Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§835g Relocation of Indian Cemeteries
Title 16 › CHAPTER 12D — COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT › § 835g
Summary
The Secretary may, for a project, instead of paying for land that has an Indian cemetery, get replacement land and move graves and markers there. All costs come from project funds. When approved, the tribe’s rights in the old land end and the new site is held in trust by the United States for Spokane or Colville Tribe and is nontaxable.
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Title 16, §835g
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As to any Indian cemetery lands required for the project, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, in lieu of requiring payment therefor, to establish cemeteries on other lands that he may select and acquire for the purpose, and to remove bodies, markers, and other appurtenances to the new sites. All costs incurred in connection with any such relocation shall be paid from moneys appropriated for the project. All right, title, and interest of the Indians in the lands within any cemetery so relocated shall terminate and the grant of title under sections 835d to 835h of this title take effect as of the date the Secretary of the Interior authorizes the relocation. Sites of the relocated cemeteries shall be held in trust by the United States for the Spokane or Colville Tribe, as the case may be, and shall be nontaxable.
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of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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16 U.S.C. § 835g
Title 16, Conservation
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102