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20 USC 4401

PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

"(E) ensure that a substantial percentage of the innovations disseminated represent significant changes in practice for schools and teachers; "(4) For the purpose of carrying out the program the Secretary is authorized to make grants to, and contracts with, local educational agencles, State educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public and nonprofit private educational institutions and organizations.". TITLE XV—AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE AND ART DEVELOPMENT SEC. 1501. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the "American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act". 20 USC 4401.

SEC. 1502. FINDINGS.

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The Congress finds that— (1) Indian art and culture and Native Hawaiian art and culture have contributed greatly to the artistic and cultural richness of the Nation; (2) Indian art and culture and Native Hawaiian art and culture occupy a unique position in American history as being our only native art form and cultural heritage; (3) the enhancement and preservation of this Nation's native art and culture has a fundamental positive influence on the American people; (4) although the encouragement and support of Indian and Native Hawaiian arts and crafts are primarily a matter for private, local, and Indian and Native Hawaiian initiative, it is also an appropriate matter of concern to the Federal Government; (5) it is appropriate and necessary for the Federal Government to support research and scholarship in Indian art and culture and Native Hawaiian art and culture and to complement programs for the advancement of such art and culture by tribal, private, and public agencies and organizations; (6) current Federal initiatives in the area of Indian art and culture and Native Hawaiian art and culture are fragmented and inadequate; and (7) in order to coordinate the Federal Government's effort to preserve, support, revitalize, and disseminate Indian art and culture and Native Hawaiian art and culture, it is desirable to establish— (A) a national Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, and '"^ (B) a program for Native Hawaiian culture and arts development. 20 USC 4402.

SEC. 1503. DEFINITIONS.

For the purpose of this title— (1) The term "Indian art and culture" includes (but is not limited to) the traditional and contemporary expressions of Indian language, history, visual and performing arts, and crafts. (2) The term "Native Hawaiian art and culture" includes the traditional and contemporary expressions of Native Hawaiian language, history, visual and performing arts, and crafts.

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