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1. 1. Great Plains Restoration Council

   www.gprc.org/GPRC_Board.html - [Cached]

   Published on: 9/11/2007   Last Visited: 9/11/2007

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   JEAN BELILLE is an enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, as well as a member of the Lac Courte Oreillles Chippewa Tribe. She worked for ten years as Chief Judge for the Winnebago Tribe, where she set up an entirely new court system. Jean also worked for the Land and Water Fund of the Rockies, where she helped provide legal environmental assistance to low income communities of color. Jean currently works for the EPA, Region 8, Denver, Colorado, as an Environmental Protection Specialist for the Environmental Justice Program.

2. 2. Newwest:  Defining Environmental Justice, Finding a Common Voice

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   Published on: 4/13/2006   Last Visited: 5/3/2006

   Yesterday Colorado College Professor of Sociology Wade Roberts led an important discussion on the equities of environmental hazards in our region, followed by contributions from student researcher Angela Banfill, EPA specialist Jean Belille, environmental lawyer William Snape III, University of Colorado Professor of Sociology Liam Downey, University of Colorado Research Associate Kathryn Mutz and University of Wyoming Professor of Religious Studies and The Environment Sally Palmer.
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   EPA representative Jean Belille talked about the agency's role in changing environmental justice in the Rockies, and how the federal government fits into the picture. "Sometimes," she said, "I don't think we do."
   
   Belille offered up a history on environmental justice, and a look at where it's going from the EPA's perspective. She advocated community-based participation, research and action as likely the best and most effective way to attack the problem going forward.

3. 3. Board of Directors

   www.sinapu.org/Pages/PopUp/Boa - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/4/2001   Last Visited: 12/4/2001

   Jean Belille is Sinapu's Secretary/Treasurer and has served on the Board since 1999. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Nebraska. She currently works for the E.P.A. on tribal environmental issues. Previously, she served for a decade as the Chief Judge for the Winnebago Tribe, where she reformed the court system. Jean also practiced law with the Land and Water Fund of the Rockies-a Boulder-based nonprofit. She is an enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, a member of the Lac Courte Oreillles Chippewa Tribe, and also serves on the board of the Great Plains Restoration Council.