1991: Tribal self-government expanded

The Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project Act extends the self-governance demonstration period for three more years and increases the number of participating tribes to 30. The earlier 1988 Act had authorized tribes to consolidate multiple federal contracts and grants into a single funding agreement, which allowed tribes to assume control over decision making and management of programs and services previously controlled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.

The Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project Act (P.L. 102-184) provides tribes and the Bureau of Indian Affairs time to experiment with giving tribes more control over their own affairs. Self-determination grows as tribes realize more control over meeting their own needs.

Theme

Federal-Tribal Relations

Region

Arctic, California, Great Basin, Great Plains, Northeast, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Southeast, Southwest, Subarctic