August 27, 2025

Requests for Letters of Interest: Tribal Engagement Specialist & Project Historians

Via our cooperative agreement with the National Park Service (NPS), we’re looking to contract with an individual or team to serve as a Tribal Engagement Specialist in the first phase of two upcoming administrative histories, both in New Mexico: Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Petroglyphs National Monument. Both parks regularly consult with 31 Tribes and Pueblos, and the Tribal Engagement Specialist will help guide communication with Tribes and write an engagement plan to ensure the meaningful inclusion of Indigenous perspectives and therefore the ultimate usefulness of the two administrative histories.

Read the Request for Letters of Interest and submit yours by September 15, 2025. https://ncph.org/what-is-public-history/national-park-service-projects/

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We are also seeking a two Project Historians to complete Petroglyph National Monument’s (PETR or Monument)’s and Chaco Culture National Historical Park’s (CHCU’s) administrative histories.

The Petroglyph National Monument’s administrative history should cover the years from 1973 to 2024. The Monument is co-managed by the National Park Service and the City of Albuquerque and was established in 1990. The park has never had an administrative history prepared and has a limited oral history collection. This administrative history should cover the years from 1973 to 2024. Monument staff consult with 29 traditionally associated pueblos and tribes, and this project seeks to incorporate their many perspectives on the park’s creation and management into the final document.

Chaco Canyon National Monument was established by President Theodore Roosevelt on March 11, 1907. It was initially managed by the Government Land Office before transferring to the National Park Service in 1916. On December 19, 1980, Congress redesignated the site as Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Seven years later, the park was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2013, the NPS moved Chaco under co-management with a second park unit. The park has never had an administrative history completed, despite its long history as a federally managed site.

Read the Request for Letters of Interest for these two positions and submit yours by September 22, 2025. https://ncph.org/what-is-public-history/national-park-service-projects/