§ 677a. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC677a]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXVIII--UTE INDIANS OF UTAH: DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS BETWEEN
MIXED-BLOOD AND FULL-BLOOD MEMBERS; TERMINATION OF FEDERAL SUPERVISION
OVER PROPERTY OF MIXED-BLOOD MEMBERS
Sec. 677a. Definitions
For the purposes of this subchapter--
(a) ``Tribe'' means the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray
Reservation, Utah.
(b) ``Full-blood'' means a member of the tribe who possesses one-
half degree of Ute Indian blood and a total of Indian blood in excess of
one-half, excepting those who become mixed-bloods by choice under the
provisions of section 677c of this title.
(c) ``Mixed-blood'' means a member of the tribe who does not possess
sufficient Indian or Ute Indian blood to fall within the full-blood
class as herein defined, and those who become mixed-bloods by choice
under the provisions of section 677c of this title.
(d) ``Secretary'' means Secretary of the Interior.
(e) ``Superintendent'' means the Superintendent of the Uintah and
Ouray Reservation, Utah.
(f) ``Asset'' means any property of the tribe, real, personal or
mixed, whether held by the tribe or by the United States in trust for
the tribe, or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the
United States.
(g) ``Adult'' means a member of the tribe who has attained the age
of twenty-one years.
(Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1009, Sec. 2, 68 Stat. 868.)
