§ 1221. — Membership roll.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1221]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER LXIV -- CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF WEAS, PIANKASHAWS, PEORIAS,
AND KASKASKIAS: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 1221. Membership roll
(a) Preparation; eligibility for enrollment
The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of all persons
who meet the following requirements: (1) they were born on or prior to
and were living on July 31, 1970; (2) their names or the name of a
lineal ancestor from whom they claim eligibility appears on (a) the
final roll of the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, pursuant to the
Act of August 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 937) [25 U.S.C. 821 et seq.], or (b) the
January 1, 1937, census of the Peoria Tribe, or (c) the 1920 census of
the Peoria Tribe, or (d) the Indian or Citizen Class lists pursuant to
the Treaty of February 23, 1867 (15 Stat. 520), or (e) the Schedule of
Persons or Families composing the United Tribes of Weas, Piankashaws,
Peorias, and Kaskaskias, annexed to the Treaty of May 30, 1854.
(b) Applications; finality of determination
Applications for enrollment must be filed with the area director of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, in the manner and
within the time limits prescribed for that purpose by the Secretary of
the Interior. The determination of the Secretary regarding the
eligibility of an applicant shall be final.
(Pub. L. 91-364, Sec. 1, July 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 688.)
References in Text
Act of August 2, 1956, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 2,
1956, ch. 881, 70 Stat. 937, which was classified generally to
subchapter XXXVI (Sec. 821 et seq.) of this title and was repealed by
Pub. L. 95-281, Sec. 1(b)(2), May 15, 1978, 92 Stat. 246.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1222, 1224 of this title.
