Federal

Title 25 — Indians

2,399 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 278 — Repealed. Pub. L. 90–280, § 1 , Mar. 30, 1968 , 82 Stat. 71
• § 278a — Use of appropriated funds for education in sectarian schools prohibited; exceptions
• § 279 — Rations to mission schools
• § 28 to 31 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 632 , 634
• § 280 — Patents of lands to missionary boards of religious organizations
• § 2801 — Definitions
• § 2802 — Indian law enforcement responsibilities
• § 2803 — Law enforcement authority
• § 2804 — Assistance by other agencies
• § 2805 — Regulations
• § 2806 — Jurisdiction
• § 2807 — Uniform allowance
• § 2808 — Source of funds
• § 2809 — Reports to tribes
• § 280a — Land in Alaska for schools or missions; general land laws
• § 281 — Children taking lands in severalty not excluded
• § 2810 — Assistant United States Attorney tribal liaisons
• § 2811 — Native American Issues Coordinator
• § 2812 — Indian Law and Order Commission
• § 2813 — Testimony by Federal employees
• § 2814 — Policies and protocol
• § 2815 — State, tribal, and local law enforcement cooperation
• § 282 — Regulations by Secretary of the Interior to secure attendance at school
• § 283 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(9) , Dec. 27, 2022 , 136 Stat. 4419
• § 284 — Omitted
• § 285 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(10) , Dec. 27, 2022 , 136 Stat. 4419
• § 286 — Sending child to school out of State without consent
• § 287 — Taking child to school in another State without written consent
• § 288, 289 — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–228, § 3(1) , (2), Dec. 28, 1985 , 99 Stat. 1748
• § 290 — Transportation of pupils under 14 at Government expense
• § 2901 — Findings
• § 2902 — Definitions
• § 2903 — Declaration of policy
• § 2904 — No restrictions
• § 2905 — Evaluations
• § 2906 — Use of English
• § 2907 — Survey on Native American languages
• § 290a — Bureau appropriations as not limiting transportation of school children
• § 291 — Removal of Government property at schools
• § 292 — Suspension or discontinuance of schools
• § 292a — Discontinuance of boarding and day schools having small attendance
• § 292b — Establishment of single system of education in Alaska; transfer of Indian schools to State of Alaska
• § 292c — Unavailability of appropriated funds for boarding schools
• § 293 — Sale of lands purchased for day school or other Indian administrative uses
• § 293a — Conveyance of school properties to local school districts or public agencies
• § 293b — Conveyance of abandoned school properties in Alaska to local town or city officials or school authorities; reservation of rights and claims by United States and use conditions; violations and forfeiture of grant; determinations; reversion to United States
• § 294 — Sale of certain abandoned buildings on lands belonging to Indian tribes
• § 295 — Supervision of expenditure of appropriations for school purposes
• § 296 — Repealed. Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 576 , 45 Stat. 1534
• § 297 — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–228, § 3(3) , Dec. 28, 1985 , 99 Stat. 1748
• § 298 — Omitted
• § 299 to 301 — Repealed. May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1 , 45 Stat. 990 , 991
• § 2a — Assistant or deputy commissioners; appointment; powers and duties
• § 3 — Compilation of statutes regulating duties of Indian agents and inspectors
• § 3001 — Definitions
• § 3002 — Ownership
• § 3003 — Inventory for human remains and associated funerary objects
• § 3004 — Summary for unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and cultural patrimony
• § 3005 — Repatriation
• § 3006 — Review committee
• § 3007 — Penalty
• § 3008 — Grants
• § 3009 — Savings provision
• § 3010 — Special relationship between Federal Government and Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
• § 3011 — Regulations
• § 3012 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 3013 — Enforcement
• § 302 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(11) , Dec. 27, 2022 , 136 Stat. 4420
• § 303 — Omitted
• § 304 — South Dakota Indians; State course of study
• § 304a — Study and investigation of Indian education in United States and Alaska; contracts; report to Congress; appropriations
• § 304b — Deposits of funds of students and student activity associations in Indian schools
• § 305 — Indian Arts and Crafts Board; creation and composition; per diem payments
• § 3051 — Purposes
• § 3052 — Definitions
• § 3053 — Reburial of human remains and cultural items
• § 3054 — Temporary closure for traditional and cultural purposes
• § 3055 — Forest products for traditional and cultural purposes
• § 3056 — Prohibition on disclosure
• § 3057 — Severability and savings provisions
• § 305a — Promotion of economic welfare through development of arts and crafts; powers of Board
• § 305a–1 — Additional powers of Board; admission fees, rent, franchise fees and other fund­raising activities; volunteers; transfer of revenues into special fund
• § 305b — Rules and regulations; submission to Secretary of the Interior
• § 305c — Appropriation
• § 305c–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 87–23, § 2 , Apr. 24, 1961 , 75 Stat. 45
• § 305d — Criminal proceedings; civil actions
• § 305e — Cause of action for misrepresentation of Indian produced goods
• § 305f — Indian Arts and Crafts Board art collection
• § 306 — Expenditures for encouragement of industry and self-support; repayment
• § 306a — Advances for support of old, disabled, or indigent allottees; lien against land
• § 307, 308 — Omitted
• § 3071 — Purposes
