Resolution Number: 1973-D046
Title: Confirm the National Committee on Indian Work and a Staff Officer for Indian Affairs
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, That the action of Executive Council in September, 1972, establishing the National Committee on Indian Work on a regional basis and charging it with the job of evaluating the Church's work among Indians and Eskimos and recommending future directions for that work, be confirmed; and be it further

Resolved, That the National Committee on Indian Work be established on a continuing basis, with its present compostiion [sic] continuing until such time as its membership may be changed in accordance with procedures recommended by the NCIW and confirmed by the Executive Council to make it more representative of Indians and Eskimos; and be it further

Resolved, That the National Committee on Indian Work be directed to meet not less than once a year with the Bishops of those jurisdictions which have significant Indian and/or Eskimo populations, for the purpose of joint discussion of the Church's Indian and Eskimo work within those jurisdictions and the Committee's proposed program and budget recommendations for the ensuing year; and be it further

Resolved, That the position of Executive Officer for Indian Affairs, established by Executive Council and confirmed by General Convention in 1970, be continued, and that the relationship between the NCIW and the Executive Council be clarified and strengthened.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Louisville, 1973 (New York: General Convention, 1973), p. 411.
  
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