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.

• Class Syllabus
• Midterm Exams
• 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

ADDITIONAL READINGS ONLINE:

• Zaferatos, Nicholas C. (1997). “Planning the Native American Tribal Community: Understanding the Basis of Power Controlling the Reservation Territory.” Journal of the American Planning Association. (On Reserve).
• Nicholas C. Zaferatos, "Tribal Planning as Strategic Political Action:  A Case Study of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community."  Proceedings of the 1999 APA National Planning Conference, Seattle, WA.
• Nicholas C. Zaferatos, "Appropriate Technologies in the Traditional Native American Smokehouse: Public Health Considerations in Tribal Community Development." 2000, with Mary Ellen Flanagan. Winter 2001: 24-4. American Indian Culture and Research Journal.
• Nicholas C. Zaferatos, “Toward a Theory of Tribal Community Development: Coping with Conflict in Native American Indian Reservation Planning
• Nicholas Christos Zaferatos, “Local Governments, Tribal Nations, and Regional Pluralism in Washington State: A Case Study of the Swinomish Cooperative Approach in the Skagit Valley.” JAPA. W. 2003.

• Nicholas C. Zaferatos, “The PM Northwest Dumpsite Remediation on the Swinomish Indian Reservation: A Case of Environmental Justice in Indian Country” (draft manuscript, April 2005).

• 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