25 U.S. Code § 283 - Regulations for withholding rations for
nonattendance at schools  The amount and value of subsistence so
withheld shall be credited to the tribe or tribes from whom the
same is withheld, to be issued and paid when in the judgment of
the Secretary of the Interior they shall have fully complied
with such regulations. The Secretary of the Interior may in his
discretion withhold rations, clothing and other annuities from
Indian parents or guardians who refuse or neglect to send and
keep their children of proper school age in some school a
reasonable portion of the year.   (Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 209, § 1,27
Stat. 628, 635.)     25 CFR - Indians