§ 715e. — Membership rolls.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC715e]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXX-E--COQUILLE INDIAN TRIBE OF OREGON: RESTORATION OF
FEDERAL SUPERVISION
Sec. 715e. Membership rolls
(a) Compilation of tribal membership roll
Within one year of June 28, 1989, the Secretary shall compile a roll
of the Coquille Indian Tribe.
(b) Criteria for enrollments
(1) Until a tribal constitution is adopted, a person shall be placed
on the membership roll if the individual is living, is not an enrolled
member of another federally recognized tribe, is of Coquille ancestry,
possesses at least one-eighth or more of Indian blood quantum and if--
(A) that individual's name was listed on the Coquille roll
compiled and approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on August 29,
1960;
(B) that individual was not listed on but met the requirements
that had to be met to be listed on the Coquille roll compiled and
approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on August 29, 1960; or
(C) that individual is a lineal descendant of an individual,
living or dead, identified by subparagraph (A) or (B).
(2) After adoption of a tribal constitution, said constitution shall
govern membership in the Tribe: Provided, That in addition to meeting
any other criteria imposed in such tribal constitution, any person added
to the roll has to be of Coquille Indian ancestry and cannot be a member
of another federally recognized Indian tribe.
(c) Conclusive proof of Coquille ancestry and degree of Indian blood
quantum
For the purpose of subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary
shall accept any available evidence establishing Coquille ancestry and
the required amount of Indian blood quantum. However, the Secretary
shall accept as conclusive evidence of Coquille ancestry information
contained in the Coquille roll compiled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
on August 29, 1960, and as conclusive evidence of Indian blood quantum
the information contained in the January 1, 1940, census roll of
nonreservation Indians of the Grand Ronde-Siletz Agency.
(Pub. L. 101-42, Sec. 7, June 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 93.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 715, 715f of this title.
