Implementation on the Tribal Self-governance Demonstration Project: Hearing Before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, on Oversight Hearing on Implementation of the Self-Governance Demonstration Project Act by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service, October 20, 1993, Washington, DC.

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Page 67 - The very fact of repeated treaties with them recognizes it; and the settled doctrine of the law of nations is, that a weaker power does not surrender its independence — its right to self-government, by associating with a stronger, and taking its protection. A weak state, in order to provide for its safety, may place itself under the protection of one more powerful, without stripping itself of the right of government and ceasing to be a state.
Page 64 - Government operates — to shift from top-down bureaucracy to entrepreneurial Government that empowers citizens and communities to change our country from the bottom up. We must reward the people and ideas that work and get rid of those that don't.
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Page 29 - Edward K. Thomas. I am the elected president of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, a federally recognized Indian tribe of more than 26,000 tribal citizens.
Page 45 - FTCA claims history for tribal self-determination contracts at the Indian Health Service [IHS] and the Bureau of Indian Affairs [BIA].
Page 45 - THE NAVAJO NATION The Navajo Nation is the largest Indian tribe in the United States. With a citizenship of over 219,198 enrolled members...
Page 77 - I bring you greetings from the people of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians...
Page 49 - AT THE OVERSIGHT HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS, UNITED STATES SENATE, ON THE •CHALLENGES FACED BY INDIAN YOUTH, INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, VIOLENCE, EDUCATION AND FAMILY VALUES, ENVIRONMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES".

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