Region 5 Tribal Program

EPA Region 5 is committed to helping Tribes strengthen their abilities to manage environmental programs in Indian Country, and to ensure that Tribes have a voice in decisions that affect their land, air and water. The Region serves 37 federally recognized Tribes with trust lands in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. 

• The Indian General Assistance Program (GAP) in Region 5
• Tribal Consultation Procedures
• Federally Recognized Tribes in Region 5

The Indian General Assistance Program (GAP) in Region 5

The Indian Environmental General Assistance Program is guided by the GAP Guidance on Financial Assistance Agreements

Tribal Consultation Procedures

Under the EPA Policy on Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribes, EPA consults on a government‐to‐government basis with federally recognized Tribes. For more specific guidelines on consultation with Tribes in Region 5, see the regional procedures below.

• Tribal Consultation Opportunities 

Federally Recognized Tribes in Region 5

The following links exit the site,

Tribes/Consortia Headquartered in Michigan

• Bay Mills Indian Community
• Chippewa-Ottawa Resource Authority (CORA)
• Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians
• Hannahville Indian Community, Band of Potawatomi
• Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc.(consortium of Michigan's Federally Recognized Tribes)
• Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
• Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
• Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
• Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
• Gun Lake Tribe (Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians)
• Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi
• Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
• Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
• Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

Tribes/Consortia Headquartered in Wisconsin

• Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
• Forest County Potawatomi Community
• Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)>
• Ho-Chunk Nation
• Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe
• Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
• Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
• Oneida Nation
• Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
• St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
• Sokaogon Chippewa Community (Mole Lake Band of Lake Superior Chippewa)
• Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians

Tribes/Consortia Headquartered in Minnesota

• 1854 Treaty Authority
• Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
• Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
• Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
• Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
• Lower Sioux Indian Community
• Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
• Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
  (Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band)
• Prairie Island Indian Community
• Red Lake Nation
• Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
• Upper Sioux Community
• White Earth Nation

Tribes/Consortia Headquartered in Oklahoma

The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma (with trust land in Indiana) 

Tribes/Consortia Headquartered in Kansas 

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (with trust land in Illinois)