Survey of political and jurisdictional considerations, treaty rights, and social and environmental conditions facing tribal communities in their pursuit of self-governance, economic self sufficiency, and sustainability.  Historic federal Indian policy, recent court rulings and the implications of off-reservation treaty rights in regional planning.  Methods and approaches in inter-governmental cooperation for sustainable natural resources management.

Links to Class Material

• Class Syllabus

• Midterm Exam - due in class Thursday, May 7

• Final Paper Guidelines

Links to Reference Materials

• Millennium Accord  
• Washington State / Tribal Government - to - Government Implementation Guidelines
• Centennial Accord
• 1984 EPA Indian Policy
• USEPA Indian Office
• Washington Governor's Office of Indian Affairs
• Treaty of Point Elliot

News Article: Environmental News: January 9, 2008. Washington State Moves to Buy Water from Indian Tribes. http://martenlaw.com/news/?20080109-water-from-tribes

ADDITIONAL READINGS ONLINE:

Zaferatos, Nicholas C., (2004). "Tribal Nations, Local Governments, and Regional Pluralism in Washington State: The Swinomish Approach in the Skagit Valley." Journal of the American Planning Association, 70(1): 81:96. (Online)

Zaferatos, Nicholas C., (2004). “Toward a Theory of Tribal Community Development: Overcoming Conflict in Native American Indian Reservation Planning.” Space and Polity, 8(1): 88-104. (Online)

Zaferatos, Nicholas C. (1998). "Planning the Native American Tribal Community:  Understanding the Basis of Power Controlling the Reservation Territory." The Journal of the American Planning Association, 64(4): 395-410. (Online)

Zaferatos, Nicholas C. (2004), "Environmental Justice in Indian Country: the PM Northwest Dumpsite Remediation.” Environmental Management. (Online).

• GIS Maps of Indian Country

• EPA American Indian Environmental Office Home Page

• Federal Indian Environmental Policy

• 1984 EPA Indian Policy

• Bureau of Indian Affairs Home Page

• NTEC - National Tribal Environmental Council

• AISCES - American Indian Science and Engineering Society

• ITEP - Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals

• Definitions of Environmental Terms

• Native American Rights Fund

• Native Americans and the Environment