Join host Sheila Bird as she brings three of her International friends (Europe, Germany) to talk about International Repatriation, the struggle and the progress. 

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Session 2 with Suzan Shown Harjo, brings a living voice to the vocabulary used in NAGPRA and Repatriation, but it didn’t come easy. Join THPO Talk Host Sheila Bird as she welcomes Co-Host RaeLynn Butler and brand new respondent, Chase Ward into the discussion. 

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Suzan Shown Harjo has led a lifetime of advocacy for Indigenous Rights. Her contribution would change the face of NAGPRA and other significant movements in Indian Country. Join THPO Talk as we begin this holistic series and take this walk with us as we journey through this epic series with Suzan. 

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Join Host Sheila Bird, co-host Deanna Byrd and two former National Park Service (NPS) employees join THPO Talk and talk about their termination as a result of the Trump Workforce Reduction Executive Order and how the absence will impact tribes and their repatriation efforts. 

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Join us on this episode as host Sheila Bird (United’ Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians) brings together the three original THPO Talk Women’s Council to talk about their continued work in Preservation and Repatriation efforts. 

The recording has been divided into two parts, and in Part 1, Deanna Byrd (Choctaw) will be talking about her new role at Harvard University, the challenges and the progress. 

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Join host Sheila Bird and her guest Charles “Chip” Smith, as they start off Season 3 with a discussion about the turn of 2025 and the Presidential Transition before the Transition. How will the content compare to today’s events. 

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Join Host of THPO Talk; Sheila Bird, as she gets a first hand accounting from Shawn Patch, who was in attendance at the North Carolina Auction at the attempt to auction the human remains of what we know to be an adolescent from the First Nation of Canada on Saturday March 25th, 2023. 

Activists from the community and across the United States made enough noise to stop the sale. This episode also talks about how local NC government was not able to stop the sale. 

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Join Host Sheila Bird and Deanna Byrd as they interview ACHP Chair Sara Bronin and ONAP Director Ira Matt about the recent Policy Statement made on March 1st, 2023. 

Where does the ACHP stand on Burial site, Human remains and Sacred sites and how to they plan to implement this new policy. 

You can find the link to this policy statement in the THPO Blog section on our website, thpotalk.com

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In this episode of THPO Talk, we are visiting with the three Montana THPO's and we will take  a walk with them through their journey into this ancestral work that we do in Preservation. The Crow Nation, Northern Cheyenne and the Fort Peck, Assiniboine and Sioux tribes are represented by a great group of young and innovative leaders who put a new voice to the old ways.  This is part one of a two part discussion. 

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Mary Baker is the NAGPRA Representative for the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nations.  Hear her story and her experience in Cultural Resources Management. 

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Join us, as THPO Talk has a conversation with Bacone President Nicky Michael. 

As the THPO Talk platform is about education and tribal perspectives, the very basis of our education is at the hub of a new narrative, that tribal communities are embracing, to continue leadership growth in our progressive tribal nations. Learn about some of the challenges that are faced in Indian Country today, and hindered by policy rules.

Listen on how you may be able to help one of the most historic colleges sitting right here, in the heart of Indian Country.

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The National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) has a unique responsibility to the 574 federally recognized tribes. THPO Talk brought Director Valerie Grussing on the latest episode of THPO Talk, to inform new interests and speak to the veteran THPO's about the new direction of this Non-Profit Organization. 

We also discuss the details of the 23rd Annual NATHPO Conference that will be held in person this year and hosted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in Cherokee North Carolina. The Smokey Mountains awaits the opportunity to show you the splendor of its worth and a beauty that can only be defined by an in person divine interpretation. 

From legislative matters to bringing the tribes voices together, we think you are going to like this episode of THPO Talk.

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On this weeks episode of THPO Talk, the conversation continues with Ira Matt, Director of the Office of Native American Affairs in the ACHP (Advisory Council on Historic Preservation).

Listen as we talk about the important of records management, issues with record management, tribal consultation and hear what the ACHP's position is on this and other topics that include the pandemic. 

THPO Talk also has some great news about an upcoming opportunity for the tribes to come together for an International Exchange for International Repatriation. 

Stay tuned for more details. 

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On this week's episode, the ladies of THPO Talk meet with Director Ira Matt of the ACHP in his new role as the new Director of the Office of Native American Affairs.

Listen as we Raelynn Butler (MCN), Deanna Byrd (CNO) and myself (UKB) engage in an awesome give and take on the foundations of the ACHP and what their role is to the tribes in Indian Country.  We also talk about some of the challenges and learn how they can best be addressed. 

This is part One of a two-part series.  

Enjoy !!!!!!

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On this episode of THPO Talk. Listen to THPO Talk Host Sheila Bird as she welcomes back THPO Talk listeners and recaps the current comments that has been posted on the Docket for the Federal Register Notice:

Modernization of Army Civil Works Policy Priorities and Notice of Public and Tribal Meetings

And follow along as THPO Talk continues the discussion from Stronger Together Part 2 with the Florida Seminoles and the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate as this discussion will be bringing two different landscapes together on issues with Appendix C and other policy issues. 

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On this episode of THPO Talk in our Stronger Together Series, we host the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, SD and the Florida Seminoles, FL Historic Preservation Officers for a continued discussion on the Federal Register Notice filed by the Army seeking comments to modernize the Civil Works program. 

Tribes have a history of being denied full tribal consultation on linear projects where the USACE are the lead agency and has limited jurisdiction, negating tribal input that is afforded through the National Historic Preservation Act to protect Cultural Resources. 

Following the conversation with former assistant to Asst. Secretary Darcy, Chip Smith brought forth some great dialogue in the first episode of Stronger Together, but today, hear from the tribes and their existing challenges. 

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In this episode of THPO Talk, meet Dr. Brian Burkhart and learn about the OU Native Nations Center and their contribution to Indian Country as a whole. 

THPO breaks down some fundamentals in conversation in an effort to TEACH new learners about THPO world. 

Host Sheila Bird (United Keetoowah Band), Womens Council members Raelynn Butler and Deanna Byrd continue a discussion of early understanding of THPO World.

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In this episode of THPO Talk, learn of how we ALL got started.  Get to know THPO Talk.

There is no such thing as a THPO School, the path that brought us all together so passionately is interesting enough in itself. 

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What IS THPO TALK you say ?????? Well start here and listen to this synopsis of this uncharted territory that has been around for a long long time. 

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