20210593 Ver 1_Tribal Response_Cherokee Nation_01-14-20_NCDOT COR BR-0032 Bridge 84 Replacement_20211012

January 14, 2020

David Stutts
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Structures Management Unit
1581 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699

Re: BR-0032, Proposed Bridge No. 84 Replacement on NC 209 over Meadow Fork

Mr. David Stutts:

The Cherokee Nation (Nation) is in receipt of your correspondence about BR-0032, Proposed
Bridge No. 84 Replacement on NC 209 over Meadow Fork, and appreciates the opportunity to
provide comment upon this project. Please allow this letter to serve as the Nation’s interest in
acting as a consulting party to this proposed 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
[e-mail]
918.453.5389