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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1181. Distribution of judgment fund; preparation of Indian roll; eligibility
The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of all persons
who meet the following requirements for eligibility: (a) They were
born on or prior to and living on September 21, 1968; (b) their
name or the name of a lineal ancestor appears on the Delaware
Indian per capita payroll approved by the Secretary on April 20,
1906, or (c) their name or the name of a lineal ancestor is on or
is eligible to be on the constructed base census roll as of 1940 of
the Absentee Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma, approved by the
Secretary of the Interior, or (d) they are lineal descendants of
Delaware Indians who were members of the Delaware Nation of Indians
as constituted at the time of the Treaty of October 3, 1818 (7
Stat. 188), and their name or the name of a lineal ancestor appears
on any available census roll or any other records acceptable to the
Secretary. No person shall be eligible to be enrolled under this
section who is not a citizen of the United States. Applications for
enrollment must be filed with the Area Director of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, or the Area Director of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Anadarko, Oklahoma, on forms prescribed
for that purpose. All applications filed shall be reviewed and a
judgment of the eligibility of each applicant will be made and
recommendation given in writing to the respective area directors by
a committee composed of representatives of the two Oklahoma
Delaware groups prior to submission of names to the Secretary of
the Interior for acceptance on the distribution roll. The
determination of the Secretary regarding the utilization of
available rolls or records and the eligibility for enrollment of an
applicant shall be final.
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