§ 604. — Loss of membership and removal from 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: 25USC604]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XVII--YAKIMA TRIBES
Sec. 604. Loss of membership and removal from roll
Every person whose name appears on the roll prepared hereunder who
holds no vested right, title, or interest in or to any restricted or
trust land on the Yakima Reservation or within the area ceded by the
treaty of June 9, 1855, and who has failed to maintain any tribal
affiliations or a residence on the reservation or within the ceded area
for a period of five consecutive years, shall no longer be considered a
member of the Yakima Tribes, and his name shall be removed from the
rolls. It shall be the duty of the Yakima Tribal Council to determine,
subject to review by the Secretary of the Interior, loss of membership
in each case.
(Aug. 9, 1946, ch. 933, Sec. 4, 60 Stat. 969.)
References in Text
Hereunder, referred to in text, means act Aug. 9, 1946, ch. 933, 60
Stat. 968, which comprises this subchapter. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
