Federal Trust Responsibility

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010811",
  "term": "Federal Trust Responsibility",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Legal obligation on the part of the U.S. government to protect tribal treaty rights, lands, assets and resources as well as a responsibility to carry out the requirements of federal law with respect to American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and villages.",
  "references": [
    "Recommendations for Integrating Environmental Justice into the EPA's Research Enterprise June 30, 2014 A Report of Recommendations of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council A federal advisory committee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-02/documents/nejac-research-recommendations-2014.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/federal-trust-responsibility/"
}