Policies and Initiatives

Executive Orders

• Executive Order 13175 - Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments - link to the EPA Federal Register site
  • Statement on Signing the Executive Order 13175 (PDF, 176Kb)
• Executive Order 13007 on Sacred Sites 
• Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice, (February 1994)

Presidential Documents

• Clinton's 1994 Indian Policy
• Bush's 1991 Indian Policy (PDF, 13Kb)
• Reagan's 1983 Indian Policy (PDF, 55Kb)
• Nixon's 1970 Indian Policy (PDF, 25Kb)

EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman reaffirms EPA's Indian Policy (PDF, 295Kb) and re-certifies the Tribal Operations Committee Charter (PDF, 6,288Kb) during a meeting at a full Tribal Operations Committee Meeting, July 11, 2001.

EPA Policies and Initiatives

"Text Only" Versions of the following documents are available in WordPerfect format:

• The EPA's Indian Policy (WordPerfect, 18Kb)
• Tribal Operations Committee Charter (WordPerfect, 85Kb)
• The Reaffirmation of EPA's Indian Policy Memorandum (WordPerfect, 6Kb)
• EPA/Tribal Environmental Agreements Template
• 1994 Administrator's Action Memorandum on Tribal Operations
• 1991 Memorandum of Understanding (PDF, 169Kb)
• The 1984 EPA Indian Policy
• Region 8 Policy
  

American Indian Heritage Month Celebrated each November

• American Indian Heritage Month Proclamation - November 2002 (PDF, 60Kb)
• American Indian Heritage Month Proclamation - November 2000 (PDF, 116Kb)

Past American Indian Heritage Month Activities

• 2002 EPA SPECIAL EVENT: American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month (PDF, 4,689Kb). The presentation took place November 6, 2002 in the Administrator's Rachel Carson Room, also know as the "GREEN ROOM" 3rd Floor Arial Rios.
• The EPA Program (PDF, 164Kb)
• History of the American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month (PDF, 73Kb)