Policies Concerning the Nez Perce

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Development Policies

The Nez Perce Tribe has become actively involved with the EPA, DOE, and USDA to create sound developmental policies that compliment the traditional Nez Perce way of life with a bit of modern technology. Energy developments have included solar panel construction as well as bio-diesel programs in order to create more efficient and less harmful forms of energy production. Working with the USDA, the Nez Perce Tribe has been establishing programs that concern waste management policies and agricultural practices. Arguably the most profound bilateral action has concerned environmental protection.

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Environmental Policies

Focusing on what matters most, the Nez Perce have eagerly participated in developing the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. In doing so they have been able to keep track of their most precious resources of all - the water and salmon. Settlements such as the Nez Perce Water Rights Settlement have allowed more freedom and jurisdiction over a territory that once belonged to no single body of people, but an entire community of both the living and non-living. Although there is still much work to be done, progress is on the rise.

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Health Policies

The main focus concerning health for the Nez Perce is education. A major initiative has been taken by an organization called Tribal Connections, which hopes to raise communication, education, and support within both the medical community and American Indian community. Once education about the health concerns has been spread, each tribe may work towards confronting them. A major step being taken by the Nez Perce has been the waste management initiative and the initiative to revitalize salmon populations. By gaining success in these two areas the Nez Perce will have clean water to drink, clean land on which to live, and a regrowth of a dietary source, not to mention a revitalization of a cultural symbol.

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