§339 — Title 25 Indians | U.S. Code

Summary

The act does not apply to lands in Oklahoma belonging to the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoles, Osage, Miamies and Peorias, and Sacs and Foxes. It also does not apply to any Seneca Nation reservations in New York, or to the strip of Nebraska next to the Sioux Nation that was added by Executive order.

Title 25, §339

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The provisions of this act shall not extend to the territory occupied by the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoles, and Osage, Miamies and Peorias, and Sacs and Foxes, in Oklahoma, nor to any of the reservations of the Seneca Nation of New York Indians in the State of New York, nor to that strip of territory in the State of Nebraska adjoining the Sioux Nation on the south added by Executive order.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This act, referred to in text, is act Feb. 8, 1887, ch. 119, 24 Stat. 388, and is popularly known as the Indian General Allotment Act. For classification of this act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 331 of this title and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Sacs and Foxes; Missouri IndiansNo allotment of lands was to be made or annuities of money to be paid to any of the Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri Indians who were not enrolled as members of the tribe on Jan. 1, 1890, by a proviso annexed to act Feb. 28, 1891, ch. 383, § 5, 26 Stat. 796.

§339 Tribes Excepted From Certain Provisions