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 159 - 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 150 - 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) 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 127 - ... 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 214 - 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 149 - ... 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...
Page 212 - Act specifically finding that "tribal justice systems are an essential part of tribal governments and serve as important forums for ensuring public health and safety and the political integrity of tribal governments" and "tribal justice systems are inadequately funded, and the lack of adequate funding impairs their operation.
Page 143 - Indians enrolled or not enrolled in the Metlaktla Indian Community), Eskimo, or Aleut 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...
Page 213 - ... strive to respond competently and creatively to federal and state pressures coming from the outside, and to cultural values and imperatives from within.
Page 213 - Tribal courts constitute the frontline tribal institutions that most often confront issues of self-determination and sovereignty, while at the same time they are charged with providing reliable and equitable adjudication in the many and increasingly diverse matters that come before them. In addition, they constitute a key tribal entity for advancing and protecting the rights of self-government. . . . Tribal courts are of growing significance in Indian Country.
Page 214 - Even more appalling than the lack of appropriations under the Act is the fact that BIA funding for tribal courts has actually substantially decreased following the enactment of the Indian Tribal Justice Act in 1993.