Presenting information regarding the inception and first-year activities of the Consortium of States to Upgrade Indian Education through State Departments of Education, this report includes: acknowledgments; data re: funding; an introduction; participation (a map depicting the 13-state membership and a list of Consortium participants); project objectives; meeting sites and dates (Washington, D.C., Juneau, Minneapolis, and Albuquerque); topics covered (meeting topics were progressive in that the Washington, D.C. meeting was concerned with orientation and opening, while the three following meetings were concerned with individual states' presentations and Alaska programs; workshops on philosophy, goals, and recommendations; and legislation, finance, American Indian Policy Review Commission, Johnson O'Malley, Title IV, and bilingual education); participants' evaluations; projects completed or begun; and conclusion. The Appendices include: meeting agendas; a list of participants; the May 1975 questionnaire; Alaska Evaluation; Message to Chief State School Officers; and tables depicting Indian Education Units and Number of Local Education Agencies. Among the achievements cited for the year are: shared materials and papers via copied distribution; discussion of key legislation and submission of specific bills for duplication and dissemination; and the explanation of specific programs (e.g., Intercultural Programs at Ft. Lewis, Colorado; Alaska's Title V programs, etc.). (JC)