TRIBAL INVOLVEMENT. The State will take the lead to create a process for government to government tribal consultation about involvement in the Willamette Falls Legacy Project and interpretation of the Riverwalk. The parties will coordinate additional tribal involvement, as necessary.
TRIBAL INVOLVEMENT. A. In consultation with Native American interested parties and Tribes, the Corps will make a reasonable and good-faith effort to identify Historic Properties of traditional religious and cultural importance. The Corps shall ensure that consultation with Native American Tribes is initiated early with respect to the Project and continues throughout the Section 106 process.
TRIBAL INVOLVEMENT. Tribal connections with Tempe’s Native American past are not only deeply rooted, they are made most visible by the small mountains and buttes located within the city limits, some of which are still known by their traditional Tribal names, and by the Salt River that once supplied the ancient canal system and was the predecessor for the modern canals we see today. Tempe is located within the ancestral lands of the X’Xxxxx and Pee Posh people, who today mainly live on four federally recognized reservations in Arizona. These are the Gila River Indian Community, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the Ak Chin Indian Community, and the Tohono X’Xxxxx Nation. Of these, Gila River and Salt River are the closest neighboring Indian communities to the City of Tempe, who continue to recognize ancestral places within the city limits which have an active religious and spiritual role in the perpetuation of their traditional culture. Other places in the city also witnessed historical battles between X’Xxxxx and neighboring Tribes for which records were kept on calendar sticks by traditional Native historians. As the direct lineal descendants of the peoples who inhabited the prehistoric, and in some cases historic, archaeological sites within the city limits, these and other affiliated Tribes are also recognized as major stakeholders who must be consulted on federal, state, and local projects that may affect them, especially when human remains or religious items are encountered. The Yaqui Tribe also figures in this Native American legacy. As a center for Yaqui Indian Culture, the Town of Xxxxxxxxx also shares a border with Tempe. Yaqui and X’Xxxxx have long held a close mutual cultural interest including shared ceremonies and dance traditions. Many of these traditions as well as the Tribal histories are culturally sensitive and are still passed on from Tribal elders to their descendants. For this reason, it is often difficult to know where these places are located, what the preservation needs of these places are, and how best to engage with Tribes mutually and in way that supports Tempe’s efforts to celebrate and engage in its rich and diverse cultural legacy. It comes as no surprise that frequent consultation with affiliated Tribes, early and often, combined with enhancing cultural awareness has proven to be one the most effective methods for celebrating the cultural heritage of the X’Xxxxx, Pee Posh, and Yaqui as well as assisting with project development, ins...
TRIBAL INVOLVEMENT. A. In consultation with Native American interested parties and Tribes, WSAFCA and the Corps will make a reasonable and good-faith effort to identify Historic Properties of traditional religious and cultural importance. The Corps shall ensure that consultation with Native American Tribes continues throughout the duration of the project.
TRIBAL INVOLVEMENT. A. In consultation with the appropriate Native American Tribal governments, the Corps will identify Historic Properties of traditional religious and cultural importance.
