§ 459a. — Designation of tribes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC459a]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER IV--CONVEYANCE OF SUBMARGINAL LAND
Sec. 459a. Designation of tribes
(a) Description of lands
The lands, declared by section 459(a) of this title to be held in
trust by the United States for the benefit of the Indian tribes named in
this section, are generally described as follows:
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Submarginal land project donated Approximate
Tribe Reservation to said tribe or group acreage
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1. Bad River Band of the Lake Bad River................... Bad River LI-WI-8................. 13,148.81
Superior Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin.
2. Blackfeet Tribe............. Blackfeet................... Blackfeet LI-MT-9................. 9,036.73
3. Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. ............................ Delaware LI-OK-4.................. 18,749.19
Adair LI-OK-5..................... ............
4. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.. Cheyenne River.............. Cheyenne Indian LI-SD-13.......... 3,738.47
5. Crow Creek Sioux Tribe...... Crow Creek.................. Crow Creek LI-SD-10............... 19,169.89
6. Lower Brule Sioux Tribe..... Lower Brule................. Lower Brule LI-SD-10.............. 13,209.22
7. Devils Lake Sioux Tribe..... Fort Totten................. Fort Totten LI-ND-11.............. 1,424.45
8. Fort Belknap Indian Fort Belknap................ Fort Belknap LI-MT-8.............. 25,530.10
Community.
9. Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes Fort Peck................... Fort Peck LI-MT-6................. 85,835.52
10. Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lac Courte Oreilles......... Lac Courte LI-WI-9................ 13,184.65
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
11. Keweenaw Bay Indian L'Anse...................... L'Anse LI-MI-8.................... 4,016.49
Community.
12. Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.... White Earth................. Twin Lakes LI-MN-6................ 28,544.80
Flat Lake LI-MN-15................ ............
13. Navajo Tribe................ Navajo...................... Gallup-Two Wells LI-NM-18......... 69,947.24
14. Oglala Sioux Tribe.......... Pine Ridge.................. Pine Ridge LI-SD-7................ 18,064.48
15. Rosebud Sioux Tribe......... Rosebud..................... Cutmeat LI-SD-8................... 28,734.59
Antelope LI-SD-9.................. ............
16. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes..... Fort Hall................... Fort Hall LI-ID-2................. 8,711.00
17. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe... Standing Rock............... Standing Rock LI-ND-10............ 10,255.50
Standing Rock LI-SD-10............ ............
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(b) Publication in Federal Register of boundaries, etc.; estimation of
acreages
The Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be published in the
Federal Register the boundaries and descriptions of the lands conveyed
by this subchapter. The acreages set out in the preceding subsection are
estimates and shall not be construed as expanding or limiting the grant
of the United States as defined in section 459 of this title.
(Pub. L. 94-114, Sec. 2, Oct. 17, 1975, 89 Stat. 578; Pub. L. 97-434,
Sec. 1(b), Jan. 8, 1983, 96 Stat. 2280.)
Amendments
1983--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-434 substituted ``section 459(a) of
this title'' for ``section 459 of this title''.
Effective Date of 1983 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-434 effective Jan. 8, 1983, see section 1(c)
of Pub. L. 97-434, set out as a note under section 459 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 459 of this title.
