The reserved rights to the aforementioned areas are a fundamental concern to the Nez Perce Tribe. The fish, roots, wild game, religious sites, and ancestral burial and living sites remain integral to the Nez Perce culture. The Nez Perce Tribe has the responsibility to protect the health, welfare, and safety of its members, and the environment and cultural resources of the Nez Perce Tribe. Therefore, activities (such as any release of hazardous/radioactive substances to the air, water, or soil column) related to the Hanford operations and cleanup must avoid endangering the Nez Perce Tribe 's environment and culture, or impairing their ability to protect the health and welfare of Tribal members. The Nez Perce Tribe expects, accordingly, to be the primary consulting party in all federal actions related to Hanford that stand to affect treaty-reserved or cultural interests of the NPT