Goals and Priorities of the Alaska Native Community: Hearing Before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session on to Receive the Views of the Alaska Native Community Regarding Goals and Priorities of Alaska Natives, May 10, 2001, Washington, DC.U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001 - 300 pages |
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Page 179 - Since 1993, we have grown the operating accounts of the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management by $851.1 million, or 43 percent.
Page 165 - ... blood, or combination thereof. The term includes any Native, as so defined, either or both of whose adoptive parents are not Natives. It also includes, in the absence of proof of a minimum blood quantum, any citizen of the United States who is regarded as an Alaska Native by the Native village or town of which he claims to be a member...
Page 162 - Indian tribe" means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688) [43 USCS §§ 1601 et seq.] which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians...
Page 139 - ... advanced telecommunications and information services, that are reasonably comparable to those services provided in urban areas and that are available at rates that are reasonably comparable to rates charged for similar services in urban areas.
Page 236 - tribal justice systems are inadequately funded, and the lack of adequate funding impairs their operation." 25 USC § 3601(8). In order to remedy this lack of funding, the Act authorized...
Page 236 - development, enhancement and continuing operation of tribal justice systems . . " 25 USC § 3614. Eight (8) years after the Act was enacted, how much funding has been appropriated? None. Not a single dollar was even requested under the Act for fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 or 1999. Only minimal funds were requested for fiscal year 1996 and 2000. Yet, even these minimal funds were deleted. Even more appalling than the lack of appropriations under the Act is the fact that BIA funding for tribal...
Page 94 - Agriculture shall file a map and a legal description of each wilderness .area designated under section 2 with, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives, and each such map and legal description shall have the same force and effect as.
Page 236 - [T]ribal justice systems are an essential part of tribal governments and serve as important forums for ensuring public health, safety and the political integrity of tribal governments.