesting-place/sand-in-place), which is located within the Redwood National and State Parks system. The Tribe continues collaborative efforts with the park to update the nomination of this landscape, while addressing concerns with the collection of cultural resources and issues of Tribal consent.
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The Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians hired two cultural consultants to conduct a survey of the history of the Tribe's 75-acre Rancheria, which was established in 1915, at a time when Dry Creek people were without a homeland. While no one lives on the Rancheria today, the history of life there and the use of the land are highly significant to Tribal members. The project resulted in oral histories of life on the Rancheria in danger of being forgotten by interviewing Tribal elders who lived on the Rancheria, and their descendants.
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The Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria provides educational programming in dressmaking, regalia, motherhood, basket weaving and archery during several cultural classes a week. This programming helps to educate the future generations and preserve the cultural traditions of the tribe.
State and Local Preservation Grants
Total Award $62,150,000.Funds 59 State Historic Preservation Offices and requires a 40 percent non-federal match, which leverages state, local and private dollars for even more community investment. Ten percent of funding awarded to states must be granted to their Certified Local Governments.
|
State Historic Preservation Office |
Award |
|
Alabama |
$1,101,411 |
|
Alaska |
$1,395,234 |
|
American Samoa |
$457,295 |
|
Arizona |
$1,229,174 |
|
Arkansas |
$991,478 |
|
California |
$2,178,979 |
|
Colorado |
$1,213,636 |
|
Commonwealth of The Northern Mariana Islands |
$474,241 |
|
Connecticut |
$940,213 |
|
Delaware |
$668,277 |
|
District of Columbia |
$627,847 |
|
Federated States of Micronesia |
$545,891 |
|
Florida |
$1,551,904 |
|
Georgia |
$1,274,793 |
|
Guam |
$484,673 |
|
Hawaii |
$751,525 |
|
Idaho |
$963,809 |
|
Illinois |
$1,497,084 |
|
Indiana |
$1,196,472 |
|
Iowa |
$1,071,922 |
|
Kansas |
$1,090,324 |
|
Kentucky |
$1,069,341 |
|
Louisiana |
$1,094,775 |
|
Maine |
$877,873 |
|
Maryland |
$1,060,521 |
|
Massachusetts |
$1,157,066 |
|
Michigan |
$1,482,403 |
|
Minnesota |
$1,238,175 |
|
Mississippi |
$979,581 |
|
Missouri |
$1,236,513 |
|
Montana |
$1,024,898 |
|
Nebraska |
$1,010,330 |
|
Nevada |
$1,037,725 |
|
New Hampshire |
$767,662 |
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New Jersey |
$1,212,233 |
|
New Mexico |
$1,060,235 |
|
New York |
$1,787,942 |
|
North Carolina |
$1,286,023 |
|
North Dakota |
$869,584 |
|
Ohio |
$1,447,930 |
|
Oklahoma |
$1,102,117 |
|
Oregon |
$1,161,729 |
|
Pennsylvania |
$1,514,473 |
|
Puerto Rico |
$870,008 |
|
Republic of Palau |
$316,369 |
|
Republic of The Marshall Islands |
$316,369 |
|
Rhode Island |
$704,548 |
|
South Carolina |
$1,030,316 |
|
South Dakota |
$896,513 |
|
Tennessee |
$1,155,572 |
|
Texas |
$1,970,659 |
|
Utah |
$1,039,646 |
|
Vermont |
$693,085 |
|
Virgin Islands |
$494,453 |
|
Virginia |
$1,222,930 |
|
Washington |
$1,253,080 |
|
West Virginia |
$880,133 |
|
Wisconsin |
$1,233,612 |
|
Wyoming |
$887,396 |
|
Total |
$62,150,000 |
Tribal Preservation Grants
Total award $23,000,000. Funds 221 Tribal Historic Preservation Offices with no match required, enabling these Tribes to assume SHPO responsibilities on Tribal lands and save important cultural places and traditions.
