DOCUMENT RESUME ED 277 501 RC 016 01 TITLE Native American Children, Youth, and Families. Part 3. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session (Albuquerque, NM, January 10, 1986). INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. PUB DATE 86 NOTE 293p.; Sections of document contain small type. For Parts 1 and 2, see RC 016 013-014. AVAILABLE FROMSuperintendent of Document, Congressional Sales Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE 14I01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS American Indian Education; American Indian Reservations; *American Indians; *Child Welfare; *Community Problems; *Drug Abuse; Drug Rehabilitation; *Economically Disadvantaged; Economic Climate; Elementary Secondary Education; *Family Problems; Females; Health Conditions; Hearings; Prevention; Rehabilitation Programs; Reservation American Indians; Suicide; Tribes; Unemployment; Youth Programs IDENTIFIERS Colorado; Congress 99th; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Navajo (Nation); New Mexico; Pueblc. (People); Ute (Tribe) ABSTRACT As part.of a weeklong investigation into conditions among Native American families and children, the House of Representatives Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families met to hear testimony from tribal leaders, parents, young adults, and service providers from reservations and pueblos in New Mexico and Colorado. Topics include unemployment and its effect on the family; housing, sewer, and electricity shortages; a tribally-run school that acts as a base for a comprehensive array of youth and adult services; and foster care and child welfare services. Numerous speakers address the link between alcohol abuse and family problems including retal Alcohol Syndrome. Teen-age students from the Southern Ute Tribe (Colorado) discuss a program they initiated to encourage fellow students to remain drug and alcohol free. The report includes transcription of the hearing proceedings, numerous prepared statements from tribal organizations, and articles on issues such as adolescent suicide at an Indian reservation, health of Native American women, childhood injuries in a Native American community, and the epidemiology of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome among American Indians of the Southwest. 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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 61483 0 WASHINGTON : 1986 For sale by the Sopertntendoni of Documents, Congresstonsl Sales Office U S Covernment PnntingOffiCe, Washington, DC241402 " 2 BERICOPPAM t;ELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES GEORGE MILLER,California,Chairman WILLIAM LEHMAN, Flonda DAN amis. Indiana PATRICIA SCHROEDER, CAorado HAMILTON FISH, Ja , New York LINDY BOGGS. Louisiana THOMAS J BLILEY,JR ,Virginia MATFHEW F McHUGh, New York FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia TED WEISS, New York DAN BURTON, Indiana BERYL ANTHONY. JR. Arkansas NANCY L JOHNSON. Connecticut BARBARA BOXER, California JOHN R McKERNAN,JR, Maine SANDER M. LEVIN. Michigan BARBARA F VLICANOVICH, Nevada BRUCE A MORRISON. Connecticut DAVID S MONSON, Utah J. ROY ROWLAND. Georgia ROBERT C SMITH, New Hampshire GERRY SIKORSKI, Minnesota ALAN WHEAT, Missouri MATTHEW 0 MARTINEZ, Cabfornia LANE EVANS, Illinois COMMITTEE STAFF ALAN J STONE,Staff Director and Counsel ANN ROSEWATER. Deputy Staff Armor MARK SOURER, JfinorgY Staff Director 3 tliWAYMIABir --'-',"..........-. CONTENTS Pap Hearing held in Albuquerque, NM, on January 10, 1986 1 Statement ofi Bronson, Melinda, director, Tribal Social Services, Ute Mountain Tribe, Towaoc, CO 78 Cohoe, Bennie, executive director, Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc, Pine Hill, NM 73 Estevan, William, Fiist Lieutenant Governor, Pueblo of Acoma, NM... 67 Hernandez, Francisca, executive director, Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, accompanied by Ona Lora Porter, director of planning, Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board 20 Martorelli, Toni, director, Governor's office on children and youth, Santa Fe, NM 13 May, Philip, associate professor of sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 17 Monte, Danielle, drug buster, Southern Ute Tribe, CO 6 PaYtiamo, Stanley, Governor, Pueblo of Acoma, NM 64 Pena, Gilbert, chairman, All Indian Pueblo Council, Albuquerque, NM 4 Rael, Toni, d -ug buster, Southern Ute Tribe; accompanivd by Sue Velas- quez, VISTA volunteer, Ignacio, CO 6 Reyna, Marjorie, executive director, division of economic development Navajo Nation, Window Rock, AZ 68 Solomon, Floyd, parent and parent trainer, Education for parents of Indian children with special needs, Laguna Pueblo, NM.. ........... 