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Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102

§111 Payment of Moneys and Distribution of Goods

Title 25 › CHAPTER 4 — PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS › SUBCHAPTER II — DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES › § 111

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Payments and goods for any Indian or tribe must be given in one of four ways chosen by the President or the Secretary of the Interior. They can be given to the tribe’s chiefs for the whole tribe; to a person the tribe picks or to an agency when needed (if several people are picked, they must act together); directly to family heads and to individuals who are meant to get them; or, if the tribe agrees, used for projects that help the tribe’s well‑being and encourage able‑bodied Indians to work and live peacefully under rules set by the Secretary that do not conflict with treaties.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §111

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The payment of all moneys and the distribution of all goods stipulated to be furnished to any Indians, or tribe of Indians, shall be made in one of the following ways, as the President or the Secretary of the Interior may direct: First. To the chiefs of a tribe, for the tribe. Second. In cases where the imperious interest of the tribe or the individuals intended to be benefited, or any treaty stipulation, requires the intervention of an agency, then to such person as the tribe shall appoint to receive such moneys or goods; or if several persons be appointed, then upon the joint order or receipt of such persons. Third. To the heads of the families and to the individuals entitled to participate in the moneys or goods. Fourth. By consent of the tribe, such moneys or goods may be applied directly, under such regulations, not inconsistent with treaty stipulations, as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, to such purposes as will best promote the happiness and prosperity of the members of the tribe, and will encourage able-bodied Indians in the habits of industry and peace.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 2086 derived from acts
June 30, 1834, ch. 162, § 11, 4 Stat. 737; Mar. 3, 1847, ch. 66, § 3, 9 Stat. 203; Aug. 30, 1852, ch. 103, § 3, 10 Stat. 56;
July 15, 1870, ch. 296, §§ 2, 3, 16 Stat. 360.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

For

Transfer of Functions

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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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 111

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102