NCPTT

The NPS Preservation and Skills Training (P.A.S.T) program was hosted by NCPTT and the Cane River Creole National Historical Park in February.

The eighth annual Preservation in Your Community event was held July 31 at Lee H. Nelson Hall, Natchitoches, La.

Sarah Jackson and Andy Ferrell visited the Magnolia unit of Cane River Creole National Historic Park to investigate possibly using the slave/tenant farmer cabins at Magnolia Plantation for a limewash training workshop and video production.

This report is an executive summary of testing undertaken by NCPTT in partnership with the Cane River Creole National Historical Park (CARI) and Quality Finish.

On Aug. 9, NCPTT, Cane River Creole National Historical Park and Cane River National Heritage Area hosted the seventh annual Preservation In Your Community event at Nelson Hall in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

David Morgan of NCPTT was the lead author of a peer-reviewed paper with Nancy I.M. Morgan (Cane River National Heritage Area) and Brenda Barrett (NPS) that appeared in the December issue of American Anthropologist.

NCPTT responded to a request by Cane River Creole National Historical Park for technical assistance in archeology.

On Aug. 3, NCPTT hosted “Preservation in Your Community,” a public event held annually to showcase preservation research and activities being undertaken by local National Park Service organizations.

The sixth annual Preservation in Your Community event at NCPTT’s headquarters in Louisiana will be held on Aug. 3, 2006.

NCPTT hosted a two-day symposium sponsored by the Cane River Creole National Historical Park in celebration of Black History month on February 15-16, 2006.