Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on S. 496 ... September 15, 1989, Washington, DC.U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 120 pages |
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Page 98 - Congress declares that a major national goal of the United States is to provide the resources, processes, and structures which will enable tribes and local communities to effect the quantity and quality of educational services and opportunities which will permit Indian children to compete and excel in the life areas of their choice, and to achieve the measure of selfdetermination essential to their social and economic well-being.
Page 82 - Council is composed of 15 members, of whom 13, constituting a quorum, were present at a meeting thereof, duly and regularly called, noticed, convened, and held on the...
Page 46 - PL 92-318; 7. submit to the Congress not later than March 31 of each year a report on its activities, which shall include any recommendations it may deem necessary for the improvement of Federal education programs in which Indian children and adults participate or from which they can benefit, which report shall include...
Page 83 - WHEREAS, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, hereinafter referred to as the Tribe, is an unincorporated Band of Indians acting under a revised Constitution and By-laws approved by the Secretary of the Interior on June 16, 1959, and amendments thereto approved April 26, 1962 and April 3...
Page 25 - ... closer to the front. Mr. OLIN. May I make a short statement on behalf Mr. RIVERS. You are the speaker. STATEMENT OF HAROLD B. OLIN ON BEHALF OF EUGENE BARTKUS Mr. OLIN. Mr. Bartkus is vice chairman of the Action Committee and he had some urgent business which prompted him to leave a little early, but there are a couple of points I would like to make which Mr. Bartkus was going to make in his testimony. There were a couple of statements that were made here earlier which I think left you gentlemen...
Page 7 - ... 1 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 2 new subsection...
Page 118 - On behalf of the Navajo Nation, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to...
Page 26 - COLA group to be heard today, and we would like to thank you for allowing us to be here today.
Page 113 - ... our reservation and the problems facing our people. The Navajo Nation is our largest Indian tribe with a population approaching 200,000. Our people are young. The average Navajo age is approximately 18 and their number is growing rapidly at about 3 percent per year. Three times the national average. According to the 1980 census, our per capita income is approximately $2,400, or about one-third of that of the surrounding States. Additionally, out of 100,000 employable Navajos, 33 percent are out...
Page 32 - I will submit for the record. I have a few comments that I would like to make on a more or less informal basis.