Native American Affairs Program

Native American Affairs Program

Indian Trust Responsibility (Policies, Procedures, and Guidance)

Featured Resources:
U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Reclamation

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U.S. Department of the Interior

• Departmental Responsibilities for Indian Trust Resources
  Departmental Manual, Part 512 Chapter 2, December 1, 1995 (Adobe PDF)


• Principles for Managing Indian Trust Assets
  Departmental Manual, Part 303, Chapter 2, October 31, 2000 (Adobe PDF)


• Departmental Responsibilities for Indian Trust Resources and Indian Sacred Sites on Federal Lands
  PEP – Environmental Compliance Memorandum No. ECM97-2, May 8, 1997 (Adobe PDF)


• Reaffirmation of the Federal Trust Responsibility to Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and Individual Indian Beneficiaries
  Secretarial Order No. 3335 (Adobe PDF)

Bureau of Reclamation

• Indian Trust Asset Policy
  Memorandum (and Attachment) from the Commissioner, July 2, 1993 (Adobe PDF)


• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Handbook Procedures to Implement Indian Trust Asset Policy
  Memorandum (and Attachment) from Daniel P. Beard, Commissioner, November 29, 1993 (Adobe PDF)


• Indian Trust Asset Policy:  Guidance for Implementing
  Memorandum (and Attchment) from Daniel P. Beard, Commissioner, October 21, 1994 (Adobe PDF)


• Questions and Answers About the Policy and Procedures
  Bureau of Reclamation Indian Trust Asset Policy and NEPA Implementing Procedures, August 31, 1994 (Adobe PDF)


• Reclamation's NEPA Handbook, Section 3.15.7, "Indian Trust Assets"
  National Environmental Policy Act, Bureau of Reclamation, February 2012 (Adobe PDF)