Indian Tribes. The BLM has made a reasonable and good faith effort to identify each Indian tribe that has cultural ties to, or whose direct ancestors had historic or pre-historic ties to, GWD Project areas, such that the tribe may attach religious and cultural significance to 1 No structures in excess of 100-feet in height are currently in the plans for the GWD project, and none are expected in the future. historic properties in Project APEs as determined by BLM in accordance with the BLM Section 8120 Manual and Handbook, and the BLM has listed the tribes identified as such to date as Identified Indian Tribes in Appendix C attached hereto.
a. With regard to any historic property(ies) that may be affected by the Project, to which property(ies) an Indian tribe attaches religious and cultural significance, BLM shall consult with any such Indian tribe with regard to such property(ies).
b. BLM will designate those agency managers who are authorized to speak for and commit the BLM and consult with Indian tribes in section 106 matters for the Project. Designated BLM managers will contact the Identified Indian Tribe and request that each such tribe identify to the BLM in writing one or more tribal members whom the tribal government authorizes to speak for and commit the tribe and consult with BLM for section 106 matters involving the Project.
c. The BLM will seek to determine, with the assistance of each Identified Indian Tribe, whether such Identified Indian Tribe attaches religious and cultural significance to one or more historic properties, including TCPs that may be affected by the GWD Project, and will further seek in consultation with such tribe to identify and assess the eligibility of each such property.
d. The BLM in its discretion may designate as a consulting party any Indian tribe, even if such tribe does not attach religious and cultural significance to a historic property that may be affected by the Project. Any Indian Tribe that is not a consulting party may nevertheless participate in the section 106 review by submitting comments to the BLM regarding the Project, by discussing the project with BLM representatives, by responding to inquiries from BLM managers or staff, or by providing information and the views of that tribe concerning cultural resources or historic properties that will or may be affected by the Project Any Indian tribal government, or its authorized representative, that expresses to BLM in writing that the tribe does not wish to participate as a ...
Indian Tribes. SOURCE: 53 FR 37412, Sept. 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted.
Indian Tribes. The State's CDBG funding can be used to benefit concentrations of non-federally recognized bands of Native American Communities. Their requests would be handled by the local government in the same manner as any other application for CDBG funds.
Indian Tribes. Conducted media presentations and testified before the US Congress. Oversaw all technical matters. Responsible for all Corps of Engineers water resources, military construction, infrastructure security, environmental compliance, and hydroelectric issues in the 12 state Missouri River Basin. Projects included planning, design, construction, and maintenance of flood control channels, security facilities, dams, hydroelectric plants, runways, roads, utilities including high voltage electric, commercial buildings, dormitories, residential construction, laboratories, research facilities, and environmental remediation. Had unlimited Federal Contracting Officer authority.
Indian Tribes. For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘politi- cal subdivision’’ includes Indian tribes.
Indian Tribes. Indian tribes include any Indian Tribe, band, group, or community which are recognized as eligible for· special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. Indian tribes frequently have an interest in State undertakings which may affect cultural resources or historic properties ofreligious and cultural significance on ancestral, aboriginal, or ceded lands.
i. The Department shall consult with any Indian tribe that attaches religious and cultural significance to historic properties that may be affected by an application. This consultation applies regardless of the location of the historic property. The passage of time, changing perceptions of significance, or incomplete prior evaluations may require the Department to reevaluate properties previously determined eligible or ineligible. The Department shall acknowledge that Indian tribes possess special expertise in assessing the eligibility of cultural resources or historic properties that may possess religious and cultural significance to the Indian Tribe. Such Indian tribe may choose to participate as a consulting party in the Department's historic properties review and may participate in the determination of the Area of Potential Effects.
ii. Where an Indian tribe has assumed the responsibilities of Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) for section 106 under section 101 (d)(2) of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the Department shall coordinate consultation with the THPO for purposes ofhistoric properties review. Where an Indian tribe has not assumed the responsibilities of the THPO for section 1 06 under section 1 01 (d)(2) of the NHPA, the Indian Tribe may notify the Department in writing that it is waiving its rights to provide comments on State 404 program permit applications.
Indian Tribes. Indian tribes mean an Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community including a Native village, Regional Corporation or Village Corporations, as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602), that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. (54 U.S.C. 300309). The state 404 assumption does not include waters in Indian country, as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C. § 1151.
Indian Tribes. The BLM will seek out and consider the views of Indian tribes when carrying out actions under the terms of this Protocol. The BLM will consider the effects of its undertakings on historic properties significant to Indian tribes, including those of traditional religious or cultural importance. In consulting with Indian tribes or authorized tribal representatives, the BLM will be guided by the following:
i. BLM Manual 8120, Tribal Consultation under Cultural Resource Authorities
ii. BLM Handbook H-8120-1, Guidelines for Conducting Tribal Consultation iii. Executive Order 13007, Indian Sacred Sites iv. Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments v. National Register Bulletin 38: Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Traditional Cultural Properties vi. 2011 DOI Tribal Consultation Policy and companion Secretarial Order 3317 vii. NAGPRA (P.L. 101-601)
Indian Tribes. The DOT will prepare contact letters to be sent directly to the tribe(s) listed in Exhibit “C” that may have an interest in a proposed project. These tribes and their areas of interest have been identified through (1) reference to the Native American Consultation Database (NACD) maintained by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Park Service, (2) consultation with the SHPO and the OSA, and (3) consultation with various area tribes. The contacted tribe will be invited to become a “consulting party” for Section 106 purposes and, if the tribe so requests same in writing, it shall become one.
Indian Tribes. This Protocol is entered into pursuant to the NHPA (16 USC 470), which specifically requires that Federal agencies consult with federally recognized tribes as defined in that Act so that these Indian tribes may:
