Selected Policies, Guidance, and Procedures
for working with Federally Recognized Indian Tribes
Indian Trust Responsibility
Department of Interior:
* Guidance issued by Interior’s Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance
Bureau of Reclamation:
• Reclamation's Indian Trust Asset Policy (July 2, 1993, memo from the Commissioner)
• Indian Trust Asset Policy: Guidance for Implementing
- October 21, 1994 memorandum from the Commissioner
- Questions and Answers about the Indian Trust Asset Policy and Procedures (dated August 31, 1994) [Note: An updated version of this document is expected to be available in late 2011 .]
•Reclamation NEPA Handbook – Reclamation's NEPA Handbook is currently being revised. When the final is available, it is anticipated that Reclamation’s Indian Trust Asset Policies, Procedures, and Guidance will be incorporated into the Handbook, as well as included in the appendices. In the interim, a 2000 Public Review Draft is available, which will give a sense as to how this might be accomplished, although the text could change before the final manual is published.
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