Fiscal Year 1989 Budget: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session ... February 25, 1988, Washington, DC.U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 - 367 pages |
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Page 86 - ... Increased resources are requested for the Land Records Improvement project which will allow the bureau to complete the examination and verification of the backlog of titles and possibly to complete the microfilming of non-cartographic records. During this year and next we will also be giving consideration to the establishment of a single, national titles and records office for the Bureau. Land ownership and title information is the basic necessity for many essential Bureau programs such as forestry,...
Page 128 - The other is a discretionary program under which grants are awarded on a competitive basis to Indian-controlled schools. Because Bureau of Indian Affairs contract schools are treated as LEAs under the formula program, these schools receive funds from both programs. Part A formula grants must be used to supplement the regular school program.
Page 67 - The greatest impact on the overall health status of the American Indian and Alaska Native population will be achieved by promoting healthful life styles, instituting community injury control programs, and continuing the provision of disease prevention services. These advances require a different model of health care delivery than the "traditional...
Page 132 - Grants under the Indian vocational education program are awarded on a competitive basis to federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations for services that are In addition to the services Indians are eligible to receive under other provisions of the Perkins Act. During the current year, fiscal year 1987 funds are supporting 46 tribal projects training approximately 2,900 participants.
Page 280 - ... otherwise, Increase with some dire results in the forms of domestic violence, cirrhosis, suicide and accidents; and Increased substance abuse. A year ago there were approximately one thousand sixteen (1,016) members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe living on the reservation outside Tucson. Today there are 3,010 persons, with more houses being completed and more people moving in. The rest of the 5,700 enrolled members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe live In other communities scattered throughout Central Arizona....
Page 132 - Act authorizes discretionary grants, primarily to local educational agencies, to support programs for limited English proficient students. For purposes of the Act, an Indian tribe or tribally sanctioned educational authority is considered to be an LEA. Since its inception, this program has funded a significant number of projects designed wholly or in part to benefit Indian students.
Page 157 - Congress certain bills involving national land use programs and policy to be administered by and through agencies other than the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, that...
Page 162 - I am here this morning to present testimony on behalf of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) and the tribally controlled colleges which comprise our membership.
Page 65 - Bealth services, and $2.4 million is for the Indian Health Facilities modernization and repair program currently under the Indian Health Facilities appropriation.
Page 65 - FY 1987, the IHS staffed facilities provided for approximately 3.6 million ambulatory visits and 76,000 discharges. The FY 1989 budget request provides an estimate of resources available for tribal health programs. These programs, which are administered by tribes and tribal organizations through contracts with the IHS, operate 6 hospitals, 70 health centers, 1 school health center and 262 smaller health stations and satellite clinics. In FY 1987 the tribally operated facilities provided for about...