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DOI Launched Interagency Initiative to Protect Access to Sacred Sites

Last updated:

November 16, 2021

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Other Statute

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CEQ, DOE, DOI, DOT, EPA, Other, USDA

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Interagency Action

DOI launched an interagency initiative to improve the protection of and access to Indigenous sacred sites. According to the MOU, the eight participating agencies with federal land management obligations will consult and work with Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native groups to advance these goals, including creating an interagency working group, enhancing public outreach, integrating consideration of sacred sites into decision-making, and more.