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The Extension Indian Reservation Program (EIRP) was
authorized by the 1990 Farm Bill (P.L. 101-64). This
measure directed that the "Secretary of Agriculture,
acting through the Extension Service, shall establish
appropriate extension education programs on Indian
reservations and tribal jurisdictions." The legislation
specified consultation with the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, the Intertribal Agriculture Council, and the
Southwest Indian Agriculture Association in establishing
these extension programs.
Extension Indian Reservation Program funding has enabled
the University of Arizona to hire Cooperative Extension
agents on the Colorado River Indian Tribes, Hopi and San
Carlos Apache Indian reservations, Hualapai and
Havasupai reservations. It has also allowed the
University of Arizona to join with New Mexico State
University and Utah State University in a consortium to
hire and place two Cooperative Extension agents on the
Navajo Nation. Presently there are requests and needs
for at least ten more Cooperative Extension agents to be
placed on Arizona Indian Reservations. |
