Selected Links
Government
American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments of 1994
A document to amend the American Indian Religious Freedom Act in order to provide for the use of peyote by Indians for traditional and other purposes.
http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal22x/aipaamen.htm
Department of Homeland Security Training and Education, Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Includes education and training materials for law enforcement officers for the protection of civil rights and liberties.
http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/editorial_0625.shtm
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Provides information, guidelines, and statistics about equal employment laws, recognizing employment discrimination, filing a charge of discrimination, training and outreach.
http://www.eeoc.gov/
Executive Order 13007: Protection and Accommodation of Access to "Indian Sacred Sites"
Executive Order of the President (May 24, 1996) which provides for the “access to and ceremonial use of Indian sacred sites by Indian religious practitioners” and for avoiding “adversely affecting the physical integrity of such sacred sites.”
http://www.cr.nps.gov/local-law/eo13007.htm
U.S. General Services Administration - Equal Employment Opportunity
US General Service Administration information about Equal Employment Opportunity, including information about the process of complaints.
http://www.gsa.gov/eeo/newpage110.htm
Guidelines on Religious Exercise and Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace
Includes extensive guidelines on what is and is not permissible in terms of religious expression, religious exercise, or discrimination against religious expression in the federal workplace.
http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/New/html/19970819-3275.html
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division website with information about the Initiative to Combat Post-9/11 Discriminatory Backlash, which seeks to “work proactively to combat violations of civil rights laws against Arab, Muslim, Sikh, and South-Asian Americans, and those perceived to be members of these groups.”
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/nordwg.html