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25 U.S.C. § 2901 — Findings
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The Congress finds that—
(1) the status of the cultures and languages of Native Americans is unique and the United States has the responsibility to act together with Native Americans to ensure the survival of these unique cultures and languages;
(2) special status is accorded Native Americans in the United States, a status that recognizes distinct cultural and political rights, including the right to continue separate identities;
(3) the traditional languages of Native Americans are an integral part of their cultures and identities and form the basic medium for the transmission, and thus survival, of Native American cultures, literatures, histories, religions, political institutions, and values;
(4) there is a widespread practice of treating Native Americans 11 So in original. Probably should be “American”. languages as if they were anachronisms;
(5) there is a lack of clear, comprehensive, and consistent Federal policy on treatment of Native American languages which has often resulted in acts of suppression and extermination of Native American languages and cultures;
(6) there is convincing evidence that student achievement and performance, community and school pride, and educational opportunity is clearly and directly tied to respect for, and support of, the first language of the child or student;
(7) it is clearly in the interests of the United States, individual States, and territories to encourage the full academic and human potential achievements of all students and citizens and to take steps to realize these ends;
(8) acts of suppression and extermination directed against Native American languages and cultures are in conflict with the United States policy of self-determination for Native Americans;
(9) languages are the means of communication for the ful
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The Congress finds that—
(1) the status of the cultures and languages of Native Americans is unique and the United States has the responsibility to act together with Native Americans to ensure the survival of these unique cultures and languages;
(2) special status is accorded Native Americans in the United States, a status that recognizes distinct cultural and political rights, including the right to continue separate identities;
(3) the traditional languages of Native Americans are an integral part of their cultures and identities and form the basic medium for the transmission, and thus survival, of Native American cultures, literatures, histories, religions, political institutions, and values;
(4) there is a widespread practice of treating Native Americans 11 So in original. Probably should be “American”. languages as if they were anachronisms;
(5) there is a lack of clear, comprehensive, and consistent Federal policy on treatment of Native American languages which has often resulted in acts of suppression and extermination of Native American languages and cultures;
(6) there is convincing evidence that student achievement and performance, community and school pride, and educational opportunity is clearly and directly tied to respect for, and support of, the first language of the child or student;
(7) it is clearly in the interests of the United States, individual States, and territories to encourage the full academic and human potential achievements of all students and citizens and to take steps to realize these ends;
(8) acts of suppression and extermination directed against Native American languages and cultures are in conflict with the United States policy of self-determination for Native Americans;
(9) languages are the means of communication for the full range of human experiences and are critical to the survival of cultural and political integrity of any people; and
(10) language provides a direct and powerful means of promoting international communication by people who share languages.
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**(a) In general** Not later than 18 months after January 5, 2023, and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”), shall undertake a survey of the use of all Native American languages in the United States.
**(b) Updates** Prior to conducting each subsequent survey after the initial survey under subsection (a), the Secretary shall update the survey in accordance with this section.
**(c) Consultation required** The Secretary shall design the initial survey under subsection (a) and each updated survey under subsection (b)—
(1) in consultation with Indian tribes; and
(2) after considering feedback received from Native American language speakers and experts.
**(d) Contents** Each survey under subsection (a) shall solicit—
(1) information on which Native American languages are currently spoken;
(2) estimates of the number of speakers of each Native American language;
(3) any language usage statistics or information that the Secretary, in consultation with Indian tribes and Native American language speakers and experts, determines to be relevant and appropriate;
(4) information on the types of Native American language maintenance and revitalization projects and practices that are currently being carried out;
(5) information on any unmet Native American language resource needs of Indian tribes and Native American language communities; and
(6) any other information that the Secretary, in consultation with Indian tribes and Native American language speakers and experts, determines to be necessary.
**(e) Coordination** The Secretary may coordinate, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the Director of the Bureau of
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**(a)** The President shall direct the heads of the various Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to—
(1) evaluate their policies and procedures in consultation with Indian tribes and other Native American governing bodies as well as traditional leaders and educators in order to determine and implement changes needed to bring the policies and procedures into compliance with the provisions of this chapter;
(2) give the greatest effect possible in making such evaluations, absent a clear specific Federal statutory requirement to the contrary, to the policies and procedures which will give the broadest effect to the provisions of this chapter; and
(3) evaluate the laws which they administer and make recommendations to the President on amendments needed to bring such laws into compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
**(b)** By no later than the date that is 1 year after October 30, 1990, the President shall submit to the Congress a report containing recommendations for amendments to Federal laws that are needed to bring such laws into compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
**(c) Evaluation; report** Not later than 1 year after January 5, 2023, the President shall—
(1) require the heads of the various Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to carry out an evaluation described in subsection (a)(1); and
(2) submit to Congress a report that describes—
(A) the results of the evaluations; and
(B) the recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Education, after consultation with Indian tribes, traditional leaders, and representatives of Native American language communities, for amendments to Federal laws that are needed—
(i) to bring the Federal law
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**(a) Purposes** The purposes of this section are—
(1) to establish a grant program to support schools that use Native American and Alaska Native languages as the primary language of instruction;
(2) to maintain, protect, and promote the rights and freedom of Native Americans and Alaska Natives to use, practice, maintain, and revitalize their languages, as envisioned in the Native American Languages Act ([25 U.S.C. 2901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section2901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and
(3) to support the Nation’s First Peoples’ efforts to maintain and revitalize their languages and cultures, and to improve educational opportunities and student outcomes within Native American and Alaska Native communities.
