<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Empowering Indian Communities: The Indian Action Team Program</dc:title><dc:date>1975-09-11</dc:date><dc:creator>unknown</dc:creator><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:identifier>http://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_001_4_140_38_0003</dc:identifier><dc:description>The Indian Action Team Program is a training program developed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to assist tribal governments in developing their communities in accordance with their development plans of self-determination. The program consists of three phases: planning, training, and implementation. The training is carried out on the reservation and focuses on providing marketable skills for long-term employment. The program aims to establish Indian businesses and enterprises to promote training and employment opportunities for Indian people. The main objective is to strengthen tribal governments and enable them to meet their development goals.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>