PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary must create a program, run by the Service, to teach Service employees who work with specific Indian tribes about those tribes’ history and culture and about the Service’s history. As much as possible, the program should be taught through tribally controlled colleges, universities, or postsecondary vocational schools, be developed with the tribe’s input, and include Native American studies.

Title 25, §1616f

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(a)Program established

The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall establish a program under which appropriate employees of the Service who serve particular Indian tribes shall receive educational instruction in the history and culture of such tribes and in the history of the Service.

(b)Tribally controlled institutions

To the extent feasible, the program established under subsection (a) shall—

(1)be carried out through tribally controlled colleges or universities (within the meaning of section 1801(a)(4) of this title) and tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institutions (as defined in section 2397h(2) of title 20),

(2)be developed in consultation with the affected tribal government, and

(3)include instruction in Native American studies.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 2397h of title 20, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was omitted in the general amendment of chapter 44 (§ 2301 et seq.) of Title 20, Education, by Pub. L. 105–332, § 1(b), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3076.

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 110–315 substituted “tribally controlled colleges or universities (within the meaning of section 1801(a)(4) of this title)” for “tribally-controlled community colleges (within the meaning of section 1801(4) of this title)”. 1998—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105–244 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 1801(4) of this title. 1992—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102–573, § 114(b), inserted before comma at end “and tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institutions (as defined in section 2397h(2) of title 20)”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–573, § 117(b)(5), struck out subsec. (c) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1990 to 1992.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education.

§1616f Tribal Culture and History