Native American Affairs Program

Native American Affairs Program

Indian Sacred Sites (Policies, Procedures, and Guidance)

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

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Executive Orders

• Indian Sacred Sites
  Executive Order 13007 of May 24, 1996 (Adobe PDF)

U.S. Department of the Interior

• Departmental Responsibilities for Protecting/Accommodating Access to Indian Sacred Sites
  Departmental Manual, Part 512, Chapter 3, June 5, 1998 (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)

Note:  Additional information on U.S. Department of the Interior activities related to Sacred Sites may be found on the
U.S. Forest Service website:  (U.S. Forest Service's Interagency Coordination and Collaboration for the Protection of Indian Sacred Sites Website).

Bureau of Reclamation

• Reclamation Compliance with Indian Sacred Sites Executive Order (No. 13007)
  Memorandum from Eluid L. Martinez, Commissioner, September 16, 1998 (Adobe PDF)


• Bureau of Reclamation Guidance for Implementing Indian Sacred Sites Executive Order (No. 13007)
  Bureau of Reclamation Guidance, September 16, 1998 (Adobe PDF)


• Reclamation's NEPA Handbook, Section 3.15.8, "Indian Sacred Sites"
  National Environmental Policy Act, Bureau of Reclamation, February 2012 (Reclamation's NEPA Handbook Website)