Tribes in the Rural EZ/EC Program

Links to Indian Issues

• Cherokee Observer
• Indian Country Today
• Nava Hopi Observer Online
• Navajo Times
• Native American Journalists Association
• Native Peoples Magazine
• Omaha World Herald-Online
• Seminole Tribune

Other Information

• Internet Law Library: Indian Nations and Tribes  
• National Museum of the American Indian
• Native American Resources on the Internet
• Tribal Circle Web Ring

Department of Commerce-Census Bureau-American Indian Data

• American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

Department of Commerce-Economic Development Administration

• The American Indian Reservations and Indian Trust Areas page is a compendium of the economic infrastructure of tribal areas. The material is arranged geographically, and is presented in small files based on location.

Department of Health and Human Services-Administration for Native Americans (ANA)

• The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) promotes the goal of social and economic self-sufficiency of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American Pacific Islanders, including Native Samoans.

Department of Health and Human Services-Indian Health Services

• The Indian Health Service (IHS) is an agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Department of Housing and Urban Development-Native American Page

• HUD has included links here for basic homebuyer, fair housing, and housing counseling, as well as links to other Native American federal programs and non-profit sites.

Department of Interior-Bureau of Indian Affairs

• The BIA is the principal bureau, within the federal government, responsible for the administration of federal programs for federally recognized Indian tribes, and for promoting Indian self-determination.

Department of Interior-Indian Trust Assets Management

• To reach out and develop partnerships, Reclamation instituted a policy to protect Indian trust assets from adverse impacts of Reclamation programs and activities. The Native American Affairs Office was established to meet these needs.

• To improve relationships between American Indian Tribes, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and the National Park Service through consultation, outreach, technical assistance, education, and advisory services.

• The American Indian Trust Office was created to ensure that the Secretary’s obligations under the Federal Indian trust responsibility are performed in accordance with the standards required by the laws and policies of the United States.

Department of Justice-Office of Tribal Justice

• This Office facilitates coordination between Departmental components working on Indian issues, and provides a permanent channel of communication for Indian tribal governments with the Department of Justice..

Department of Labor-Indian & Native American Programs

• This website has been designed to provide general information about the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Section 166 Indian and Native American Program, to enrich the lives of Indian and Native Americans, and to help them achieve economic self-sufficiency through employment and job training.

Environmental Protection Agency-American Indian Environmental Office

• The American Indian Environmental Office (AIEO) coordinates the Agency-wide effort to strengthen public health and environmental protection in Indian Country, with a special emphasis on building Tribal capacity to administer their own environmental programs.

Thomas-U.S. Congress on the Internet

• Acting under the directive of the leadership of the 104th Congress to make Federal legislative information freely available to the Internet public, a Library of Congress team brought the THOMAS World Wide Web system online in January 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress.

U.S. Senate-Committee on Indian Affairs

• The Committee has jurisdiction to study the unique problems of American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native peoples and to propose legislation to alleviate these difficulties.