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Code · U.S. Code · Title 20 - EDUCATION · CHAPTER 56— AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE AND ART DEVELOPMENT · SUBCHAPTER I— AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES · § 4417

§ 4417. Functions of Institute

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(a)Primary functions The primary functions of the Institute shall be—
(1)to provide scholarly study of, and instruction in, Indian art and culture, and
(2)to establish programs which culminate in the awarding of degrees in the various fields of Indian art and culture.
(b)Administrative entities
(1)The Board shall be responsible for establishing the policies and internal organization that relate to the control and monitoring of all subdivisions, administrative entities, and departments of the Institute.
(2)The specific responsibilities of each subdivision, entity, and department of the Institute are solely within the discretion of the Board, or its designee.
(3)The Board shall establish, within the Institute, departments for the study of culture and arts and for research and exchange, and a museum. The Board shall establish the areas of competency for the departments created under this paragraph, which may include (but are not limited to) Departments of Arts and Sciences, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Language, Literature and Museology and a learning resources center, programs of institutional support and development, research programs, fellowship programs, seminars, publications, scholar-in-residence programs and inter-institutional programs of cooperation at national and international levels.
(c)Other programs In addition to the centers and programs described in subsection (b), the Institute shall develop such programs and centers as the Board determines are necessary to—
(1)foster research and scholarship in Indian art and culture through—
(A)resident programs;
(B)cooperative programs; and
(C)grant programs;
(2)complement existing tribal programs for the advancement of Indian art and culture; and
(3)coordinate efforts to preserve, support, revitalize, and develop evolving forms of Indian art and culture.
(Pub. L. 99–498, title XV, § 1510, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1606; Pub. L. 101–644, title V, § 502, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4668; Pub. L. 102–325, title XIII, § 1331(d), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 807.)
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  • Pub. L. 99–498, title XV, § 1510
  • 100 Stat. 1606
  • Pub. L. 101–644, title V, § 502
  • 104 Stat. 4668
  • Pub. L. 102–325, title XIII, § 1331(d)
  • 106 Stat. 807
  • Pub. L. 102–325
  • Pub. L. 101–644, § 502(1)
  • Pub. L. 101–644, § 502(2)
  • section 2 of Pub. L. 102–325
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 99–498, title XV, § 1510
Stat.100 Stat. 1606
Pub. L.Pub. L. 101–644, title V, § 502
Stat.104 Stat. 4668
Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–325, title XIII, § 1331(d)
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