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§163 Roll of Membership of Indian Tribes
Title 25 › Chapter 4— PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS › Subchapter III— DEPOSIT, CARE, AND INVESTMENT OF INDIAN MONEYS › § 163
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may make a final list of members for any Indian tribe if he thinks it is in the Indians' best interest. Approved lists must show members' ages and how much Indian blood they have, and then count as the official, final membership for dividing tribal funds. This does not apply to the Five Civilized Tribes, the Osage Tribe, the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, or the Menominee Indians of Wisconsin.
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Title 25, §163
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, wherever in his discretion such action would be for the best interest of the Indians, to cause a final roll to be made of the membership of any Indian tribe; such rolls shall contain the ages and quantum of Indian blood, and when approved by the said Secretary are declared to constitute the legal membership of the respective tribes for the purpose of segregating the tribal funds as provided in section 162 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, and shall be conclusive both as to ages and quantum of Indian blood: Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply to the Five Civilized Tribes or to the Osage Tribe of Indians, or to the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, or the Menominee Indians of Wisconsin.
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section 162 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by act June 24, 1938, ch. 648, § 2, 52 Stat. 1037. See section 162a of this title.
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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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25 U.S.C. § 163
Title 25 — Indians
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Apr 5, 2026
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