|
State Name |
Tribe Name |
Award |
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Oklahoma |
Absentee Shawnee Tribe |
$91,147 |
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California |
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians |
$97,120 |
|
Maine |
Aroostook Band of Micmacs |
$92,369 |
|
Wisconsin |
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians |
$112,581 |
|
Michigan |
Bay Mills Indian Community |
$95,997 |
|
California |
Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria |
$88,918 |
|
California |
Big Pine Paiute Tribe of Owens Valley |
$89,636 |
|
California |
Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria |
$90,008 |
|
California |
Bishop Paiute Tribe |
$91,738 |
|
Montana |
Blackfeet Nation |
$138,107 |
|
California |
Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe of Indians |
$88,050 |
|
Minnesota |
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians |
$112,837 |
|
California |
Bridgeport Indian Colony |
$87,925 |
|
California |
Buena Vista Rancheria Me Wuk Indians of California |
$87,739 |
|
Oregon |
Burns Paiute Tribe |
$92,021 |
|
Oklahoma |
Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma |
$88,051 |
|
California |
Cahuilla Band of Indians |
$101,552 |
|
South Carolina |
Catawba Indian Nation |
$92,121 |
|
California |
Chemechuevi Indian Tribe of Chemechuevi Reservation |
$104,482 |
|
California |
Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria |
$87,968 |
|
Oklahoma |
Cherokee Nation |
$106,039 |
|
Oklahoma |
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes |
$98,941 |
|
South Dakota |
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe |
$143,947 |
|
Montana |
Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation |
$112,304 |
|
Louisiana |
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana |
$90,426 |
|
Oklahoma |
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma |
$100,817 |
|
Oklahoma |
Citizen Potawatomi |
$92,213 |
|
Idaho |
Coeur D'Alene Tribe |
$122,302 |
|
Arizona |
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation |
$119,326 |
|
Oklahoma |
Comanche Nation |
$93,192 |
|
Montana |
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Nation |
$136,124 |
|
Washington |
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation |
$136,882 |
|
Washington |
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation |
$96,281 |
|
Washington |
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation |
$136,940 |
|
Oregon |
Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians |
$100,491 |
|
Oregon |
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Indian Community of Oregon |
$99,117 |
|
Oregon |
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation |
$118,119 |
|
Oregon |
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon |
$127,740 |
|
Oregon |
Coquille Indian Tribe |
$97,254 |
|
Louisiana |
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana |
$92,139 |
|
Oregon |
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians |
$102,393 |
|
Washington |
Cowlitz Indian Tribe |
$88,802 |
|
South Dakota |
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe |
$119,658 |
|
Montana |
Crow Tribe of Indians |
$143,935 |
|
Oklahoma |
Delaware Nation |
$94,521 |
|
Kansas |
Delaware Tribe of Indians |
$85,333 |
|
California |
Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians |
$87,850 |
|
Nevada |
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation |
$104,613 |
|
North Carolina |
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians |
$107,326 |
|
Oklahoma |
Eastern Shawnee of Oklahoma |
$91,177 |
|
California |
Elem Indian Colony |
$87,397 |
|
California |
Elk Valley Rancheria |
$90,237 |
|
California |
Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians |
$87,925 |
|
California |
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria |
$89,488 |
|
South Dakota |
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe |
$93,922 |
|
Minnesota |
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa |
$111,150 |
|
Wisconsin |
Forest County Potawatomi Community |
$99,633 |
|
Montana |
Fort Belknap Indian Community |
$127,637 |
|
California |
Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Indian Reservation |
$90,850 |
|
Montana |
Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes |
$142,620 |
|
Arizona |
Gila River Indian Community |
$121,812 |
|
Minnesota |
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa |
$106,385 |
|
California |
Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake |
$86,115 |
|
Wisconsin |
Ho-Chunk Nation |
$94,042 |
|
Washington |
Hoh Indian Tribe |
$91,681 |
|
California |
Hoopa Valley |
$110,345 |
|
Arizona |
Hopi Tribe of Arizona |
$140,273 |
|
California |
Hopland Band of Pomo Indians |
$93,784 |
|
Maine |
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians |
$99,681 |
|
Arizona |
Hualapai Tribe |
$132,535 |
|
Kansas |
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska |
$99,604 |
|
Washington |
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe |
$91,663 |
|