**(b) Program authorized**
(1) **In general** — From funds reserved under [section 7492(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7492/c&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall reserve 20 percent to make grants to eligible entities to develop and maintain, or to improve and expand, programs that support schools, including elementary school and secondary school education sites and streams, using Native American and Alaska Native languages as the primary languages of instruction.
(2) **Eligible entities** — In this subsection, the term “eligible entity” means any of the following entities that has a plan to develop and maintain, or to improve and expand, programs that support the entity’s use of a Native American or Alaska Native language as the primary language of instruction in elementary schools or secondary schools, or both:
(A) An Indian tribe.
(B) A Tribal College or University (as defined in [section 1059c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/vi
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**(a) Purpose** The purpose of this Act is to further align the resources provided by the Department of Education with the policies set forth in the Native American Languages Act ([25 U.S.C. 2901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section2901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) through establishment of a program within the Department of Education to support 1 or more Native American language resource centers.
**(b) In general** The Secretary of Education is authorized to make a grant to, or enter into a contract with, an eligible entity for the purpose of—
(1) establishing, strengthening, and operating a Native American language resource center; and
(2) staffing the center with individuals with relevant expertise and experience, including staff who speak American Indian and Alaska Native languages and the Native Hawaiian language and have worked in language education in the American Indian and Alaska Native languages and the Native Hawaiian language in a preschool, elementary school, secondary school, adult education, or higher education program.
**(c) Authorized activities** The Native American language resource center established under subsection (b) shall carry out activities to—
(1) improve the capacity to teach and learn Native American languages;
(2) further Native American language use and acquisition;
(3) preserve, protect, and promote the rights and freedom of Native Americans to use, practice, and develop Native American languages in furtherance of—
(A) the policies set forth in the Native American Languages Act ([25 U.S.C. 2901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section2901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and
(B) the United States trust responsibility to Native American communities;
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Congress finds the following:
(1) Native Hawaiians are a distinct and unique indigenous people with a historical continuity to the original inhabitants of the Hawaiian archipelago, whose society was organized as a nation and internationally recognized as a nation by the United States, Britain, France, and Japan, as evidenced by treaties governing friendship, commerce, and navigation.
(2) At the time of the arrival of the first nonindigenous people in Hawaii in 1778, the Native Hawaiian people lived in a highly organized, self-sufficient subsistence social system based on a communal land tenure system with a sophisticated language, culture, and religion.
(3) A unified monarchal government of the Hawaiian Islands was established in 1810 under Kamehameha I, the first King of Hawaii.
(4) From 1826 until 1893, the United States recognized the sovereignty and independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii, which was established in 1810 under Kamehameha I, extended full and complete diplomatic recognition to the Kingdom of Hawaii, and entered into treaties and conventions with the Kingdom of Hawaii to govern friendship, commerce and navigation in 1826, 1842, 1849, 1875, and 1887.
(5) In 1893, the sovereign, independent, internationally recognized, and indigenous government of Hawaii, the Kingdom of Hawaii, was overthrown by a small group of non-Hawaiians, including United States citizens, who were assisted in their efforts by the United States Minister, a United States naval representative, and armed naval forces of the United States. Because of the participation of United States agents and citizens in the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, in 1993 the United States apologized to Native Hawaiians for the overthrow and the deprivation of the rights of Native Hawaiians to self-dete
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 2814
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘American’’.
(b) Approval
(1) In general
The Director concerned shall approve a re-
quest or subpoena under subsection (a) if the
request or subpoena does not violate the pol-
icy of the Department to maintain impar-
tiality.
(2) Failure to approve
If the Director concerned fails to approve or
disapprove a request or subpoena for testi-
mony or release of a document by the date
that is 30 days after the date of receipt of no-
tice of the request or subpoena, the request or
subpoena shall be considered to be approved
for purposes of this section.
(Pub. L. 101–379, § 16, as added Pub. L. 111–211,
title II, § 263, July 29, 2010, 124 Stat. 2300.)
§ 2814. Policies and protocol
The Director of the Indian Health Service, in
coordination with the Director of the Office of
Justice Services and the Director of the Office
on Violence Against Women of the Department
of Justice, in consultation with Indian Tribes
and Tribal Organizations, and in conference
with Urban Indian Organizations, shall develop
standardized sexual assault policies and protocol
for the facilities of the Service, based on similar
protocol that has been established by the De-
partment of Justice.
(Pub. L. 101–379, § 17, as added Pub. L. 111–211,
title II, § 265, July 29, 2010, 124 Stat. 2300.)
§ 2815. State, tribal, and local law enforcement
cooperation
The Attorney General may provide technical
and other assistance to State, tribal, and local
governments that enter into cooperative agree-
ments, including agreements relating to mutual
aid, hot pursuit of suspects, and cross-deputiza-
tion for the purposes of—
(1) improving law enforcement effectiveness;
(2) reducing crime in Indian country and
nearby communi
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