CULTURAL

Cultural Resources The lower reaches of Glen Canyon and the river corridor through Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, have been used by humans for at least 13,000 years. Today, at least nine contemporary Native American Tribes claim traditional cultural ties to this area. Grand Canyon National Park contains more than 4,000 documented prehistoric and historic sites, and about 420 of these sites are located in proximity to the Colorado River. The lower reaches of Glen Canyon contain an additional 55 sites. In addition to archaeological sites, cultural resources along the Colorado River corridor include historic structures and other types of historic properties, as well as biological and physical resources that are of traditional cultural importance to Native American peoples such as springs, unique landforms, mineral deposits, native plant concentrations, and various animal species. Desired Future Condition for Cultural Resources Prehistoric Archaeological Sites and Historic Sites: To the extent feasible, maintain significance and integrity through preservation in place. • If preservation in place is not feasible or reasonable, then implementation of appropriate preservation treatments will be implemented to ensure reduction or elimination of threats consistent with NPS management policies, tribal traditional values and historic preservation law. • Public access to historic properties on tribal lands is managed by the respective tribes. On lands administered by the NPS, access to some sites for users of the river corridor is maintained as long as integrity of the sites in not compromised.

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Information and Links Tribal Resources Cultural Resources (CRAHG) AdHoc Group USGS-GCMRC Cultural Resources Link Monitoring Plans Draft plan for monitoring effects of geomorphic processes at archaeological sites in Grand & Glen Canyon. 10/7/15 Papers and Presentations 2017 Fluvial-aeolian sediment connectivity during the current HFE protocol: alteration on fluvial-aeolian sediment connectivity in Grand Canyon PPT 2016 Observations of sand dune migration on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon using high-resolution multibeam bathymetry 2015 Conditions and Processes affecting sand resources at archaeological sites Cultural Site Monitoring in Glen and Grand Canyons 2014 Cultural Resources Ad Hoc Group Report Landscape-scale management implications of cultural resource studies (Fairley) 2013 2011 Bigger sand bars during the windy season in spring provide a source area for sand to blow upslope to cover some archeological sites Other Stuff