Category: About CHP

CHP Submits FOIA request to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

On Friday, September 11, 2026, Cultural Heritage Partners (“CHP”) submitted an expedited Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation...

CHP Meets with OIRA

On September 2, 2026, Cultural Heritage Partners PLLC founding partners Marion Forsyth Werkheiser and Greg Werkheiser met with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs...

Greg Werkheiser on the Rachel Maddow Show

Greg Werkheiser, co-founder of Cultural Heritage Partners PLLC, appeared as a guest on the Rachel Maddow Show last night to discuss the unprecedented coalition of...

Help Save Section 106

Call to Action! We are calling on all of you to meet in person with your U.S. Representative and Senators (or more likely, their staff),...

Interior’s New Secretarial Order Won’t Speed Up Development. It Will Slow It Down.

Interior’s New Secretarial Order Won’t Speed Up Development. It Will Slow It Down. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act rests on a simple...

Jessie Barrington Speaks at the IAC about Trespass on Indian Agricultural Land

Today at the Intertribal Agriculture Council’s Eastern Region Summit in Richmond, VA, Jessie Barrington (Chair of CHP’s Tribal Nations Practice) broke down “Trespass on Indian...

Federal Court Finds Lummi Nation Likely to Succeed in Lawsuit over Disturbance of Ancestral Burial Sites

Court Orders Advance Notice Before Any Further Ground-Disturbing Work in Point Roberts BELLINGHAM, WA, UNITED STATES, July 16, 2026 A federal judge yesterday granted significant...

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...

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

SEATTLE, WA — May 7, 2026 — Ten days after filing a complaint in federal court, Lummi Nation today filed dozens of pages of additional...

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...

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...

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...

PRESERVATION LAW FIRM AND DC PRESERVATION LEAGUE SUE TO PAUSE TRUMP’S LATEST RENOVATION PLANS

President Plans to Make the National Historic Landmark Eisenhower Executive Office Building “Beautiful” by Painting Every Exterior Surface White Regardless of who occupies the White...

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...

Morton v. Mancari: Know Your Rights

Our “Know Your Rights” flyer highlights a core principle of federal Indian law: Tribal preference in hiring, contracting, and education is lawful when grounded in...

Courage is Contagious: Law Firms Successfully Fight Trump Administration’s Intimidation Tactic

Cultural Heritage Partners is proud to have joined the amici curiae supporting fellow firms challenging President Trump’s unconstitutional attempt to undermine the rule of law....

Preserving the Truth: Why Historic Preservation Must Lead in the Fight for American Memory

In moments of national crisis, it’s natural to feel pulled toward the most visible front lines—immigration raids, climate rollbacks, attacks on reproductive rights. The Trump...