The Native American Land Conservancy is dedicated to the protective management of endangered Native American sacred sites and areas.
Founded in 1998, the NALC has acquired threatened cultural landscapes, formed cooperative agreements with tribes, public agencies
and conservation groups, and organized conferences to promote the preservation of Native American sacred lands.
ACQUISITIONS
The NALC works with tribes to identify endangered Native American sites
and ensure their protection through a land acquisition program.
The NALC also helps secure funding to acquire endangered sacred sites can provide financial assistance
for land acquisitions to qualified Native American nonprofit organizations.
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
The NALC works with tribes, conservation groups, and state agencies to develop cooperative agreements
that will ensure the long-term protection and preservation of Native American traditional cultural properties.
LAND MANAGEMENT
The NALC works with instiutitions of higher learning, research institutions, and conservation groups
to provide for the long-term protective management of Native American sacred sites and areas.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO TRIBES
The NALC can provide assistance to tribes and intertribal groups
working to provide protective management for endangered sacred lands
and to create Native-controlled land conservancies.
EDUCATION
The NALC, through its Theresa A. Mike Scholarship Fund, offers
scholarships to Native American students engaged in college-level
cultural or environmental studies.
LEARNING AND HEALING LANDSCAPES
The NALC utilizes the NALC’s Old Woman Mountains Preserve to promote
healing in the Native American community and understanding between
Native and non-Native communities.
PUBLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTARIES
Books, articles, and documentaries published by the NALC focus on the
cultural, biological, and historical value and importance of sacred
sites, areas, and resources.
CONFERENCES
The NALC coordinates conferences to help bring together different
groups and organizations that can help in the identification,
acquisition, and protective management of Native American sacred lands.
The NALC is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization (ID#33-0832220)
registered with the State of California.
NATIVE AMERICAN LAND CONSERVANCY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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