Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§339 Tribes excepted from certain provisions
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS › § 339
Summary
The act does not apply to certain Oklahoma tribal lands, Seneca Nation reservations in New York, or the strip of Nebraska next to the Sioux added by a presidential order.
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Title 25, §339
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The provisions of this act shall not extend to the territory occupied by the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoles, and Osage, Miamies and Peorias, and Sacs and Foxes, in Oklahoma, nor to any of the reservations of the Seneca Nation of New York Indians in the State of New York, nor to that strip of territory in the State of Nebraska adjoining the Sioux Nation on the south added by Executive order.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This act, referred to in text, is act Feb. 8, 1887, ch. 119, 24 Stat. 388, and is popularly known as the Indian General Allotment Act. For classification of this act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 331 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Sacs and Foxes; Missouri IndiansNo allotment of lands was to be made or annuities of money to be paid to any of the Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri Indians who were not enrolled as members of the tribe on Jan. 1, 1890, by a proviso annexed to act Feb. 28, 1891, ch. 383, § 5, 26 Stat. 796.
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 339
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73