Traditional Cultural Properties

1. Traditional Cultural Properties E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

2. This presentation will address… E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

3. What is a TCP as defined by the National Register of Historic Places? •  Why the NPS is working to update it’s National Register Program Guidance related to identifying, evaluating, and documenting Traditional Cultural Properties and Native American landscapes? E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

4. The current status of that process. • The timeframe projected by NPS for the completion of the process. • How government agencies, organizations, preservation practitioners and other members of the public can participate in the process. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

5. What is a TCP as defined by the National Register of Historic Places? E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

6. A National Register property is significant as Traditional Cultural Property and eligible for recognition in the National Register when it is associated with cultural practices or beliefs of a living community: Zuni Salt Lake, New Mexico E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

7. that are rooted in that community's history, • (b) are important in maintaining the continuing cultural identity of the community. c) that constitute a location associated with the traditional beliefs of a Native American group about the group’s origins, cultural history, or the nature of the world; E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

8. d) are a location where Native American or Native Hawaiian religious practitioners have historically gone, and are known or thought to go today, to perform ceremonial activities in accordance with traditional cultural rules of practice; or e) are a location where a community has traditionally carried out economic, artistic, or other cultural practices important in maintaining its historic identity. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

9. Reminders: •  Currently, aTCP is not, repeat, not a distinct and separate National Register property type… • Rather, it is an overlay of traditional cultural significance that may be associated with a property otherwise listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register = building, structure, district, object, site. •  TCP recognition is not limited to properties associated with Native Americans or Native Hawaiians. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

10. Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden National Register Traditional Cultural Property, Queens, NY E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

11. Updating the National Register Guidelines for identifying, evaluating, and documenting Traditional Cultural Properties and Native American Landscapes:Why? Soda Rock (Chi’ichu’yam-bam), Plumas County, California (NR 2003 - TCP). Soda Rock features prominently in the creation accounts of the Maidu peoples and is a site of continuing traditional practices and beliefs. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

12. NR Bulletin 38 was initially published in 1990; while revised slightly in 1992 and 1998, there has been no comprehensive review of the guidelines based on its practical application for more than 20 years. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

13. Preserve America Summit Panel Report (2006) “Involving All Cultures” Recommendation # 4: Update National Park Service Bulletin 38 on Traditional Cultural Properties (TCPs) to enable Federal agencies, SHPOs, and historic preservation professionals to more effectively identify, evaluate, and interpret resources of various cultures. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

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15. General Framework for Update Consultation/Input Process Three tracks: Consultation with the Tribes; Consultation with Native Hawaiian organizations; 3) Consultation with SHPOs, FPOs and other state/local government agencies, preservation organizations, professional preservation practitioners, general public. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

16. - NR 38 Bulletin 38 Update Process – Revised Schedule ● Overall consultation Processes – April 2011 through September 2013 ● Release for initial review and comment of an initial draft of the guidelines by late Fall 2013 ● Release of a second draft for public review and comment by late Winter 2014 ● NPS publishes completed updated guidelines by late Spring 2014 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

17. Significant themes/concerns Identified in the Information Gathering Process To Date  The “No Build” option (leave Bulletin 38 just as it is)  Boundaries  Recognizing historic communities  Stronger emphasis on community/group-based knowledge and traditions  Protection of sensitive information  Continuity of association  Consultation process E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

18.  Overemphasis on archeology  Importance of an enthnographic perspective  Understanding vs. validating belief systems  Landscape context  Evaluating integrity  Acknowledge interests of “removed” tribes  Develop entirely separate TCP guidelines for Native American/Native Hawaiian E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

19.  Legal jurisdiction issues  Review coordination issues  “Properties” vs. “Places”  Provide case studies E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

20. Suggestions for Future Statute/Regulation Revisions  Change NHPA to establish TCPs as new, entirely separate NR property type, and/or  Create an entirely separate (5th) NR eligibility criterion for TCPs  Develop an entirely new program for TCPs that is completely separate from the NR Program E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

21. The Importance of Understanding Native American/Hawaiian Landscapes Tahquitz Canyon, Riverside County, California. [NR TCP 1972] E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

22. Medicine Wheel (Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming) Originally individually designated as a 110-acre National Historic Landmark in 1970 without including much of the adjacent, Traditional Cultural Landscape or the directly related but distant Medicine Mountain E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

23. Medicine Wheel and Medicine Mountain NHL District (Traditional Cultural Property - Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming) Medicine Wheel (small circle near the center of photo) within the context of the larger, Traditional Cultural Landscape (4080 acres) that includes Medicine Mountain. (top of photo) E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

24. Map showing the boundary of the expanded 4080-acres Medicine Wheel and Medicine National Historic Landmark as updated in 2011 to include both the wheel, the mountain, related ceremonial/sacred sites, etc., within a broad Traditional Cultural Landscape. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

25. Medicine Wheel and Medicine Mountain NHL District (Traditional Cultural Property - Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming) The new, expanded, 4080-acre boundary for the 2011 NHL District is drawn to include adjacent contiguous areas beyond the original 110 acres included in the 1970 NHL designation of Medicine Wheel alone . The expansion is supported by ethnographic and archeological research completed subsequent to 1970. The purpose for the expansion is to include key ceremonial locations, including water sources used for ceremonies and access routes to the Medicine Wheel within the broader Traditional Cultural Landscape. (drawn from the Verbal Boundary Justification for the 2011 update of the Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain NHL designation) E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

26. Nantucket Sound, MassachusettsCape Wind Energy Project Effective understanding of Nantucket Sound (ca. 580 sq. miles) as a TCP and other sites, many less than an acre in size, in neighboring cape and island areas was dependent on their relationships to the broader Traditional Cultural Landscape/Seascape of “Cod and the Islands” as identified by the Wampanoag Tribes. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

27. Typical Wampanoag traditional ceremonial “seascape” view of the juncture of Nantucket Sound, sky, and sunrise at Nantucket Sound , MA that will be interrupted by the construction of 130, 440’ tall wind turbines. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

28. Comments on Updating the Guidance for Traditional Cultural Properties(Bulletin 38) Please note that comments/recommendations can still be sent via email to: nr_info@nps.gov. Respondents should identify their submission(s) as a “TCP Comment” in their e-mail “Subject” box. Additional questions can also be sent by email to nr_info@nps.govor by contacting Alexis Abernathy at 202-354-2236. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

29. If you have any additional questions or comments, please send them to: nr_info@nps.gov or call Alexis Abernathy at 202-354-2236. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A