The 12th annual report to Congress from the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) details activities during fiscal year 1985 and is dedicated to all Indian youth who benefit from any federal programs that support Indian education and those Indian youths lost from the Wind River Indian Reservation because of suicide. Part I contains an introduction, an overview of the Council, legislative history, and lists of council members and committees. Part II details 1985 functions and activities including developing and distributing five free issues of the new NACIE Newsletter to over 3,000 individuals/organizations. Part III summarizes nine NACIE recommendations to Congress and the Secretary of Education including continued appropriation of funds for all federally funded Indian education programs. Part IV describes components of Title IV programs. Part V profiles funding, students served, Indian target population, needs, and program goals of eight Title IV programs ranging from high school enrichment projects and basic literacy skill demonstration programs to community adult education. It also identifies seven Indian Fellowship recipients and their areas of study. Part VI contains a glossary, tables showing state-by-state distribution of funds awarded to Title IV grantees, and a map showing locations and dates of NACIE meetings since 1973. (NEC)