Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

A Tribal Historic Preservation Officer or THPO is an officer in U.S. federally recognized Native American tribes "to direct a program approved by the National Park Service and the THPO must have assumed some or all of the functions of State Historic Preservation Officers on Tribal lands." THPOs can be appointed by Indian tribes that are recognized by the federal government to direct and lead programs that were supported by the National Park Service. Each THPO prepares a Tribal Historic Preservation Plan, which is used to "advise Federal agencies on the management of Tribal historic properties..." The National Historic Preservation Act, Section 101(d)(2), created the NPS program for THPOs.

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