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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 177. Purchases or grants of lands from Indians
No purchase, grant, lease, or other conveyance of lands, or of
any title or claim thereto, from any Indian nation or tribe of
Indians, shall be of any validity in law or equity, unless the same
be made by treaty or convention entered into pursuant to the
Constitution. Every person who, not being employed under the
authority of the United States, attempts to negotiate such treaty
or convention, directly or indirectly, or to treat with any such
nation or tribe of Indians for the title or purchase of any lands
by them held or claimed, is liable to a penalty of $1,000. The
agent of any State who may be present at any treaty held with
Indians under the authority of the United States, in the presence
and with the approbation of the commissioner of the United States
appointed to hold the same, may, however, propose to, and adjust
with, the Indians the compensation to be made for their claim to
lands within such State, which shall be extinguished by treaty.
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