25 USC § 1616f - Tribal culture and history

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title: "25 USC § 1616f - Tribal culture and history"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "1616f"
section_name: "Tribal culture and history"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "INDIAN HEALTH PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 113, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 109, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4796; amended Pub. L. 102–573, title I, §§ 114(b), 117(b)(5), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4543, 4544; Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 901(d), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1828; Pub. L. 110–315, title IX, § 941(k)(2)(I)(i), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3467.)"
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# § 1616f. Tribal culture and history

**(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) [^1] of title 20),

See References in Text note below.

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

**(3)** include instruction in Native American studies.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 113, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 109, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4796; amended Pub. L. 102–573, title I, §§ 114(b), 117(b)(5), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4543, 4544; Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 901(d), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1828; Pub. L. 110–315, title IX, § 941(k)(2)(I)(i), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3467.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was omitted in the general amendment of chapter 44 (§ 2301 et seq.) of Title 20, Education, by , , .

### Amendments

2008—Subsec. (b)(1).  substituted “tribally controlled colleges or universities (within the meaning of )” for “tribally-controlled community colleges (within the meaning of )”.

1998—Subsec. (b)(1).  made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to .

1992—Subsec. (b)(1). , inserted before comma at end “and tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institutions (as defined in )”.

Subsec. (c). , struck out subsec. (c) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1990 to 1992.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except as otherwise provided in , see , set out as a note under , Education.