California |
Jamul Indian Village |
$85,703 |
|
Louisiana |
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians |
$87,672 |
|
New Mexico |
Jicarilla Apache Nation |
$131,052 |
|
California |
Karuk Tribe |
$91,604 |
|
California |
Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Stewarts Point Rancheria |
$90,717 |
|
Michigan |
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community |
$107,176 |
|
Oklahoma |
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma |
$104,246 |
|
California |
La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians |
$98,308 |
|
Wisconsin |
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin |
$109,421 |
|
Wisconsin |
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians |
$110,584 |
|
Michigan |
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians |
$89,755 |
|
Minnesota |
Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians |
$128,025 |
|
Michigan |
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians |
$92,358 |
|
Oklahoma |
Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony |
$86,558 |
|
Minnesota |
Lower Sioux Indian Community |
$93,352 |
|
Washington |
Lummi Nation |
$102,044 |
|
Washington |
Makah Tribe |
$103,436 |
|
California |
Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians |
$96,098 |
|
Connecticut |
Mashantucket Western Pequot Tribe |
$93,189 |
|
Michigan |
Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan |
$90,993 |
|
California |
Mechoopda Tribe of the Chico Rancheria |
$91,138 |
|
Wisconsin |
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin |
$117,621 |
|
New Mexico |
Mescalero Apache Tribe |
$123,916 |
|
Oklahoma |
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma |
$90,178 |
|
California |
Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians |
$88,300 |
|
Minnesota |
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians |
$111,424 |
|
Nevada |
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of Moapa River Indian Reservation |
$108,892 |
|
Oklahoma |
Modoc Nation |
$89,944 |
|
Connecticut |
Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut |
$90,663 |
|
California |
Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California |
$89,792 |
|
California |
Morongo Band of Mission Indians |
$104,350 |
|
Oklahoma |
Muscogee (Creek) Nation |
$97,491 |
|
Rhode Island |
Narragansett Indian Tribe |
$93,661 |
|
Arizona |
Navajo Nation |
$183,783 |
|
Idaho |
Nez Perce Tribe of Indians |
$129,496 |
|
Washington |
Nooksack Tribe |
$89,687 |
|
Wyoming |
Northern Arapaho Tribe |
$143,821 |
|
Montana |
Northern Cheyenne Tribe |
$123,678 |
|
Michigan |
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potowatomi |
$89,719 |
|
South Dakota |
Oglala Sioux Tribe |
$142,127 |
|
Nebraska |
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska |
$116,201 |
|
Wisconsin |
Oneida Nation |
$97,857 |
|
Alaska |
Organized Village of Kake |
$86,276 |
|
Oklahoma |
Osage Nation |
$101,852 |
|
Oklahoma |
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma |
$94,833 |
|
Oklahoma |
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma |
$88,834 |
|
Nevada |
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony |
$98,101 |
|
California |
Pala Band of Mission Indians |
$99,954 |
|
Arizona |
Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona |
$94,013 |
|
Oklahoma |
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians |
$94,102 |
|
Maine |
Passamaquoddy Tribe |
$113,098 |
|
Oklahoma |
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma |
$93,050 |
|
California |
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation |
$93,270 |
|
Maine |
Penobscot Nation |
$109,455 |
|
California |
Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians |
$88,885 |
|
California |
Pinoleville Pomo Nation |
$88,192 |
|
California |
Pit River Tribe |
$100,149 |
|
Alabama |
Poarch Band of Creek Indians |
$89,342 |
|
Michigan |
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians |
$95,138 |
|
Oklahoma |
Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma |
$93,802 |
|
Nebraska |
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska |
$88,799 |
|
Washington |
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe |
$92,728 |
|
Kansas |
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation |
$126,251 |
|
Minnesota |
Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota |
$94,138 |
|
New Mexico |
Pueblo of Acoma |
$123,076 |
|
New Mexico |
Pueblo of Isleta |
$119,820 |
|
New Mexico |
Pueblo of Jemez |
$110,297 |
|
New Mexico |
Pueblo of Laguna |
$124,777 |
|
New Mexico |
Pueblo of Pojoaque |
$99,592 |
|
New Mexico |
Pueblo of San Felipe |
$107,734 |
|
New Mexico |
Pueblo of San Ildefonso |
$105,251 |
|
New Mexico |
Pueblo of Santa Ana |
$109,112 |
|
New Mexico |
Pueblo of Santa Clara |
$107,242 |
|
New Mexico |
Pueblo of Tesuque |
$101,028 |
|
New Mexico |
Pueblo of Zia |
$114,499 |
|
New Mexico |
Pueblo of Zuni |
$123,973 |
|
Nevada |
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe |
$124,184 |
|
Oklahoma |
Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma |
