Oversight Hearings on Laws Affecting Indian Education. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, 94th Congress, 1st Session (Washington, D.C., July 28, 29, and Anchorage, Alaska, August 5, 1975)

Overview & Synopsis

Pursuant to the 1974 House of Representative Committee Rules, the Committee on Education and Labor is charged with legislative responsibility for all Federal laws affecting American Indian education, and these hearings represent the committee's attempt to gain insight into those laws affecting American Indian elementary/secondary and higher education as administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Testimony relative to educational programs, funding, legislation, needs, site selection, cultural awareness, jurisdiction, etc., is presented for representatives from: National Indian Education Association; Program Services of the Alaska State Operated School System; Alaska State Department of Education (Deputy Commissioner of Education); Office of Indian Education, U.S. Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (Deputy Commissioner); Indian Library Services Technical Assistance Center (Assistant Director); Alaska Federation of Natives; Indian Education Act Program; Advocates for Indian Education; Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards, Inc.; Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior (Commissioner); National Advisory Council on Indian Education; Pine Ridge Reservation; Alaska Unorganized Borough School District (Anchorage); Institute for the Development of Indian Law (Washington, D.C.). (JC)