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CHP Announces Charles Curlett, Jr. to Lead Litigation Group

Former Manhattan Prosecutor and Federal Trial Lawyer Brings Deep Trial Experience to Firm’s Expanding National Docket Washington, DC — June 9, 2026 — Cultural Heritage...

New Lummi Nation Court Filing Deepens Story of Desecration of Burials at Point Roberts

New Lummi Nation Court Filing Deepens Story of Desecration of Burials at Point Roberts SEATTLE, WA — May 7, 2026 — Ten days after filing...

Lummi Nation Files Federal Lawsuit Over Repeated Trenching Through Ancestral Burial Grounds

Lummi Nation Files Federal Lawsuit Over Repeated Trenching Through Ancestral Burial Grounds Seattle, WA – April 28, 2026 – The Lummi Nation has filed a...

Lawsuit Filed Against Trump, Army Corps, and ACHP Seeks to Invalidate Fake “Energy Emergency” Executive Order

ACHP Review of Section 106 Regulations

Action Alert: ACHP Launches Major Review of Section 106 Regulations The Trump Administration’s stated goals to “streamline” permitting and “modernize” regulations came to historic preservation...

Updated: An Orwellian Attack on Preservation Law: Why the ACHP Must Reject the Army Warfighting Program Comment

The Army’s Program Comment for Warfighting Readiness and Associated Infrastructure is not just another technical proposal for modifying Section 106 procedures. It is a bellwether:...

Shifting Landscapes and Preservation Law

In November of last year, Cultural Heritage Partners PLLC Co-Founder Marion Werkheiser was the keynote speaker for the annual National Preservation Law Conference 2025. In...

Jessie Barrington presents Halloween-themed talk on Tribal leases and the HEARTH Act

On October 31, 2025, CHP Partner Jessie Barrington presented “HEARTH & Hexes: Crafting Sovereign Leasing Magic” as part of Schwabe’s “Bureaucratic Zombies & Tribal Grit:...

Reflecting “the Stability of our Nation,” the East Wing Tumbles Down

Many Americans are aghast at the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to accommodate the State Ballroom project in October. This calamity...

Section 106 Isn’t the Bottleneck—But It’s on the Chopping Block

Last week’s Senate Energy & Natural Resources hearing on Section 106 didn’t show that the NHPA causes permitting delays. It did, however, signal that threats...

Sacred Sites, Sovereign Tools: Developing Cultural Protections for Your Tribe

Sacred Sites, Sovereign Tools: Developing Cultural Protections for Your Tribe Cultural Heritage Partners recently hosted a webinar titled “Sacred Sites, Sovereign Tools: Developing Cultural Protections...

CHP’s Indigenous Heritage Practice Hosts Free Webinar on October 21st!

As Tribal Nations confront mounting threats to sacred places, burial sites, and traditional cultural landscapes, some of the most powerful and underutilized tools in a...