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Cape Cod Times 
History expert to speak on sound plan
 
November 18, 2009 2:00 AM

WEST BARNSTABLE — A leading expert on traditional cultural  properties will 
speak Monday night at Cape Cod Community College about a  proposal to 
recognize Nantucket Sound as eligible for the National Register of  Historic 
Places. 
Thomas King of Silver Spring, Md., is the co-author of the  National Park 
Service's "Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Traditional  Cultural 
Properties." 
The National Park Service is waiting for a formal request  from U.S. 
Minerals Management Service before it decides whether the Sound is  eligible as a 
traditional cultural property. Once it receives the request, the  Park 
Service has 45 days to make a decision. 
The Mashpee Wampanoag and Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head  (Aquinnah) made the 
original request for a review of the Sound's eligibility,  citing oral 
traditions that indicate their ancestors used the area before it was  submerged 
and its continued importance for their spiritual and religious  beliefs. 
The move could further delay the proposal by Cape Wind  Associates LLC to 
build 130 wind turbines there. 
Monday's presentation will run from 7 to 8 p.m. in the  college's Tilden 
Arts Center, followed by a question-and-answer period. A  reception beforehand 
starts at 6 p.m. 
PATRICK  CASSIDY
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