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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1300m-4. Membership rolls
(a) Compilation of tribal membership roll
Within one year after November 2, 1994, the Secretary shall,
after consultation with the Tribe, compile a membership roll of the
Tribe.
(b) Criteria for membership
(1) Until a tribal constitution is adopted pursuant to section
1300m-6 of this title, an individual shall be placed on the
membership roll if such individual is living, is not an enrolled
member of another federally recognized Indian tribe, is of Nomlaki
Indian ancestry, and if -
(A) such individual's name was listed on the Paskenta Indian
Rancheria distribution roll compiled on February 26, 1959, by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and approved by the Secretary of the
Interior on July 7, 1959, pursuant to Public Law 85-671;
(B) such individual was not listed on the Paskenta Indian
Rancheria distribution list, but met the requirements that had to
be met to be listed on the Paskenta Indian Rancheria list;
(C) such individual is identified as an Indian from Paskenta in
any of the official or unofficial rolls of Indians prepared by
the Bureau of Indian Affairs; or
(D) such individual is a lineal descendant of an individual,
living or dead, identified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
(2) After adoption of a tribal constitution pursuant to section
1300m-6 of this title, such tribal constitution shall govern
membership in the Tribe.
(c) Conclusive proof of Paskenta Indian ancestry
For the purpose of subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary
shall accept any available evidence establishing Paskenta Indian
ancestry. The Secretary shall accept as conclusive evidence of
Paskenta Indian ancestry, information contained in the census of
the Indians in and near Paskenta, prepared by Special Indian Agent
John J. Terrell, in any other roll or census of Paskenta Indians
prepared by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and in the Paskenta
Indian Rancheria distribution list, compiled by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs on February 26, 1959.
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