2021 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 7 - Education of Indians
Sec. 286 - Sending child to school out of State without consent

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 286 (2021)
Section Name §286. Sending child to school out of State without consent
Section Text

No Indian child shall be sent from any Indian reservation to a school beyond the State or Territory in which said reservation is situated without the voluntary consent of the father or mother of such child if either of them is living, and if neither of them is living without the voluntary consent of the next of kin of such child. Such consent shall be made before the agent of the reservation, and he shall send to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs his certificate that such consent has been voluntarily given before such child shall be removed from such reservation. And it shall be unlawful for any Indian agent or other employee of the Government to induce, or seek to induce, by withholding rations or by other improper means, the parents or next of kin of any Indian to consent to the removal of any Indian child beyond the limits of any reservation.

Source Credit

(Aug. 15, 1894, ch. 290, §11, 28 Stat. 313; Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 188, §1, 28 Stat. 906.)


Editorial Notes STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES INDIAN AGENTS

The services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.


EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

For transfer of functions 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 25 - INDIANS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 7 - EDUCATION OF INDIANS
Sec. 286 - Sending child to school out of State without consent
Contains section 286
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 28 Stat. 313, 906
64 Stat. 1262
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