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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1982
The hearing before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate, 97th Congress, 2nd Session, concerned the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) proposal to close three off-reservation boarding schools. Schools scheduled for closure were: Wahpeton Indian School, Wahpeton, North Dakota; Concho Indian School, Concho, Oklahoma; and the Southwestern…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Boarding Schools, Federal Programs, Government Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. – 1989
Since 1891, Phoenix Indian High School has served as a boarding school for Indian students. In February 1987, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) recommended that the school be closed, and that students be transferred to Sherman Indian School in Riverside, California. Congressional hearings in February and July 1987 received testimony on this…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Boarding Schools, Enrollment, Federal Indian Relationship
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1995
A Senate committee hearing received testimony about high dropout rates and other problems at seven off-reservation boarding schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) or by tribal groups under BIA contract. The schools are Pierre Indian Learning Center (South Dakota), Sequoyah Indian High School (Oklahoma), Wahpeton Indian School…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Behavior Problems, Boarding Schools, Delinquency
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1980
The July 24, 1980, Indian education oversight hearings focused on four issues: the proposed closing of the Fort Sill and Stewart Indian Boarding Schools; the furloughing of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) teachers; contract schools' problems with indirect costs and operations and maintenance funding; and a study of Johnson O'Malley support for…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Educational Finance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1980
The Select Committee on Indian Affairs met on June 30, 1980, for an oversight hearing on the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 to correct flaws and straighten out problems concerning Public Law 95-608 and the way it is implemented. Various members of the administration and a group of Indian leaders from across the country attended the hearing, at…
Descriptors: American Indians, Boarding Schools, Child Welfare, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1984
An oversight hearing on the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 was conducted to assess how well the program is running, what improvements can be made in the administration of the program, and whether any modification of the original legislation is necessary. Thirty-one members of the administration and Indian leaders from across the country…
Descriptors: American Indians, Boarding Schools, Child Welfare, Elementary Secondary Education
US Senate, 2005
The Subcommittee convened this hearing to examine the challenges facing charter schools as they expand in the District of Columbia. They heard testimony from witnesses who are all founders and directors of innovative charter schools in the District. These witnesses shared their success stories as well as the individual issues and challenges facing…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Schools, Urban Schools, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
The Subcommittee focused its 1-2 February 1977 hearings on the educational activity of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), as the beginning of an effort to obtain an accurate picture of the current state of educational programs dealing with Indians and the development of ways to improve both the programs and their delivery. On 1 February a panel…
Descriptors: Agency Role, American Indian Education, Boarding Schools, Community Schools
Dale, Michael; And Others – 1982
A handbook for Arizona Native Americans under 18 years old explains rights and responsibilities as young people, Native Americans, tribal members, and residents of Arizona. Rights are defined, ways of protecting rights outlined, and the fact that young people's rights are changing noted. Rights as a family member are discussed, as well as changes…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Child Advocacy
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1983
The Indian education oversight hearing of May 18 and 19, 1982, focused on federal responsibility for the education of Indians; Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) education services (including BIA elementary and secondary schools and contract schools); proposed transfer of the Indian Education Act, Title IV, program from the Department of Education to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Boarding Schools
Scheirbeck, Helen Maynor; And Others – 1976
The report of the Task Force on Indian Education to the American Indian Policy Review Commission delineates the interweaving of past policies and practices with present needs and concerns of Indian education. Reviewing 400 years of Indian education, the report was compiled from federal, state, local, and private records, public hearings,…
Descriptors: Agency Role, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
