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NPS Transcontinental Railroad Tribal Consultation Sessions
Monday, September 30, 2024 (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM) (EDT)
Description
We will be conducting 2 virtual Tribal consultations sessions to share information on the National Park Service’s multi-year and multi-state effort to study the history, legacy, and impacts of the Transcontinental Railroad. The Transcontinental Railroad program (TCRR) seeks to study, engage, and develop programming that tells the full story of this route.
Engaging with Tribal elders and Indigenous communities early in the project is our highest priority. We recognize that perspectives of Tribes are essential to understanding the significance and impact of this historic route. Please consider attending.
Program background: In 2019, via the Golden Spike NHP act, Sec. 2205 of Public Law 116-9 (the Dingell Act) Subsection (c) the United States Congress charged the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS) with establishing a program that commemorates and interprets the Transcontinental Railroad. This new national program spans three NPS Regions (Regions 3, 4, & 5, (Midwest) Regions 6, 7, & 8 (Intermountain,) and Regions 8, 9, 10, & 12 (Pacific West) as it follows the historic railway connecting Iowa to California at Golden Spike National Historical Park in Utah.
How to engage: As a federally recognized Tribe and sovereign nation with connections to the railroad’s complex legacy, we invite you and/or other Tribal representatives to join us in shaping the future of this program. We invite your participation at whatever level you would like to be engaged. We respectfully wish to honor the level of contributions of time and energy you are willing and able to provide. To participate, please:
- Join us for a Tribal Engagement Session. Two virtual sessions are scheduled for September 4, 2024, 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com) and September 30, 2024 5 p.m. Eastern Time (events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com).
- Visit this project’s planning page on NPS Planning, Environment & Public Comment (PEPC) platform: parkplanning.nps.gov/TCRRstudy to submit comments, find planning documents, and access other meeting links.
The National Park Service looks forward to building and growing our relationship with you. Our goal is to provide a full and inclusive telling of this complex story and codify that Indigenous perspectives are essential to this route’s significance. If you have additional questions, please email TranscontinentalRR_study@nps.gov.
Monday, September 30, 2024 (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
(EDT)
September 30, 2024 5 p.m. EST
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