Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head receives $49,585 in federal funding
Part of 2015 $8.78 [sic] grant to support historic preservation
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) received a $49,585 grant from the National Park Service this year. Photo by ©jovannig/DPC
The Wampanaog Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) was recently awarded a $49,585 federal grant for historic preservation. The Martha's Vineyard-based tribe was one of 154 Native American tribes across the country and the only tribe in the Commonwealth to receive a portion of the $8.78 million grant monies.
The funds are awarded through the National Park Service. "Engaging American Indian tribes in our national historic preservation program is essential to our nationwide effort to preserve a significant tribal place, as well as tribal culture and tradition," said National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis.
The annual grants through the Historic Preservation Fund are awarded to tribes that have signed agreements with the National Park Service and have a Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO), who, according to the National Park Service website, protects and conserves "important tribal cultural and historic assets and sites".
The grants are awarded based on a formula and are not competitively awarded. Historic Preservation Fund funding comes from offshore oil and gas lease revenues, according to the National Park Service, not taxpayers. The grants help the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer operate under the established rules of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1996, as Amended.
"For many tribes, languages and traditions are threatened with extinction and sacred places are endangered," Jarvis said. "This grant program provides much needed funding to protect the cultures of America's first people."
Since 1996, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head has received $885,007 through the program (between 2000 when the first grant was given to the tribe and 2014). Bettina Washington is the tribe's THPO.
http://www.capecodtoday.com/article/2015/03/20/29404-wampanoag-tribe-gay-head-receives-49585-federal-funding
The funds are awarded through the National Park Service. "Engaging American Indian tribes in our national historic preservation program is essential to our nationwide effort to preserve a significant tribal place, as well as tribal culture and tradition," said National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis.
The annual grants through the Historic Preservation Fund are awarded to tribes that have signed agreements with the National Park Service and have a Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO), who, according to the National Park Service website, protects and conserves "important tribal cultural and historic assets and sites".
The grants are awarded based on a formula and are not competitively awarded. Historic Preservation Fund funding comes from offshore oil and gas lease revenues, according to the National Park Service, not taxpayers. The grants help the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer operate under the established rules of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1996, as Amended.
"For many tribes, languages and traditions are threatened with extinction and sacred places are endangered," Jarvis said. "This grant program provides much needed funding to protect the cultures of America's first people."
Since 1996, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head has received $885,007 through the program (between 2000 when the first grant was given to the tribe and 2014). Bettina Washington is the tribe's THPO.
http://www.capecodtoday.com/article/2015/03/20/29404-wampanoag-tribe-gay-head-receives-49585-federal-funding
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