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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1262. Membership roll; per capita distribution; minors
The sum of $5,671,156 from the funds credited to the Blackfeet
Tribe under section 1261 of this title shall be distributed per
capita to each person whose name appears on or is entitled to
appear on the membership roll of the Blackfeet Tribe, and who was
born on or prior to and is living on March 18, 1972. The sum of
$2,100,000 from the funds credited to the Gros Ventre Tribe under
section 1261 of this title shall be distributed per capita to all
members of the Fort Belknap Community who were born on or prior to
and are living on March 18, 1972, and (a) whose names appear on the
February 5, 1937, payment roll of the Gros Ventre Tribe of the Fort
Belknap Reservation, or (b) who are descended from a person whose
name appears on said roll, if such member possesses a greater
degree of Gros Ventre blood than Assiniboine blood. If such member
possesses equal quantums of Gros Ventre and Assiniboine blood he
may elect to participate in the per capita distribution authorized
by this section, in which event he shall not be eligible to
participate in any per capita distribution of an Assiniboine
judgment. A share or interest payable to enrollees or their heirs
or legatees who are less than eighteen years of age or under legal
disability shall be paid in accordance with such procedures,
including the establishment of trusts, as the Secretary determines
appropriate to protect the best interest of such persons.
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