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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1300n-4. Membership rolls
(a) Compilation of tribal membership roll
Not later than 1 year after December 27, 2000, 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 under section 1300n-6
of this title, an individual shall be placed on the Graton
membership roll if such individual is living, is not an enrolled
member of another federally recognized Indian tribe, and if -
(A) such individual's name was listed on the Graton Indian
Rancheria distribution list compiled by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and approved by the Secretary on September 17, 1959,
under Public Law 85-671;
(B) such individual was not listed on the Graton Indian
Rancheria distribution list, but met the requirements that had to
be met to be listed on the Graton Indian Rancheria distribution
list;
(C) such individual is identified as an Indian from the Graton,
Marshall, Bodega, Tomales, or Sebastopol, California, vicinities,
in documents prepared by or at the direction of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, or in any other public or California mission
records; 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 under section 1300n-6
of this title, such tribal constitution shall govern membership in
the Tribe.
(c) Conclusive proof of Graton Indian ancestry
For the purpose of subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary
shall accept any available evidence establishing Graton Indian
ancestry. The Secretary shall accept as conclusive evidence of
Graton Indian ancestry information contained in the census of the
Indians from the Graton, Marshall, Bodega, Tomales, or Sebastopol,
California, vicinities, prepared by or at the direction of Special
Indian Agent John J. Terrell in any other roll or census of Graton
Indians prepared by or at the direction of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and in the Graton Indian Rancheria distribution list
compiled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and approved by the
Secretary on September 17, 1959.
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