This hearing before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs (United States Senate) concerns a bill (S.1645) to: (1) reauthorize funding for Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools and dormitory facilities; (2) prevent termination or alteration of BIA-funded schools except by specific provision of law or as requested by tribal governing bodies; and (3) require full disclosure to the tribal governing body of any relevant action under consideration by the Department of Interior or BIA. The bill also covers modifications to the funding formula for BIA schools, coordination of educational programs between BIA schools and public schools, extension of gifted and talented programs, details of funding for Navajo Community College, and policies on consultation between the Department of Interior and Indian tribes and organizations. In this hearing, participants criticize the BIA for denying the Indian people an effective voice in BIa programs, and supports Indian self determination through grants to tribally controlled schools. South Dakota Senator Daschle, a bill sponsor, stated that this bill is a reaction to BIA annual budget recommendations containing initiatives offensive to tribal leaders, proposed without tribal consultation. Other statements came from representatives of tribal councils, tribally controlled colleges and schools, public schools, and tribal education departments, and addressed the decline in Indian education funding since 1981, the need for programs to teach tribal government, and for programs to deal with alcohol and drug problems, cash-flow problems, geographic attendance boundaries proposed by BIA, the new library and learning resource center to be built at Oglala Lakota College (OLC), and OLC statistics and budget. (SV)