2. The National Park Service & Self-Governance
2009 Annual Self-Governance Conference
Orlando, Florida

3. The National Park Service and Self-Governance
“A SMALL BUT CONSTRUCTIVE
PROGRAM”
Builds and expands tribal-NPS relationships
Creates new partnerships
Fosters new dialogues

4. The National Park Service and Self-Governance
Tribal employees do the work of NPS employees
Tribes work with parks for mutual benefits in conservation and development
Tribes establish a “greater tribal presence” on their ancestral parklands

5. Olympic National Park & Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Elwha River Ecosystem Restoration
Removal of two dangerous and outdated dams that made sterile, the Elwha River, the “heart of the Klallam people”
Restore native species of salmon to the Elwha River valley

6. Olympic National Park & Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Tribal fisheries
Enhanced tribal infrastructure
Restoration of plants, animals, fish, birds
Support cultural traditions of the Lower Elwha Klallam

7. Olympic National Park & Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Park and the Tribe share in the benefits of this precedent setting project
On-going Self-Government agreements since 2002
Planning, design, carrying out mitigation measures.
$5.5 million in Self-Governance agreements to date

8. Redwood National Park & Yurok Tribe
Self-Governance Agreements since late 1990s
Current agreement expected to be renewed annually through 2011
Tribe and Park share boundary and watershed

9. Redwood National Park & Yurok Tribe
Last year, more than $700,000 to tribe for
Watershed restoration
Archeological site assessment
Natural resource management

10. Grand Portage National Monument & Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians
Fiscal Year 2008 completed 10th annual funding agreement
Tribe employees perform all maintenance operations at park with 100% visitor satisfaction.

11. Grand Portage National Monument & Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians
In addition, Tribe has completed 42 additional special projects and do all design and construction planning

12. Grand Portage National Monument & Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians
Base increase to the park budget for administrative costs for tribal assumption of operations activities about $350,000
More than doubled with special projects, about $450,000 in 2008
More importantly, all benefit from tribal expertise and increased presence at this park inextricably tied to its past and future.

13. National Park Service & Tribal Governments
Tribal grants programs for cultural preservation
Tribal Historic Preservation Programs
NAGPRA grants
Youth corps programs at parks with or without ARRA funds
Internships

14. Department of the Interior NPS Self-Governance Points of Contact
Patricia Parker, Chief
National Park Service
American Indian Liaison Office
1201 Eye St. NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC
(202)