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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1977
The Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs met on March 5, 1975, to organize and select officers and members of the American Indian Policy Review Commission. Senator James Abourzek was elected chairman and Representative Lloyd Meeds was elected vice chairman. Rules of procedure were tentatively adopted. Mr. Ernie Stevens was then selected as…
Descriptors: American Indians, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Federal Indian Relationship
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1980
The transcript of the March 28, 1980, Senate hearing on the Indian Health Service (IHS) and reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Public Law 94-437) held in Billings, Montana, is presented with testimony from the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota, Montana United Indian Association, Montana Indian Health Board, Fort Peck…
Descriptors: Agency Role, American Indian Education, American Indians, Delivery Systems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1977
The purpose of the American Indian Policy Review Commission hearing on June 4, 1976, was to give the Commissioners an opportunity to hear each task force restate and clarify relevant issues and preliminary recommendations. Two points that emerged from the session were: the need for a specific process whereby the Federal Government recognizes…
Descriptors: Agency Role, American Indian Education, American Indians, Change Strategies
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1986
The House Select Committee met to receive testimony from representatives of Northwest tribes about conditions affecting Native American children and their families. Eloise King of Colville Confederated Tribes (Washington) summarizes a wide range of human needs and recommends that Congress make funding available directly to tribes. John Navarro and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Welfare
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1977
The American Indian Policy Review Commission convened a hearing on February 20, 1976, to determine progress made by the task forces. The chairman of Task Force No. 1 began the testimony by explaining that his group had been involved with the determination of just what the rights of the Indian are and what the implications are for future national…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1984
The text of the general oversight hearings on the Indian Education Act contains letters, statements, and supplementary materials from representatives of Indian groups and schools. Prepared statements by the National Congress of American Indians and individuals from schools serving Indian students praise the Title IV program and protest the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Educational Assessment
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
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1986
The House Select Committee met to hear testimony of six witnesses from tribes in the Phoenix, Arizona area concerning the status of Native American children and their families. General topics were the nature of existing human service programs, adequacy of federal funding, and magnitude of health and welfare needs. Tom White of the Gila River…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Welfare
