Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§353 Sections Inapplicable to Certain Tribes
Title 25 › CHAPTER 9 — ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS › § 353
Summary
The Act excludes the Osage and the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma. If a deed for those tribes' land is issued to someone who dies before approval, the title goes to their heirs, will beneficiaries, or assigns as if the person had lived.
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Title 25, §353
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The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the Osage Indians, nor to the Five Civilized Tribes, in Oklahoma. Where deeds to tribal lands in the Five Civilized Tribes have been or may be issued, in pursuance of any tribal agreement or Act of Congress, to a person who had died, or who dies before the approval of such deed, the title to the land designated therein shall inure to and become vested in the heirs, devisees, or assigns of such deceased grantee as if the deed had issued to the deceased grantee during life.
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June 25, 1910, ch. 431, 36 Stat. 855, which enacted section 47, 93, 151, 202, 337, 344a, 351, 352, 353, 372, 403, 406, 407, and 408 of this title, section 6a–1 of former Title 41, Public Contracts, and section 148 of Title 43, Public Lands, and amended section 191, 312, 331, 333, and 336 of this title and section 104 and 107 of former Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure. section 104 and 107 of former Title 18 were repealed and restated as section 1853 and 1856 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, by act
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 683. section 6a–1 of former Title 41 was repealed and restated as section 6102(e) of Title 41, Public Contracts, by Pub. L. 111–350, §§ 3, 7(b), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3677, 3855. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification The first and second sentences are from section 33 and 32, respectively of act
June 25, 1910.
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25 U.S.C. § 353
Title 25, Indians
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Aug 21, 2026
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