Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§44 Employment of Indians
Title 25 › CHAPTER 2 — OFFICERS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS › § 44
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Indians must be hired as herders, teamsters, laborers, and for other agency jobs when practical; Secretary and Commissioner must enforce.
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Title 25, §44
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In the Indian Service Indians shall be employed as herders, teamsters, and laborers, and where practicable in all other employments in connection with the agencies and the Indian Service. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to enforce this provision.
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of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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25 U.S.C. § 44
Title 25, Indians
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102