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Tribal Newsletters
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Read the two-volume edition of "OPPTS Tribal News" devoted entirely to Alaska. Volume One (PDF)(60 pp, 7,896 KB, About PDF) features historical and political perspectives from Alaskan natives and science and research; Volume Two (PDF)(60 pg, 6,331 KB About PDF) features more Tribal environmental issues, including climate change, endangered species and success stories.
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The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) manages a Tribal program to better communicate our programs and activities with Native American Indian Tribes. Our goal is to build more effective partnerships with Tribes to safeguard and protect human health and the environment from toxic hazards and to promote pollution prevention in Indian country. Improving communication between EPA and Tribes is our main priority so that we can better exchange and coordinate information on issues facing Indian country.
OPPTS signs MOU with Salish Kootenai College, Salish Kootenai Tribes
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) (PDF) (10 pg, 108 KB About PDF) between EPA and the Salish Kootenai College and the Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes, signed February 12, 2007, is aimed at increasing qualified and diverse candidates for environmental careers. The MOU calls for expanding faculty enrichment and undergraduate and graduate training, with emphasis on sciences, technology and related environmental sciences. The signing ceremony took place in the hearing room of the U.S. Senate's Committee on Tribal Issues, in the Russell Building.