$92,589 |
|
Washington |
Quinault Indian Nation |
$116,586 |
|
Wisconsin |
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa |
$100,394 |
|
Minnesota |
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians |
$130,006 |
|
Nevada |
Reno Sparks Indian Colony |
$100,668 |
|
California |
Resighini Rancheria |
$89,323 |
|
California |
Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians |
$96,151 |
|
South Dakota |
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of Indians |
$131,532 |
|
California |
Round Valley Indian Tribe |
$104,902 |
|
Iowa |
Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa |
$97,178 |
|
Michigan |
Saginaw Chippewa |
$113,472 |
|
Arizona |
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community |
$107,111 |
|
Washington |
Samish Indian Nation |
$87,881 |
|
Arizona |
San Carlos Apache Tribe |
$140,848 |
|
California |
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians |
$92,293 |
|
California |
San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians |
$93,681 |
|
California |
Santa Rosa Rancheria |
$93,149 |
|
California |
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians |
$93,086 |
|
Nebraska |
Santee Sioux Tribe |
$112,149 |
|
New Mexico |
Santo Domingo Pueblo |
$110,875 |
|
Washington |
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe |
$88,364 |
|
Florida |
Seminole Tribe of Florida |
$110,395 |
|
Oklahoma |
Seneca Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma |
$92,792 |
|
New York |
Seneca Nation of Indians |
$107,157 |
|
Oklahoma |
Shawnee Tribe |
$88,312 |
|
California |
Sherwood Valley Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians of California |
$90,732 |
|
California |
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians |
$88,808 |
|
Wyoming |
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation |
$143,821 |
|
South Dakota |
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate |
$103,277 |
|
Washington |
Skokomish Indian Tribe |
$96,381 |
|
California |
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians |
$97,946 |
|
Wisconsin |
Sokaogon Chippewa Community |
$95,025 |
|
Colorado |
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of Southern Ute Reservation |
$127,194 |
|
North Dakota |
Spirit Lake Tribe of Fort Totten |
$117,983 |
|
Washington |
Spokane Tribe of Indians |
$114,323 |
|
Washington |
Squaxin Island Tribe |
$93,667 |
|
New York |
St. Regis Mohawk |
$100,982 |
|
North Dakota |
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe |
$144,260 |
|
Washington |
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians |
$91,796 |
|
Wisconsin |
Stockbridge-Munsee Community |
$101,041 |
|
Nevada |
Summit Lake Paiute Tribe |
$99,623 |
|
Washington |
Suquamish Tribe |
$97,909 |
|
California |
Susanville Indian Rancheria |
$92,247 |
|
Washington |
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community |
$99,036 |
|
Oklahoma |
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma |
$90,375 |
|
Oklahoma |
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town |
$94,132 |
|
North Dakota |
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation (Mandan, Hidatsa, & Arikara Nation) |
$132,771 |
|
California |
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe |
$97,903 |
|
Arizona |
Tohono O'odham Nation |
$147,378 |
|
California |
Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation |
$87,231 |
|
Louisiana |
Tunica-Biloxi Indians of Louisiana |
$91,359 |
|
North Dakota |
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa |
$109,269 |
|
California |
Twenty-nine Palms Band of Mission Indians |
$89,989 |
|
California |
United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria |
$92,504 |
|
Oklahoma |
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma |
$87,866 |
|
Minnesota |
Upper Sioux Community |
$92,911 |
|
Utah |
Ute Indian Tribe of Uintah and Ouray Reservation |
$155,105 |
|
Colorado |
Ute Mountain Ute |
$127,111 |
|
Nevada |
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation |
$120,914 |
|
Massachusetts |
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) |
$90,573 |
|
Nevada |
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California |
$96,059 |
|
Minnesota |
White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa |
$130,464 |
|
Arizona |
White Mountain Apache Tribe |
$139,318 |
|
Oklahoma |
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes |
$94,537 |
|
California |
Wilton Rancheria |
$87,064 |
|
Nebraska |
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska |
$111,873 |
|
California |
Wiyot Tribe |
$88,300 |
|
Oklahoma |
Wyandotte Nation |
$89,934 |
|
South Dakota |
Yankton Sioux Tribe |
$107,318 |
|
California |
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation |
$92,269 |
|
Texas |
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo |
$94,932 |
|
California |
Yurok Tribe |
$107,371 |
|
Total |
$23,000,000 |
For more information about NPS historic preservation programs and grants, please visit http://go.nps.gov/grants
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