25 U.S.C. § 45
Preference to Indians qualified for duties
In all cases of the appointments of interpreters or other persons employed for the benefit of the Indians, a preference shall be given to persons of Indian descent, if such can be found, who are properly qualified for the execution of the duties.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1974–2011 · leading case: Morton v. Mancari
Morton v. Mancari (1974)
“” 7 Act of June 30, 1834, § 9, 4 Stat: 737, 25 U. S. C. §45 : “[I]n all cases of the appointments of interpreters or other persons employed for the benefit of the Indians, a preference shall be given to persons of Indian descent, if such can be found, who are properly qualified…”
Eva Wilson, and Association of Village Council Presidents v. James G. Watt, Secretary of the Interior (1983)
“4 See 25 U.S.C. §§ 45 (M50n (1976); 25 C.F.R., Pt.”
Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, Inc., Witlliam Hannigan, and Louis Dupilka v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2001)
“Because Congressional appropriations were insufficient to fund all of the government’s contractual obligations to the tribe for the year in question, the Department paid only ninety-two percent of the contractual amount.”
Cherokee Nation v. Thompson (2002)
“BACKGROUND Under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (“ISDA”), 25 U.S.C. §§ 45 (M50(n), as amended, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”) may enter into contracts or compacts with Indian tribes (self-determination contracts) to permit…”
Tribe v. Sebelius (2011)
“25 U.S.C. § 45 .0m-l(a) (emphasis added).”
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