=~ 29certain amount of anxiety. Thus, special care and caution will be taken to avoid questions that would generate high levels of anxiety in the typical respondent. This will be accomplished by carefully pretesting research instruments, In all, potential risks to respondents is judged to be very low. It is expected, however, that particularly sensitive respondents will eliminate themselves by refusing to consent to be interviewed. Finally, it should be mentioned that the Battelle Memorial Institute, through its Pacific Northwest Division, maintains an "Institutional Review Board-~Human Subjects Committee." This committee is responsible for protecting the rights and welfare of human subjects and insuring that all research (regardless of sponsor) involving human subjects be conducted in accordance with guidelines established by the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare. PLANNED PROJECT PERSONNEL Joseph E. Trimble, Ph.D. (Social Psychology) is a Research Scientist at the Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers. serve as Principal Investigator of the project. He will His research efforts are concentrated on socio-psychological issues and problems of American Indians including personality development among adolescents, education, and impact of energy development on reservation and Alaska Native village lands. He is one of the few American Indian social scientists in the country working on contemporary issues associated with tribes and native groups.