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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1300f. Status of Pascua Yaqui Indian people
(a) Eligibility for services and assistance
The Pascua Yaqui Indian people who are members of the Pascua
Yaqui Association, Incorporated, an Arizona corporation, or who
hereafter become members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in accordance
with section 1300f-2 of this title, are recognized as, and declared
to be, eligible, on and after September 18, 1978, for the services
and assistance provided to Indians because of their status as
Indians by or through any department, agency, or instrumentality of
the United States, or under any statute of the United States. The
Pascua Yaqui Tribe, a historic Indian tribe, is acknowledged as a
federally recognized Indian tribe possessing all the attributes of
inherent sovereignty which have not been specifically taken away by
Acts of Congress and which are not inconsistent with such tribal
status. For the purposes of section 2005a of title 42, the Pascua
Yaqui Indians are to be considered as if they were being provided
hospital and medical care by or at the expense of the Public Health
Service on August 16, 1957.
(b) Administration of lands; application of other laws
The provisions of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 484 (!1)),
as amended [25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.], are extended to such members
described in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Receipt in trust by United States of land for Pascua Yaqui
Tribe; criminal and civil jurisdiction
The Secretary of the Interior is directed, upon request of the
Pascua Yaqui Association, Incorporated, and without monetary
consideration, to accept on behalf of the United States and in
trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, the title to the real property
conveyed by the United States to such association under the Act of
October 8, 1964 (78 Stat. 1197), and such lands shall be held as
Indian lands are held: Provided, That the State of Arizona shall
exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction over such lands as if it
had assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Act of August 15, 1953 (67
Stat. 588), as amended by the Act of April 11, 1968 (82 Stat. 79).
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