Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§344 Cancellation of Allotment of Unsuitable Land
Title 25 › CHAPTER 9 — ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS › § 344
Summary
If a tribal member’s allotment includes land that is not suitable, that allotment can be canceled. The member can be given other unclaimed, unused, and not-set-aside land of the same size in the ceded part of their reservation, under the same rules as the original allotment. The canceled land will be handled like other ceded reservation land. This does not apply to the land that used to be called Indian Territory. The Secretary of the Interior may make rules to carry this out.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §344
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If any Indian of a tribe whose surplus lands have been ceded or opened to disposal has received an allotment embracing lands unsuitable for allotment purposes, such allotment may be canceled and other unappropriated, unoccupied, and unreserved land of equal area, within the ceded portions of the reservation upon which such Indian belongs, allotted to him upon the same terms and with the same restrictions as the original allotment, and lands described in any such canceled allotment shall be disposed of as other ceded lands of such reservation. This provision shall not apply to the lands formerly comprising Indian Territory. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry this law into effect.
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25 U.S.C. § 344
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102