The Indian Self-Determination Education and Assistance Act, celebrating its 50th anniversary this month, restored self-governance to federally recognized Native tribes. The Choctaw Nation ...

On January 4, 1975, President Gerald Ford signed into law the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, a piece of legislation that fundamentally reshaped federal-tribal relations.

The Indian Self-Determination Education and Assistance Act, a massive step toward tribes' freedom, became law in January 1975. "It has allowed us to embrace our sovereignty again, to help us ...

It helps fund essential services such as hospitals, health clinics, education ... signed the Indian Self-Determination and Educational Assistance Act on Jan. 4, 1975. &lpar ...

Then came another turning point: the 1975 passage of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. Previously, government officials had the option to enter into contracts with Tribes ...

The act defined eligible “tribes” by reference to the 1975 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, a pivotal piece of legislation that, by allowing tribes to contract with the federal ...

The act incorporated the definition of “Indian tribe” from the 1975 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, which defined tribe as: any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized ...

This lecture was a part of a two-day long symposium on the 50th anniversary of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, a law allowing tribes to assume administrative ...

MISSOULA - The past 30 years have brought sweeping changes in how tribal governments manage basic services from health care to natural resources to law enforcement to education.