Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§133 Rolls of Indians Entitled to Supplies
Title 25 › CHAPTER 4 — PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS › SUBCHAPTER II — DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES › § 133
Summary
Each agent who handles Indian Service supplies must prepare, at the start of each fiscal year, a list of the Indians to receive supplies, naming each head of family or lodge and how many people are in each. Supplies must be given to those family or lodge heads (not tribal or band leaders) and only for up to one week at a time.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §133
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For the purpose of properly distributing the supplies appropriated for the Indian Service, it is made the duty of each agent in charge of Indians and having supplies to distribute, to make out, at the commencement of each fiscal year, rolls of the Indians entitled to supplies at the agency, with the names of the Indians and of the heads of families or lodges, with the number in each family or lodge, and to give out supplies to the heads of families, and not to the heads of tribes or bands, and not to give out supplies for a greater length of time than one week in advance.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Indian AgentsThe services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 133
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102