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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 659. Distribution of judgment fund
(a) Preparation of Indian roll
The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of persons of
Indian blood who apply for inclusion thereon and (i) whose names or
the name of a lineal or collateral relative appears on any of the
approved rolls heretofore prepared pursuant to this subchapter and
the amendments thereto or (ii) who can establish, to the
satisfaction of the Secretary, lineal or collateral relationship to
an Indian who resided in California on June 1, 1852, and (iii) who
were born on or before and were living on September 21, 1968.
(b) Contents
The roll so prepared shall indicate, as nearly as possible, the
group or groups of Indians of California with which the ancestors
of each enrollee were affiliated on June 1, 1852. If the
affiliation of an enrollee's ancestors on that date is unknown, it
shall be presumed to be the same as that of the ancestors'
relatives whose affiliation is known unless there is sound reason
to believe otherwise. Applicants whose ancestry is derived partly
from one of the groups named in section 660(b) of this title and
partly from another group of Indians in California shall elect the
affiliation to be shown for them on the roll.
(c) Application for enrollment
Application for enrollment shall be filed with the Area Director
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Sacramento, California, on forms
prescribed for that purpose.
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