62 Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, etc.: Raker, Chris A., chairman, Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council, prepared statement of 107 Bird, Rev. Henry L., Socorro, NM, the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande, Urban Indian Ministry, letter to Chairman George Miller, dated Jan. 12, 1986 267 Bronson, Melinda, MSW, ACSW, director, Tribal Social Services, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Towaoc, CO, prepared statement of 81 Cohoe, Bennie, executive director, Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc., CPO Drawer A, Pine Hill, NM: Prepared statement of . 76 Addenda to prepared statement 113 Davis, Sally, M.Edinstructor and director, Community/School-Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Ken Hunt, B.S. coordinator, School-based Adolescent Health Pro- grams, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquer- ree, NM 173 DeVaney, Joyce, MPH Adolescent Health, New Mexico Health and Envi- ronment Department, Health Services Division, Santa Fe, NM, letter to Chairman George Miller, dated Jan. 7, 1986, enclosing abstract of the Native American adolescent injury prevention project.. 265 Dodd, Dottie, prevention coordinator, Southern Ute Community Action Programs, Alcoholism Center, Ignacio, CO "Ignacio Drug Busters," pamphlet enutled 10 "Ignacio Youths to Run Against Drugs," newspaper article entitled 12 Letter to Chairman George Miller, dated January 1986 ..... 8 French, Roy, principal, Taos Day School, Taos, NM, letter to Chairman George Miller, dated Jan 16, 1986 . /. 105 Hernandez, Franciaca, executive director, and Ona Lara Porter, director, Planning and Community Development: Additional statement of 44 WV:44131 IV Prepared statements, lettc rs, supplemental materials, etc.Cantinur. Hernandez, Francisca, executii e earectar, and Or.a Lara Porter, d:reetor. Planning and Commanity DevelopmentContimied Prepared statement or 25 Kitzes, Judith A., M.D., MPH, and Lawrence R. Berger. M.D., ..2'fl "Childhood Injuries in e Native American Cammumty," article enti- tled 25_ "The Health of Native American Women," article entitled .. n4 Martorelli, Toni, director of Go ernor's office on children and yuuth, prepared staterient of 15 May, Philip A., Ph.D.. associate professor of srciology, University :if New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM: "A Pilot Project on Petal Alcoho' Syndrome Among American Ind:- ans," from Alcohol Health & Research World, vol. 7, Nc. 2, winter 1982/83, article entitled.... ......................... ....... ..... .............. 195 "Adolescent Suicide at an Indian Reservation," article entitled . 203 "Epidemiolos7 of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Among American Indians of the Southwest," trade entitled 181 Prepared statement of 20 "Suicide and the American Indian," article entitled ... .... 210 Miller, Hon. George, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, and chairman, Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Letter to Floyd R Solomon, from Chairman George Miller, request- inginformation 88 Opening statement of ....... .... ...... .. .... 3 Monte, Danielle, member of the Southern lite Tribe, Ignacio, CO, Pre- pared statement of 6 Paytiamo, Gov. Stan/ey, Governor of the Pueblo of Acorns, Albuquerque, NM, prepared statement of . ....... ........ 66 Pena, Gilliert M., chairman, All Indian Pueblo Council, Inc., Albuquer- que, NM, prepared statement of. ....... ...... ....... ... ...... ................. 5 Pueblo of Laguna, The Laguna Project Charlie Committee, Laguna Serv- ice Center, Laguna, NM, with avendixes. 270 Reyna, Marjorie, executive director for the Navajo division ciiconomic development, the Naval') Tribe, Window Rock, AZ, prepared gr.atea&uit of --r.. 71 Sanchez, Gilbert J., chairman, Board of Governors, Eiggt Northern Indian Pueblos Council, Santa Fe, NM, letter to Chairman George Miller, dated Jan. 30, 1986, with enclosures . 92 Solomon, Floyd, parent and parent trainer, education for