SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE
APPROVED AS STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER
The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan is pleased to announce that on
Wednesday, April 10, 2013, the Director of the National Park Service has formally
approved the proposal of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan to assume
certain State Historic Preservation Officer duties within the tribe's reservation and on
tribal trust lands in Michigan. The Tribe has assumed formal responsibility for review of
Federal undertakings pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
William Johnson has been named the interim Tribal Historic Preservation Office
(THPO). His contact information is as follows: Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe,
Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture and Lifeways, 6650 E. Broadway, Mt. Pleasant,
Michigan, 48858. Office (989) 775-4750. Fax (989) 775-4770 or at
wjohnson@sagchip.org.
Charmaine Shawana, Tribal Council Member states ''This recognition is another part of
our sovereignty that the federal government is finally recognizing even though we have
been assuming these duties as part of our own responsibility for quite some time now."
The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe is the 142 Tribal Historic Preservation Office in the
United States and the fifth one in Michigan. The other Native Tribes that have been
issued THPO are: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians, Bay Mills Indian Community and Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians.
In Addition, the Tribe has assumed all of the other SHPO functions set out in the Act
with the exceptions of assisting in the certification of local governments and assisting in
the evaluation oflnvestment Tax Credit rehabilitation projects.