36 U.S.C. § 150402
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The purposes of the corporation are those stated in the articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws of the corporation, and include a commitment—
- (1)to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States while respecting the sovereignty of the American Indian Nations;
- (2)to unite under one body all American Indian veterans who served in the Armed Forces of United States;
- (3)to be an advocate on behalf of all American Indian veterans without regard to whether they served during times of peace, conflict, or war;
- (4)to promote social welfare (including educational, economic, social, physical, and cultural values and traditional healing) in the United States by encouraging the growth and development, readjustment, self-respect, self-confidence, contributions, and self-identity of American Indian veterans;
- (5)to serve as an advocate for the needs of American Indian veterans and their families and survivors in their dealings with all Federal and State government agencies;
- (6)to promote, support, and utilize research, on a nonpartisan basis, pertaining to the relationship between American Indian veterans and American society; and
- (7)to provide technical assistance to the Bureau of Indian Affairs regional areas that are not served by any veterans committee or organization or program by—