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§69 Anthropological Researches; Cooperation of Institution with States, Educational Institutions, or Scientific Organizations

Title 20 › Chapter 3— SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › Subchapter I— CHARTER PROVISIONS › § 69

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution may work with states, schools, or scientific groups to study American Indians and to recover and preserve archaeological finds.

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Title 20, §69

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The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby authorized to cooperate with any State, educational institution, or scientific organization in the United States to continue independently or in cooperation anthropological researches among the American Indians and the natives of lands under the jurisdiction or protection of the United States and the excavation and preservation of archaeological remains.

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1949—Act Aug. 22, 1949, substituted “to continue independently or in cooperation anthropological” for “for continuing ethnological” and inserted “and the natives of lands under the jurisdiction or protection of the United States”.

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20 U.S.C. § 69

Title 20Education

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Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60