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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Folder Title: [Administration for Native Americans]
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Kathy,
FYI
Cheers,
TAG
BOB GLEASON
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
188881
1110
Indian- Box - I-A -
FG006-01
Administration for Native Americans
IN
Alaska Indians
Alaska Inter-Regional Private Industry Council
All Indian Pueblo Council
GLEASION, Bob
American Indians
American Indian Leaders Advisory Council Verstandig LEE
American Indian Development Corporation
American Indian National Bank
Apaches
California Indian Education Association Inc.
California Tribal Chairman's Association
The Chippewa Tribe
Cherokees - Indians
Choctaw
The Clary Institute
Two Boxes from Bob Gleason, office
affairs, regarding
Indians Fited in Oversize attachments-
840848409
BOB GLEASON
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Indian- Box - I - A
Administration for Native Americans
Alaska Indians
Alaska Inter-Regional Private Industry Council
All Indian Pueblo Council
American Indians
American Indian Development Corporation
American Indian Leaders Advisory Council
American Indian National Bank
Apaches
California Indian Education Association Inc.
California Tribal Chairman's Association
The Chippewa Tribe
Cherokees - Indians
Choctaw
The Clary Institute
BARRY GOLDWATER
COMMITTEES:
ARIZONA
INTELLIGENCE, CHAIRMAN
ARMED SERVICES
TACTICAL WARFARE, CHAIRMAN
United States Senate
PREPAREDNESS
STRATEGIC AND THEATRE NUCLEAR FORCES
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION
COMMUNICATIONS, CHAIRMAN
AVIATION
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SPACE
INDIAN AFFAIRS
July 2, 1981
Mr. Morton Blackwell
Office of Public Liaison
Room 134
Old Executive Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Morton:
Many thanks for taking the time to see us yesterday. I very much
appreciate having the opportunity to speak with you on various
Indian matters and I was pleased to learn of the upcoming policy
statement on volunteerism and private sector involvement.
For your information, I have enclosed a copy of the Senate report
File
accompanying the reauthorizing legislation for the Administration
for Native Americans which gives you a concise background on ANA.
Again, many thanks.
With best wishes,
Clariable
Phyllis T. Thompson
file
FACT SHEET: ADMINISTRATION FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
Introduction
The Administration for Native Americans is the only Federal Native American
agency which serves all Native Americans - American Indians, Hawaiian Natives
and Alaska Natives--- without regard to where they live or what their tribal or group
affiliation may be. Within this constituency is a wide diversity as to language,
culture, legal status, size, resources and eligibility for services. Native Americans
number about 1.6 million, most of whom are American Indians. Despite much progress in
the last two decades, Native Americans rank at or near the bottom of almost every measure
of social and economic well being in the nation. ANA's legislated mission is to promote
social and economic self-sufficiency for Native Americans.
ANA's budget for FY '81 is $33.8 million. The President's proposed budget for
FY '82 requests $28 million for ANA. The agency is headed by a Commissioner and is
housed in the Office of Human Development Services in the Department of Health and
Human Services.
Authorizing Legislation and Regulations
The Native Americans Programs Act of 1974, Public Law 93-644, as amended in 1978
by Public Law 95-568, authorizes the projects and activities of the Administration for
Native Americans, including financial assistance grants, technical assistance and
training, and research, demonistration and pilot projects. Regulations implementing the
Act were published January 19, 1977 (44 CFR 1336).
History
The forerunner of the Administration for Native Americans was the Office of Native
American Programs (ONAP) established in 1973 in what was then the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare. This office combined the Indian Division transferred from the
Office of Economic Opportunity with HEW's Office of Indian Affairs. The Native Americans
Program Act of 1974 extended the authorization for the program and also included, for the
first time, Native Hawaiians as a part of the service population. In 1977, ONAP became the
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Administration for Native Americans.
Program Directions
ANA currently operates on the principle that economic and social development are
interrelated concerns and that development in both areas must be balanced to achieve
self-sufficiency and to improve the well-being of Native Americans. This approach,
developed in consultation with Native American leaders from all over the nation,
moves the focus from increasing services, which fosters dependency, to increasing
production, which fosters self-sufficiency. ANA has three major objectives:
o
Development of tribal and community institutions and Native American leader-
ship to be responsible for meeting the needs of their members and to take
charge of locally-determined social and economic development;
Development of diversified and stable economies and/or economic activities
which provide jobs, promote economic well-being and reduce dependency on
social services.
Development or improvement of social systems which safeguard the health
and welfare of individuals, families and communities, not for services as an
end to themselves, but services as a necessary support in achieving and
maintaining a thriving and self-sustaining community.
To accomplish its objectives, ANA promotes coordination of Federal program
efforts. For example, in 1980, ANA initiated or was involved in 30 interagency
agreements relating to employment, energy, child welfare, environmental and occupa-
tional health, aging, rehabilitation and other areas.
Accomplishments
In 1981, ANA is providing direct funding to 200 reservation and off-reservation
grantees. Many tribes, as an example, are using their funds to strengthen their
planning, managerial, fiscal and judicial functions as units of government with
responsibility for serving their own members. In addition, they are using their
ANA funds to strengthen their economic base, including business and economic develop-
ment. These approaches increase the ability of tribes to control their own affairs
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and relate to the Federal Government on a government-to-government basis. An in-house
evaluation based on a comparison of 1976 and 1978 performance data for 56 reservations
revealed significant progress in planning and management in the majority of the tribal
governments supported by ANA. As an example, improved management of the Three
Affiliated Tribes on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota resulted in a
savings of $100,000 which the tribe turned back into services.
Grants to other groups -- off-reservation, nonprofit organizations, urban and
rural -- are being used in many cases to establish links with other service providers
in the community so that Native American citizens receive the services to which all
citizens are entitled. Funds are also being used to stimulate economic development,
thereby reducing the need for social services.
Here are two ANA success stories:
Thirty-nine Tribal Employment Rights Offices have been set up (14 in the
past year) through interagency cooperation coordinated by ANA. Using their
authority to enforce Indian preference and employment rights on reservations
and exercising persuasion to stop discrimination in hiring practices off the
reservations, tribes have experienced dramatic increases in employment --
in some cases as much as 300 percent. As a result of TERO, people are
being placed in jobs and reliance on Federal assistance is reduced.
ANA is joining other public and private groups to strengthen the governing
abilities of the 25 tribes who created the Council of Energy Resource Tribes
(CERT). Although otherwise poor, CERT tribes own significant amounts of the
nation's energy resources. While they work to manage their resources for
the benefit of the tribe and its members, tribes are also helping reduce
the nation's dependency on foreign energy resources.