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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 715e. Membership rolls
(a) Compilation of tribal membership roll
Within one year of June 28, 1989, the Secretary shall compile a
roll of the Coquille Indian Tribe.
(b) Criteria for enrollments
(1) Until a tribal constitution is adopted, a person shall be
placed on the membership roll if the individual is living, is not
an enrolled member of another federally recognized tribe, is of
Coquille ancestry, possesses at least one-eighth or more of Indian
blood quantum and if -
(A) that individual's name was listed on the Coquille roll
compiled and approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on August
29, 1960;
(B) that individual was not listed on but met the requirements
that had to be met to be listed on the Coquille roll compiled and
approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on August 29, 1960; or
(C) that individual is a lineal descendant of an individual,
living or dead, identified by subparagraph (A) or (B).
(2) After adoption of a tribal constitution, said constitution
shall govern membership in the Tribe: Provided, That in addition to
meeting any other criteria imposed in such tribal constitution, any
person added to the roll has to be of Coquille Indian ancestry and
cannot be a member of another federally recognized Indian tribe.
(c) Conclusive proof of Coquille ancestry and degree of Indian
blood quantum
For the purpose of subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary
shall accept any available evidence establishing Coquille ancestry
and the required amount of Indian blood quantum. However, the
Secretary shall accept as conclusive evidence of Coquille ancestry
information contained in the Coquille roll compiled by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs on August 29, 1960, and as conclusive evidence of
Indian blood quantum the information contained in the January 1,
1940, census roll of nonreservation Indians of the Grand
Ronde-Siletz Agency.
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