This Senate report provides background material to accompany Senate Bill 2167, which reauthorizes tribally controlled community colleges, reauthorizes the tribal college endowment program, and authorizes the establishment of demonstration centers for gifted and talented children in Guam, American Samoa, and Alaska. The 22 tribally controlled community colleges are located in 10 midwestern and western states, and all but 2 are located on Indian reservations. Present enrollment totals about 18,000, of which about 10% is non-Indian and not counted for purposes of federal funding. Senate Bill 2167 provides $3.2 million for technical assistance, $30 million for operational grants, and funds necessary for construction. On a matching basis, 20 tribal colleges received endowment grants in fiscal year 1989 averaging $12,000. The bill reauthorizes the endowment program at $5 million for 1990 and 1991 and at $10 million for 1992, and allows real and personal property donated to the endowment to qualify for matching funds. In the Pacific Islands, educational resources are extremely limited. New demonstration centers authorized by the bill will provide the same opportunities for gifted and talented programs that are available to children nationwide. Important functions of the centers will be to develop criteria for identifying gifted and talented Samoan, Guamanian, and Alaska Native children; to develop culturally relevant programs; and to provide cross-cultural training for teachers. A scholarship program will cover higher education tuition and travel costs for Samoan and Guamanian students. (SV)