Presenting narrative and tabular data re: American Indians and the Johnson-O'Malley Program, this 1972 annual report includes the following: an introduction to the JOM Program; 1972 program participation by states and districts; an historical synopsis of the JOM Program; a map of the JOM administrative areas; a flow chart depicting JOM organization; a list of state directors of Indian education (addresses and phone numbers); a list of area office education (JOM) representatives (names, addresses, and phone numbers); JOM contracts with state departments of education (contract descriptions for Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming); JOM program contracts with school districts (contract descriptions for Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Oregon, and Utah); JOM contracts for peripheral dormitories; an appendix (statistical data re: total JOM supported enrollment, total JOM expenditures, and total JOM expenditures and enrollment; JOM Act of April 16, 1934 as amended by the Act of June 4, 1936; excerpts from Public Law 81-874 relevant to the public school education of American Indians; JOM student statistical summary report for fiscal years 1966 through 1972; and school district analysis, 1971-72). (JC)