BISMARCK – The National Park Service (NPS) recently announced the distribution of more than $1.37 million to historic preservation offices in North Dakota. Specifically, the NPS awarded $869,584 to the State Historic Preservation Office and $504,283 to the following tribal historic preservation offices:

– $144,260 to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

– $132,771 to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation).

– $117,983 to the Spirit Lake Tribe of Fort Totten.

– $109,269 to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.

Grants distributed through the Historic Preservation Fund support local and state preservation programs and fund protection of tribal sites and cultural traditions.