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C H EROKEE Nmom)
P.Q. Box 949 • Tahlequah, QK 74465-0948
918.453-5000 • www.cherokee.org
January 14, 2020
David Stutts
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Structures Management Unit 1581
Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699
Re: BR-0114, Bridge No. 165 Replacement on S.R. 1601 over Rocky Creek
Mr. David Stuffs:
Office of the Chief
Chuck Hoskin Jr.
Principal Chief
Bryan Warner
Deputy Principal Chief
The Cherokee Nation (Nation) is in receipt of your correspondence about BR-0114, Bridge No.
165 Replacement on S.R. 1601 over Rocky Creek, and appreciates the opportunity to provide
comment upon this project.
The Nation maintains databases and records of cultural, historic, and pre -historic resources in this
area. Our Historic Preservation Office reviewed this project, cross referenced the project's legal
description against our information, and found no instances where this project intersects or adjoins
such resources. Thus, the Nation does not foresee this project imparting impacts to Cherokee
cultural resources at this time.
However, the Nation requests that the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)
halt all project activities immediately and re -contact our Offices for further consultation if items
of cultural significance are discovered during the course of this project.
Additionally, the Nation requests that NCDOT conduct appropriate inquiries with other pertinent
Tribal and Historic Preservation Offices regarding historic and prehistoric resources not included
in the Nation's databases or records.
If you require additional information or have any questions, please contact me at your convenience.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Wado,
Elizabeth Toombs, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Cherokee Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office
elizabeth-toombs@cherokee.org
918.453.5389