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Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) Chair Sara C. Bronin today announced that Ira L. Matt, Director of the Office of Tribal and Indigenous Peoples, was selected for a detail at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Ira will serve as OSTP's first-ever Assistant Director for Indigenous Engagement and Native American Affairs. His appointment was announced at the 2023 Tribal Nations Summit in early December.

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Last week, ACHP Office of Tribal and Indigenous Peoples Director Ira L. Matt (on detail to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy) participated in the 2023 White House Tribal Nations Summit (Summit) at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. The Summit provided the President and members of his Cabinet the opportunity to engage and consult with Tribal leaders on a nation-to-nation basis.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) Chair Sara C. Bronin, ACHP Indian Tribe Member Reno Keoni Franklin (Chairman, Kashia Band of Pomo Indians), and representatives of three ACHP members will speak before Members of Congress 10 a.m. November 29 at a Historic and Cultural Preservation Roundtable in Washington, D.C. The gathering is being convened by Representative Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member. 

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Members of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation met November 15 in Washington, D.C., for their fall business meeting. The proceedings were broadcast on Facebook Live and are available on the ACHP’s YouTube channel here.

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WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project (OCDP) was honored today with the National Trust/Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Award for Federal Partnerships in Historic Preservation during the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual PastForward Conference. The OCDP is a multi-agency collaboration that aims to promote research and education on Oregon’s early Chinese residents.

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