<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 Native Communities: Testimony on PL 93-638 Regulations</dc:title><dc:date>1975-11-04</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_003_1_2_19_0006</dc:identifier><dc:description>Wayne Halms testified before the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs regarding the proposed PL 93-638 regulations for non-profit contracts between tribes or tribal organizations and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He highlighted the challenges faced by the Rock Point Community School Board in operating a community-controlled school in a poor Navajo community. He emphasized the need for more input from parents and communities in school operations and called for education-specific contracting regulations to be developed.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>