DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1992 VISION COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS D. NEAL SIGMon, Kathleen R. JOHNSON, ROBERT S. KRIPOWICZ, and Loretta BeaumoNT, Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts United States. Congress. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS D. NEAL SIGMon, KathleeN R. JOHNSON, ROBERT S. KRIPOWICZ, and LORETTA BEAUMONT, Office of the Inspector General 947 Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office A6484 1991 Pt,q COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman WILLIAM H. NATCHER, Kentucky, Vice Chairman NEAL SMITH, Iowa SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois EDWARD R. ROYBAL, California W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina WILLIAM H. GRAY III, Pennsylvania BERNARD J. DWYER, New Jersey STENY H. HOYER, Maryland BOB CARR, Michigan ROBERT J. MRAZEK, New York RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois RONALD D. COLEMAN, Texas ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia LINDSAY THOMAS, Georgia CHESTER G. ATKINS, Massachusetts JIM CHAPMAN, Texas MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania JIM KOLBE, Arizona DEAN A. GALLO, New Jersey BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa LAWRENCE J. SMITH, Florida DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina NANCY PELOSI, California FREDERICK G. MOHRMAN, Clerk and Staff Director NOTE.-The Honorable Silvio O. Conte was Ranking Minority Member of the Committee until his death on February 8, 1991. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1992 TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1991. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, OFFICE OF INDIAN EDUCATION WITNESSES JOHN T. MACDONALD, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION JOHN W. TIPPECONNIC III, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF INDIAN EDUCATION SALLY H. CHRISTENSEN, DIRECTOR, BUDGET SERVICE, OFFICE OF PLANNING, BUDGET AND EVALUATION THOMAS M. CORWIN, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND VOCATIONAL ANALYSIS, OFFICE OF PLANNING, BUDGET AND EVALUATION Mr. YATES. Let's have the witnesses for Indian Education, please. We're glad to welcome Congressman Skeen as a member of our subcommittee. We've enjoyed very much our association with him over the years on other subcommittees, and I'm sure we will as well on this one. Glad to have you. Mr. SKEEN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The pleasure is mine. Mr. SKEEN. All right, any amount you want to take. Mr. YATES. All right. The first agency before us this morning, appearing on behalf of its budget for Fiscal Year 1992, is the Indian Education Division of the Department of Education. Speaking on behalf of that budget is Mr. John MacDonald. We're glad to see you again, Mr. MacDonald. Mr. MACDONALD. It's a pleasure to be here again. Mr. YATES. He's Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. He's accompanied by Mr. Tippeconnic III, Director of the Office of Indian Education; Sally Christensen-Ms. Christensen, glad to see you again-and Mr. Corwin, Director of the Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Analysis. Mr. Corwin, there you are again. Glad to see you all. Now Mr. MacDonald's statement may go into the record, followed by the biography of Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Tippeconnic, and that's it. [The prepared statement and biographical sketches of Messrs. MacDonald and Tippeconnic follow:] (1) |