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Cultural Resources Management

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

15.159

Program objective

To ensure the proper management, protection, and preservation of cultural resources over which the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) maintains responsibility; furnish secure, short-term housing and care for cultural resources recovered during investigations; provide for the curation, stewardship, and public access to the BIA museum collections and other cultural resources, including the increase of public awareness, appreciation, and knowledge of these resources.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2020

    The Indian Affairs fulfilled its mission by issuing about five (5) awards to Indian Tribes in FY2020

  2. 2021

    Indian Affairs issued 10 new awards and modifications to existing awards to 10 recipients.

  3. 2022

    Awards 2 grants to entities to complete the goals and objectives of the program.

  4. 2024

    This award funded 18 programs to eliminate archaeological resource crimes, ancestral lands conservation, cultural resources management, and other programs to preserve Indian archaeological history.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

25 CFR Part 262; 36 CFR Part 79; 43 CFR Part 3; 43 CFR Part 7; 43 CFR Part 10; Departmental Manual 411 DM 1 and its Directives; Indian Affairs Manual, 59 IAM 9 and 59 IAM 10; program information

  1. Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, as amended (ARPA), 16 U.S.C. §§ 470aa–mm; The Lacey Act of 1900, as amended, 16 U.S.C. §§ 3371-78, and 18 U.S.C. 42; Historic, archeologic, or prehistoric items and antiquities, 18 U.S.C. § 1866(b); Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 3001-3013; National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (NHPA), 54 U.S.C. § 300101 et seq.; Preservation of Historical and Archeological Data (Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974, as amended), 54 U.S.C. §§ 312501-312508; Monuments, Ruins, Sites, and Objects of Antiquity (Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities of 1906 (Antiquities Act)) 54 U.S.C. §§ 320301-320303.

Program details

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Federal
  • Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
  • Local
  • Native American Organizations
  • Other public institution/organization
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Profit organization
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization
  • Quasi-public nonprofit organization
  • Small business
  • Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
  • Sponsored organization
  • State

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