[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR32.3]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 32_INDIAN EDUCATION POLICIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 32.3  Mission statement.

    Recognizing the special rights of Indian Tribes and Alaska Native 
entities and the unique government-to-government relationship of Indian 
Tribes and Alaska Native villages with the Federal Government as 
affirmed by the United States Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court 
decisions, treaties, Federal statutes, and Executive Orders, and as set 
out in the Congressional declaration in sections 2 and 3 of the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93-638; 88 
Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450 and 450a), it is the responsibility and goal 
of the Federal

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government to provide comprehensive education programs and services for 
Indians and Alaska Natives. As acknowledged in section 5 of the Indian 
Child Welfare Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-608; 92 Stat. 3069; 25 U.S.C. 
1901), in the Federal Government's protection and preservation of Indian 
Tribes and Alaska Native villages and their resources, there is no 
resource more vital to such Tribes and villages than their young people 
and the Federal Government has a direct interest, as trustee, in 
protecting Indian and Alaska Native children, including their education. 
The mission of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Indian Education 
Programs, is to provide quality education opportunities from early 
childhood through life in accordance with the Tribes' needs for cultural 
and economic well-being in keeping with the wide diversity of Indian 
Tribes and Alaska Native villages as distinct cultural and governmental 
entities. The Bureau shall manifest consideration of the whole person, 
taking into account the spiritual, mental, physical and cultural aspects 
of the person within family and Tribal or Alaska Native village 
contexts.