§ 961. — Membership roll; preparation; eligibility for enrollment; applications for enrollment; protests; finality of determination.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC961]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XLV--OMAHA TRIBE: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 961. Membership roll; preparation; eligibility for
enrollment; applications for enrollment; protests; finality of
determination
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed, pursuant
to such regulations as may be issued by him, to prepare a roll of Omaha
Indians whose names appear on the Omaha allotment rolls finally approved
pursuant to the Acts of Congress of August 7, 1882, (22 Stat. 341) and
March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. 612), and who are living on September 14, 1961,
and the descendants of such allottees who are born and living on
September 14, 1961 and who possess Omaha blood of the degree of one-
fourth or more regardless of whether such allottees are living or
deceased: Provided, That no person who is enrolled with any other tribe
of Indians or who has received an allotment of land on any other
reservation shall be enrolled under the provisions of this subchapter
unless the application for enrollment by such person is approved by a
two-thirds vote of the governing body of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.
Applications for enrollment must be filed with the area director of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Aberdeen, South Dakota, within four months
after September 14, 1961. For a period of three months thereafter, the
Secretary shall permit the examination of the applications by the
governing body of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska for the purpose of lodging
protests against any application. The determination of the Secretary
regarding the eligibility of an applicant shall be final.
(Pub. L. 87-235, Sec. 1, Sept. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 508.)
References in Text
Acts of Congress of August 7, 1882, and March 3, 1893, referred to
in text, are acts Aug. 7, 1882, ch. 434, 22 Stat. 341, and Mar. 3, 1893,
ch. 209, 27 Stat. 612, respectively, which were not classified to the
Code.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 962, 963, 967a of this
title.
