§ 3-202 Functions.
The Department of Cultural Preservation shall:
A. Protect and preserve the cultural heritage and history of the Tribe by:
1. Establishing, maintaining, and implementing language revitalization and cultural awareness programs; and
2. Documenting and recording ethnographical and oral history about the Tribe; and
3. Maintaining tribal historical records.
B. Integrate and manage the Tribe’s resources by:
1. Consolidating management and protection of aesthetic, cultural, historic, recreational and other traditional values into an integrated resources management plan for the Tribe; and
2. Establishing, maintaining, and implementing a tribal inspector or monitoring program for protection of tribal cultural resources.
C. Provide for effective communication and dissemination of information regarding cultural preservation and protection to the Tribe’s members by:
1. Updating the tribal website with information on the Department of Cultural Preservation; and
2. Disseminating information on cultural preservation via the tribal newsletter.
D. Represent the Tribe regarding cultural preservation, cultural resources, and cultural heritage issues through public boards, committees, government-to-government consultations, and other forums within the scope of the Tribe’s mission by:
1. Voicing the Tribe’s concerns or comments at public hearings and project scope meetings; and
2. Consulting with agencies whose undertakings impact cultural resources within the Tribe’s territory; and
3. Disseminating appropriate information on cultural heritage and history of the Tribe in public and private forums; and
4. Serving as the Tribe’s liaison to the Galt-Arno Cemetery District and defending the Tribe’s interests with respect to the Hicksville Cemetery.
E. Review and comment on environmental documents of federal, state, county and city agencies and other agencies within the ancestral homelands of the Tribe on proposed project effects on tribal resources.
F. Consult with museums and state and federal agencies to return cultural items, human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony to the Tribe that are currently held in federal, state, private and international collections throughout the nation and world.
G. Create, train, and maintain a volunteer graveside services crew, which shall be dispatched to dig graves pursuant to tribal tradition for all burials of tribal members at Hicksville Cemetery. (Res. 2022-10 (Exh. A); Res. 2017-20)