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The 2013 California Governor’s Historic Preservation Awards were presented on November
21st at Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park in Sacramento.
There were a total of 11 individuals, organizations, projects or programs that received awards.
What follows is the presentation made at the awards ceremony about one of the 2013 award
winners. United Auburn Indian Community Tribal Historic
Preservation Committee The United Auburn Indian Community of the
Auburn Rancheria (or UAIC) is a federally recognized tribe comprised of both Miwok and
Southern Maidu (Nisenan) people whose tribal lands are within Placer County and whose ancestral
territory spans into El Dorado, Nevada, Sacramento, Sutter, and Yuba counties.
The UAIC, through its Tribal Historic Preservation Committee, Preservation Office, and Tribal
Historic Preservation Officer (or THPO), has pioneered innovative methods of applying state
and federal laws and programs to protect cultural resources.
Their focus has been on increasing public awareness of Native peoples and places and
making these cultural resources available to contemporary Native communities.
The committee developed a Tribal Historic Preservation Plan, emphasizing the importance
of site protection and consultation with elders and spiritual leaders possessing special knowledge
of tribal and cultural traditions. Other key elements of the plan include the
use of conservation easements to ensure tribal access to traditional resources such as gathering
areas and sacred sites. The Committee also takes an active role in
community outreach, including an annual Tribal Preservation and Monitor Training workshop
that teaches participants about cultural traditions and protection of Native lands and resources.
In 2012, and again in 2013, the UAIC hosted statewide Tribal Summits on preservation and
intergovernmental consultation issues. THPOs, tribal members, and agency partners
came together at the summits to discuss and share perspectives on consultation and how
tribal communities can most effectively utilize Senate Bill 18, the California Environmental
Quality Act, and Section 106 review processes. The UAIC and its Tribal Historic Preservation
Committee have established exemplary preservation efforts that will benefit present and future
generations of their and other tribal communities as well as all Californians.
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2013 California Governor’s Historic Preservation
Awards. Please view the additional videos available
on this site for information about the other 2013 awards.
For more information about this awards program, visit www.ohp.parks.ca.gov/governorsawards.