§ 788a. — Disposition of judgment funds; preparation of Indian roll; eligibility.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC788a]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXXIV--CREEK NATION OF INDIANS
Sec. 788a. Disposition of judgment funds; preparation of Indian
roll; eligibility
The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of all persons
who meet the following requirements: (a) they were born on or prior to
and were living on September 21, 1968; (b) their names or the names of
lineal ancestors appear on any of the documents identified herein or on
any available census rolls or other records acceptable to the Secretary,
which identify the person as a Creek Indian, including ancient documents
or records of the United States located in the National Archives, State
or county records in the archives of the several States or counties
therein or in the courthouses thereof, and other records that would be
admissible as evidence in an action to determine Indian lineage:
(1) The Final Rolls of Creeks by Blood which were closed as of
March 4, 1907;
(2) Claims of Friendly Creeks paid under the Act of March 3,
1817 (H.R. Doc. 200, 20:1, 1828);
(3) Census of the Creek Nation, 1833, made pursuant to article 2
of the treaty concluded March 24, 1832 (Senate Doc. 512, 1835,
Emigration Correspondence, 1831-1833, pages 239-395);
(4) Land Location Registers of Creek Indian Lands, made pursuant
to the Treaty of March 24, 1832;
(5) Any emigration or muster rolls of Creek Indians;
(6) Any lists of self-emigrant Creek claimants (including those
contained in Senate Ex. Doc. 198, 50:1, 1888, and H.R. Ex. Doc. 238,
51:2, 1891).
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. The determination of the
Secretary regarding the eligibility of an applicant shall be final.
(Pub. L. 90-504, Sec. 1, Sept. 21, 1968, 82 Stat. 855.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 788b, 788d of this title.
