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 104 STAT. 478 PUBLIC LAW 101-379 —AUG. 18, 1990 nication, information, or sources to the officials of any Indian tribe. Federal agencies authorized to make reports pursuant to this section shall, by regulations, adopt standards for the protection of such communications, information, or sources. EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS SEC. 11. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is hereby authorized to sell and transfer, without further approval of the United States, all its interests in the business operating as Carolina Mirror Inc., including lands, leasehold interests, and improvements which are located in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and Harris County, Texas. Nothing in this section is intended to authorize the Band to sell any Eastern Cherokee lands which are held in trust by the United States or any lands comprising the Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation. ALASKA NATIVES COMMISSION 42 USC 2991a SEC. 12. (a)(1) The Congress has conducted a preliminary review of "°*®- the social and economic circumstances of Alaska Natives and of governmental policies and programs affecting Alaska Natives and finds that— (A) in this period of rapid cultural change, there is, among Alaska Natives, a growing social and economic crisis characterized by, among other things, alcohol abuse and violence, grave health problems, low levels of educational achievement, joblessness, a lack of employment opportunities, and a growing dependency upon transfer payments; (B) these conditions exist even though public policies and programs adopted in recent decades have been intended to assist Alaska Natives in protecting their traditional cultures and subsistence economies and in encouraging economic self-sufficiency and individual, group, village, and regional self-determination; and (C) Alaska Natives and the State of Alaska have expressed a need for a review of public policies and programs and a desire to make such policies and programs more effective in accomplishing their intentions. (2) The Congress hereby declares that it is timely and essential to conduct, in cooperation with the State of Alaska and with the participation of Alaska Natives, a comprehensive review of Federal and State policies and programs affecting Alaska Natives in order to identify specific actions that may be taken by the United States and the State of Alaska to help assure that public policy goals are more fully realized among Alaska Natives. Establishment. (b)(1) There is hereby established a Commission to be known as the "Joint Federal-State Commission on Policies and Programs Affecting Alaska Natives" (hereafter referred to in this section as the "Commission"). (2)(A) The Commission shall consist of the following members: President. (i) seven individuals appointed by the President, at least three of whom shall be Alaska Natives and not more than two of whom may be officers or employees of the Federal Government, (ii) seven individuals appointed by the Governor of the State of Alaska,

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