**(a) Findings respecting historical and special legal relationship, and resultant responsibilities** The Congress, after careful review of the Federal Government’s historical and special legal relationship with, and resulting responsibilities to, American Indian people, finds that—
(1) the prolonged Federal domination of Indian service programs has served to retard rather than enhance the progress of Indian people and their communities by depriving Indians of the full opportunity to develop leadership skills crucial to the realization of self-government, and has denied to the Indian people an effective voice in the planning and implementation of programs for the benefit of Indians which are responsive to the true needs of Indian communities; and
(2) the Indian people will never surrender their desire to control their relationships both among themselves and with non-Indian governments, organizations, and persons.
**(b) Further findings** The Congress further finds that—
(1) true self-determination in any society of people is dependent upon an educational process which will insure the development of qualified people to fulfill meaningful leadership roles;
(2) the Federal responsibility for and assistance to education of Indian children has not effected the desired level of educational achievement or created the diverse opportunities and personal satisfaction which education can and should provide; and
(3) parental and community control of the educational process is of crucial importance to the Indian people.
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**(a) Findings respecting historical and special legal relationship, and resultant responsibilities** The Congress, after careful review of the Federal Government’s historical and special legal relationship with, and resulting responsibilities to, American Indian people, finds that—
(1) the prolonged Federal domination of Indian service programs has served to retard rather than enhance the progress of Indian people and their communities by depriving Indians of the full opportunity to develop leadership skills crucial to the realization of self-government, and has denied to the Indian people an effective voice in the planning and implementation of programs for the benefit of Indians which are responsive to the true needs of Indian communities; and
(2) the Indian people will never surrender their desire to control their relationships both among themselves and with non-Indian governments, organizations, and persons.
**(b) Further findings** The Congress further finds that—
(1) true self-determination in any society of people is dependent upon an educational process which will insure the development of qualified people to fulfill meaningful leadership roles;
(2) the Federal responsibility for and assistance to education of Indian children has not effected the desired level of educational achievement or created the diverse opportunities and personal satisfaction which education can and should provide; and
(3) parental and community control of the educational process is of crucial importance to the Indian people.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 5321. Self-determination contracts
(a) Request by tribe; authorized programs
(1) The Secretary is directed, upon the request
of any Indian tribe by tribal resolution, to enter
into a self-determination contract or contracts
with a tribal organization to plan, conduct, and
administer programs or portions thereof, includ-
ing construction programs—
(A) provided for in the Act of April 16, 1934
(48 Stat. 596), as amended [25 U.S.C. 5342 et
seq.];
(B) which the Secretary is authorized to ad-
minister for the benefit of Indians under the
Act of November 2, 1921 (42 Stat. 208) [25 U.S.C.
13], and any Act subsequent thereto;
(C) provided by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services under the Act of August 5,
1954 (68 Stat. 674), as amended [42 U.S.C. 2001 et
seq.];
(D) administered by the Secretary for the
benefit of Indians for which appropriations are
made to agencies other than the Department
of Health and Human Services or the Depart-
ment of the Interior; and
(E) for the benefit of Indians because of their
status as Indians without regard to the agency
or office of the Department of Health and
Human Services or the Department of the In-
terior within which it is performed.
The programs, functions, services, or activities
that are contracted under this paragraph shall
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1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘paragraph,’’.
include administrative functions of the Depart-
ment of the Interior and the Department of
Health and Human Services (whichever is appli-
cable) that support the delivery of services to
Indians, including those administrative activi-
ties supportive of, but not included as part of,
the service delivery programs described in this
paragraph that are otherwise contractable. The
administrative