Compendium of Federal Memoranda, Policies, Executive Orders, Guidance and Statutes on Native American Sacred Places and Cultural Properties

This is a compendium of Federal Memoranda, Policies, Executive Orders, Guidance, and Statutes addressing or related to the protection of Native American sacred places and cultural properties. This list was developed to help Federal Agencies identify tools used to protect Native American sacred places and cultural properties, and identify opportunities for agencies to coordinate their efforts. The following list of documents was developed through an Internet search that was conducted on the various Federal Agencies Internet Web sites.

It is likely that this list does not contain all of the Federal documents relevant to the protection of sacred places and cultural properties. This compendium was prepared by the American Indain and Alaskan Native Task Force of the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice in preparation for an interagency informatinal meeting on Native American sacred places and cultural properties, held August 14, 2002 in Washington, DC.


Presidential Memoranda and Policies
Government to Government Relations with
Native American Tribal Governments
Reaffirming the Government to Government Relationship Between the Federal Government and Tribal Governments
American Indian Policy (1983)
Special Message on Indian Affairs (1970)

Presidential Executive Orders
Executive Order 13175
Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments
Executive Order 13084-Fed.Reg. Vol.63, No.96 (May 19, 1998)
Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments
(Superceded by E.O. 13175)
Executive Order 13007-Fed.Reg.Vol.61, No.104 (May 24, 1996)
Indian Sacred Sites
Executive Order 12948-Fed.Reg.Vol 61, No. 21 (February 1, 1995)
Fedreral Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low Income Populations - Amendment to Executive Order 12898
Executive Order 12898 - Fed.Reg. Vol. 59, No.32 (February 11, 1994)
Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low Income Populatons (February 11, 1994)
Executive Order 12250 - 45 FR 72995, WL66789 (November 2, 1980)
Leadership and Coordination of Nondiscrimination Laws