“The government is legally required to consult with tribes on projects could affect them, and that cannot happen without the necessary federal employees on the job, said [NATHPO] executive director, Dr. Valerie Grussing.” ctpost.com/news/article/f…

NATHPO statement on the removal of Native American/Native Hawaiian representative Amelia Marchand from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: nathpo.org/2025/10/07/nat…

#THPOsAtWork: Last week, the Oneida Nation THPO marked the Indian Boarding School Day of Remembrance with a statement honoring boarding school survivors, as well as those students who perished at the schools. wearegreenbay.com/news/local-new…

ICYMI: Last month, NATHPO and National Congress of American Indians filed a new brief calling for a pause in the transfer of Oak Flat (known to the San Carlos Apache as Chi’chil Biłdagoteel) because the federal government did not conduct proper Tribal consultation. #SaveOakFlat narf.org/defending-oak-…

Congratulations to the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma on reaching an historic agreement with the Texas Historical Commission to protect their ancestral sites. yohasinainews.com/post/caddo-nat…

Powerful words this #IndigenousPeoplesDay from Raphael Wahwassuck, Tribal Council Member & THPO for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and NATHPO Board Member, from his remarks during the opening news conference for NATHPO’s 2025 Annual Conference: youtu.be/uxjq1E-VBRM?si…

The Washington Post gives a beautiful and powerful account of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa as they work to preserve the rice and harvesting practices they have employed for centuries, and the obstacles they face in their efforts. redlakenationnews.com/story/2025/10/…

#THPOsAtWork: On September 30, Comanche Nation THPO Martina Minthorn led a repatriation ceremony for 14 ancestors taken from their communities to live in boarding schools in the 1930s. comanchenation.com/communications…

#THPOsAtWork: Blackfeet Confederacy THPO John Murray is one of several elders working with the Shield Keepers, a group of young interns paired with Tribal elders to protect sacred places and forge connections with the Tribe’s land and traditions. flatheadbeacon.com/2025/10/08/on-…

#THPOsAtWork: As they fight the construction of a pipeline that would threaten wild rice crops, Bay Mills Indian Community THPO Paula Carrick explained “that manoomin was essential to their origin story.”

The stories of the Indian Boarding School must be preserved for and shared with future generations, and films like “Oregon Experience” play an important role in that work. opb.org/article/2025/1…

#THPOsAtWork: Meskawki Nation THPO Tieranny Keahna worked with officials at the University of Northern Iowa Museum to facilitate the return of several belongings that had been in the museum’s possession for decades. meskwaki.aflip.in/Oct2025MNT#pag…

#THPOsAtWork: Muscogee (Creek) Nation THPO Savannah Waters was one of three Tribal officials who travelled to Cornell College to bring home a funerary statue the college had held in its collection for 125 years. corridorbusiness.com/cornell-colleg…

#THPOsAtWork: “After decades of advocacy to protect a historic Native American burial site, on what is known as Brady Park in Sault Ste. Marie, the large obelisk is finally being removed.” sooleader.com/local-news/obe…

#THPOsAtWork: Later this week, Pueblo of Acoma THPO and NATHPO Board Member Steven Concho will testify at a Congressional hearing on the National Historic Preservation Act’s Section 106 consultation process. energy.senate.gov/hearings/2025/…

#THPOsAtWork: Next month, the Menominee Tribal Historic Preservation Office will bring home 67 ancestors and nearly 4,000 of their belongings that were excavated from a cemetery in Menominee, MI. menominee-nsn.gov/NewsPages/News…