FY2023 - Historic Preservation Fund- Annual Tribal Historic Preservation Office Grants

This funding program supports the operation of Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPOs within allowable program areas described in the National Historic Preservation Act and the Historic Preservation Fund Grants Manual. Where relevant, staff and projects must comply with the appropriate Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation.The purpose of this program is to provide grants to THPOs for the identification, evaluation, and protection of historic properties by such means as: survey, planning, technical assistance, development, education, listings in the National Register of Historic Places, review and compliance, and to assist THPOs in carrying out the historic preservation activities that the Tribe agreed to assume from the State Historic Preservation Office, on tribal lands, under their Partnership agreement with the National Park Service. Awards under this program must comply with and support 54 USC 301 et seq. (commonly known as the National Historic Preservation Act).

Tribal governments with signed Memorandum of Agreements with the National Park Service to assume the duties of the State Historic Preservation Office on Tribal lands, as defined in 54 USC §3001 et seq. also known as the National Historic Preservation Act.