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| Tribal Governments
Consultation ARI can assist tribal governments by providing consultation on methods that can be used to avoid impacts to archaeological resources from projects and activities carried out or managed by tribal government agencies. If required, formal archaeological resource protection plans can be prepared for tribal lands. These services can assist tribal governments in preserving and protecting archaeological resources on tribal lands. ARI can assist tribal law enforcement agencies in the investigation of unauthorized damage to archaeological resources. These expert investigation services include developing methods to detect unauthorized damage to archaeological resources, systematically examining locations where damage has occurred, fully documenting the damage, attempting to determine how and why it occurred and preparing a report on the findings of the investigation. If necessary, these investigation services can be supplemented by ARI’s damage assessment and expert witness services. ARI also can assist tribal law enforcement agencies in the investigation of unauthorized damage to paleontological resources and various other types of natural resources. ARI can assist tribal governments by providing damage assessment services for unauthorized damage to archaeological resources. These expert damage assessment services include documenting the damage through field damage assessment procedures, determining the effect of the damage in terms of accepted monetary values for archaeological damage and preparing an archaeological damage assessment report. ARI also can review and provide expert analysis of damage assessment reports prepared by tribal archaeologists or other archaeologists to assess their content in relation to the most current standards for archaeological damage assessment. If necessary, the damage assessment services can be supplemented by ARI’s investigation and expert witness services. ARI can assist tribal governments by providing expert witness services for unauthorized damage to archaeological resources. Expert witness testimony can be provided for investigation and damage assessment operations carried out by ARI for this damage. ARI also can review and evaluate investigation and damage assessment operations carried out by other investigators or archaeologists for damage to archaeological resources. ARI can develop and present training on archaeological resource protection for tribal governments. Potential topics of the training include:
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