Tribal Identifier

The Environmental Data Standards Council (EDSC) chartered the Tribal Identifier Data Standard Development Action Team to identify and define the major areas of tribal identification information and to develop a data standard that could be used for the exchange of tribal identification data among environmental agencies and other entities. The purpose of the standard is to provide a common vocabulary or lexicon and to encourage tribal entity identification uniformity across information systems, so that information about functionally similar activities and/or instruments can be shared. The Tribal Identifier Standard adopted the Bureau of Indian Affairs criteria of tribal entity identification (federally recognized tribes) and is not intended for the identification of geographic, demographic or economic tribal areas. This standard is not intended to constrain what information an agency chooses to collect, nor does it constitute a reporting requirement. It merely defines a standardized way to organize and exchange key information if agencies choose to exchange that information. The State/EPA data standard was approved by the EDSC on August 21, 2002 and by the Agency on January 31, 2003.

• Standard Data Elements for Tribal Identifier
• Business Rules for the Tribal Identifier Data Standard