Tribal Historic Preservation Office
Tribal Historic Preservation Office Mission
Tribal Historic Preservation Office exercises oversight to ensure the preservation, protection, curation, repatriation, and management of the ancestors, sacred objects, archives, archaeological sites, and historic and traditional cultural properties (TCPs) significant to the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians

Tribal Historic Preservation Staff
Lakota Hobia, Director (Tribal Historic Preservation Officer)
Kaila Akina, Assistant Director (Deputy THPO)
Rebecca Rupe, Archives/Collections Coordinator
Phil Peters, Historic Preservation Specialist
Annalee Bennett, Historic Preservation Technician
Contact the Tribal Historic Preservation Office
We request all formal correspondence (e.g., letters, memoranda for the record, final reports, final agreement documents, etc.) be emailed AND mailed to our office at the email address and mailing address below.
PHONE: 269.397.1780
EMAIL: lakota.hobia@glt-nsn.gov
- For Section 106 Consultations or Historic Properties Scoping Requests, please contact Section106@glt-nsn.gov.
- For NAGPRA consultations or inquiries, please contact nagpra@glt-nsn.gov.
- For Interpretation or Exhibition Collaboration requests or inquiries, please contact Rebecca.rupe@glt-nsn.gov
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi
Attn: THPO
2872 Mission Dr.
Shelbyville, MI 49344