Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 25 : Section 459a


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 459a. Designation of tribes

    (a) Description of lands
      The lands, declared by section 459(a) of this title to be held in
    trust by the United States for the benefit of the Indian tribes
    named in this section, are generally described as follows:


    Reservation             Submarginal land project       Approximate
                          donated to said tribe or group      acreage  
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    Bad River                  Bad River LI-WI-8               13,148.81
    Blackfeet                  Blackfeet LI-MT-9                9,036.73
                                 Delaware LI-OK-4              18,749.19
                                 Adair LI-OK-5                                
    Cheyenne River             Cheyenne Indian LI-SD-1          3,738.47
    Crow Creek                 Crow Creek LI-SD-10             19,169.89
    Lower Brule                Lower Brule LI-SD-10            13,209.22
    Fort Totten                Fort Totten LI-ND-11             1,424.45
    Fort Belknap               Fort Belknap LI-MT-8            25,530.10
    Fort Peck                  Fort Peck LI-MT-6               85,835.52
    Lac Courte Oreilles        Lac Courte LI-WI-9              13,184.65
    L'Anse                     L'Anse LI-MI-8                   4,016.49
    White Earth                Twin Lakes LI-MN-6               28,544.80
                                 Flat Lake LI-MN-15                            
    Navajo                     Gallup-Two Wells LI-NM-18        69,947.24
    Pine Ridge                 Pine Ridge LI-SD-7               18,064.48
    Rosebud                    Cutmeat LI-SD-8                  28,734.59
                                 Antelope LI-SD-9                              
    Fort Hall                  Fort Hall LI-ID-2                 8,711.00
    Standing Rock              Standing Rock LI-ND-10           10,255.50
                                 Standing Rock LI-SD-10                        
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    (b) Publication in Federal Register of boundaries, etc.; estimation
      of acreages
      The Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be published in the
    Federal Register the boundaries and descriptions of the lands
    conveyed by this subchapter. The acreages set out in the preceding
    subsection are estimates and shall not be construed as expanding or
    limiting the grant of the United States as defined in section 459
    of this title.



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