• § 3072 — Definitions
• § 3073 — Export prohibitions; export certification system; international agreements
• § 3074 — Voluntary return of tangible cultural heritage
• § 3075 — Interagency working group
• § 3076 — Native working group
• § 3077 — Treatment under Freedom of Information Act
• § 3078 — Regulations
• § 3079 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 309 — Vocational training program; eligibility; contracts or agreements
• § 309a — Authorization of appropriations
• § 309b — Vocational education funds
• § 310 — Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
• § 3101 — Findings
• § 3102 — Purposes
• § 3103 — Definitions
• § 3104 — Management of Indian forest land
• § 3105 — Forest management deduction
• § 3106 — Forest trespass
• § 3107 — Direct payment of forest products receipts
• § 3108 — Secretarial recognition of tribal laws
• § 3109 — Indian forest land assistance account
• § 311 — Opening highways
• § 3110 — Tribal forestry programs
• § 3111 — Assessment of Indian forest land and management programs
• § 3112 — Alaska Native technical assistance program
• § 3113 — Establishment of Indian and Alaska Native forestry education assistance
• § 3114 — Postgraduation recruitment, education and training programs
• § 3115 — Cooperative agreement between Department of the Interior and Indian tribes
• § 3115a — Tribal forest assets protection
• § 3115b — Tribal forest management demonstration project
• § 3116 — Obligated service; breach of contract
• § 3117 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 3118 — Regulations
• § 3119 — Severability
• § 312 — Rights-of-way for railway, telegraph, and telephone lines; town-site stations
• § 3120 — Trust responsibility
• § 313 — Width of rights-of-way
• § 314 — Survey; maps; compensation
• § 315 — Time for completion of road; forfeiture
• § 316 — Rights of several roads through canyons
• § 317 — Regulations
• § 318 — Amendment or repeal of sections
• § 318a — Roads on Indian reservations; appropriation
• § 318b — Repealed. Pub. L. 85–767, § 2[19] , [23], Aug. 27, 1958 , 72 Stat. 919
• § 319 — Rights-of-way for telephone and telegraph lines
• § 32 — Omitted
• § 320 — Acquisition of lands for reservoirs or materials
• § 3201 — Findings and purpose
• § 3202 — Definitions
• § 3203 — Reporting procedures
• § 3204 — Central registry
• § 3205 — Confidentiality
• § 3206 — Waiver of parental consent
• § 3207 — Character investigations
• § 3208 — Indian Child Abuse Treatment Grant Program
• § 3209 — National Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center
• § 321 — Rights-of-way for pipe lines
• § 3210 — Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Program
• § 3211 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–362, title VIII, § 801(a) , Nov. 10, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3287
• § 322 — Applicability of certain provisions to Pueblo Indians
• § 322a — Renewal of rights-of-way without consent of Pueblo Tribes; authority of Secretary; compensation, etc.
• § 323 — Rights-of-way for all purposes across any Indian lands
• § 324 — Consent of certain tribes; consent of individual Indians
• § 325 — Payment and disposition of compensation
• § 326 — Laws unaffected
• § 327 — Application for grant by department or agency
• § 328 — Rules and regulations
• § 33 — Superintendents in charge of reservations; administration of oath of office
• § 3301 — Short title
• § 3302 — Findings
• § 3303 — Program authority
• § 3304 — Qualification for grants to tribes
• § 3305 — Allocation of grant funds
• § 3306 — Limitations on use of funds
• § 3307 — Administrative provisions
• § 331 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–462, title I, § 106(a)(1) , Nov. 7, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2007
• § 332, 333 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–462, title I, § 106(a)(1) , Nov. 7, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2007
• § 3321 — Short title
• § 3322 — Definitions
• § 3323 — Service conditions permitted
• § 3324 — Critical area service agreements
• § 3325 — General provisions
• § 3331 to 3338 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–332, § 6(b)(1) , Oct. 31, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3128
• § 334 — Allotments to Indians not residing on reservations
• § 335 — Extension of provisions as to allotments
• § 3351 to 3355 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–332, § 6(b)(1) , Oct. 31, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3128
• § 336 — Allotments to Indians making settlement
• § 337 — Allotments in national forests
• § 3371 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–332, § 6(b)(1) , Oct. 31, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3128
• § 337a — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 702 , Oct. 21, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2787
• § 338 — Repealed. May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(64) , 45 Stat. 991
• § 339 — Tribes excepted from certain provisions
• § 34, 35 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 632 , 642, 650
• § 340 — Extension of certain provisions
• § 3401 — Statement of purpose
• § 3402 — Definitions
• § 3403 — Integration of services authorized
• § 3404 — Programs affected
• § 3405 — Plan requirements
• § 3406 — Plan review
• § 3407 — Plan approval; Secretarial authority; review of decision
• § 3408 — Job creation activities authorized
• § 3409 — Employer training placements
• § 341 — Power to grant rights-of-way not affected
• § 3410 — Federal responsibilities
• § 3411 — No reduction in amounts
• § 3412 — Transfer of funds
• § 3413 — Administration of funds