| The Natural Resource Department is quite active with a wide array of programs funded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including the General Assistance Program (GAP), and Section 106 and Section 319 programs. The Department was established to assert the Tribe’s sovereignty in protecting the environment, natural resources, and public health of the Summit Lake Indian Reservation and the Tribe’s traditional territory where tribal members still retain rights to hunt, fish, gather traditional foods and medicine, and conduct spiritual and religious practices. |
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