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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 604. Loss of membership and removal from roll
Every person whose name appears on the roll prepared hereunder
who holds no vested right, title, or interest in or to any
restricted or trust land on the Yakima Reservation or within the
area ceded by the treaty of June 9, 1855, and who has failed to
maintain any tribal affiliations or a residence on the reservation
or within the ceded area for a period of five consecutive years,
shall no longer be considered a member of the Yakima Tribes, and
his name shall be removed from the rolls. It shall be the duty of
the Yakima Tribal Council to determine, subject to review by the
Secretary of the Interior, loss of membership in each case.
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