Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§5119 Application to Alaska
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 45— - PROTECTION OF INDIANS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES › § 5119
Summary
After May 1, 1936, 5101, 5108, 5110, 5111, 5121, 5124, and 5129 apply to Alaska. Indian groups in Alaska not recognized before that date but living together may organize, receive charters, Federal loans under 5113, 5123, 5124.
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Title 25, §5119
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section 5101, 5108, 5110, 5111, 5121, 5124, and 5129 of this title shall after May 1, 1936, apply to the Territory of Alaska: Provided, That groups of Indians in Alaska not recognized prior to May 1, 1936, as bands or tribes, but having a common bond of occupation, or association, or residence within a well-defined neighborhood, community, or rural district, may organize to adopt constitutions and bylaws and to receive charters of incorporation and Federal loans under section 5113, 5123, and 5124 of this title.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 362 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions, prior to transfer to section 473a of this title and editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Executive Documents
Admission of Alaska as StateAdmission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by section 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
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25 U.S.C. § 5119
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73