§3 Untitled Section

Summary

Defines key words used in the Act. Allotment means a piece of land on the White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, given to a Chippewa Indian under the Acts of January 14, 1889 and February 8, 1887. Allottee means the person who got an allotment. Full blood means a White Earth Chippewa shown as full blood on the roll approved by the U.S. District Court for Minnesota on October 1, 1920, or later declared full blood by a federal court; it also includes a biological child of two such full blood parents or of one such full blood parent and one parent enrolled in another federally recognized tribe. Mixed blood means a White Earth Chippewa shown as mixed blood on that same 1920 roll, unless later declared full blood by a federal court, and includes descendants of those listed who are not full blood under the full-blood rule; it does not include Indians enrolled in tribes other than the White Earth Band. Tax forfeited means an allotment declared forfeited under State law for unpaid property taxes and moved to the State of Minnesota or to private or government parties. Majority and adult mean age 21 or older. Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior or an authorized representative. Trust period means the time the United States held an allotment in trust for the allottee or heirs; Executive Orders 4642 (May 5, 1927), 5768 (Dec. 10, 1931), and 5953 (Nov. 23, 1932) are treated as extending trust periods that otherwise would have ended in 1927, 1932, or 1933, and the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934 is treated as extending trust periods indefinitely for those that would have ended on or after June 18, 1934, except where the allotment was sold or mortgaged by adult mixed bloods, by non‑Indians, with Secretary approval, or where a federal court judgment on the sale or mortgage left the sale or mortgage in place. Interest means a fractional share less than the whole. Heir means a person who received or was entitled to receive an allotment or interest by succession under federal or Minnesota law, or who section 9 says is entitled to compensation under section 8 when Minnesota inheritance laws in effect on March 26, 1986 are applied (excluding spousal allowance and maintenance rules). Transfer means any act or transaction that changed who owned, possessed, or controlled an allotment or interest, including sales, mortgages, tax forfeitures, or state conveyances.