(a) The purpose of WIA INA programs is to support comprehensive
employment and training activities for Indian, Alaska Native and Native
Hawaiian individuals in order to:
(1) Develop more fully their academic, occupational, and literacy
skills;
(2) Make them more competitive in the workforce;
(3) Promote the economic and social development of Indian, Alaska
Native, and Native Hawaiian communities according to the goals and
values of such communities; and
(4) Help them achieve personal and economic self-sufficiency.
(b) The principal means of accomplishing these purposes is to
enable tribes and Native American organizations to provide employment
and training services to Native American peoples and their communities.
Services should be provided in a culturally appropriate manner,
consistent with the principles of Indian self-determination. (WIA sec.
166(a)(1).)