25 USC 473a

§ 473a

TITLE 25—INDIANS

Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole. Section 4 of this Act [25 U.S.C. 464] shall not apply
to the Indians of the Klamath Reservation in Oregon.
(June 18, 1934, ch. 576, § 13, 48 Stat. 986; Pub. L.
101–301, § 3(b), May 24, 1990, 104 Stat. 207.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, is act June 18, 1934,
which is classified generally to this subchapter. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 461 of this title
and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1990—Pub. L. 101–301 substituted ‘‘sections 4,’’ for
‘‘sections 2, 4,’’ in proviso.
ADMISSION OF ALASKA AS STATE
Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan.
3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections
1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set
out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories
and Insular Possessions.

§ 473a. Application to Alaska
Sections 461, 465, 467, 468, 475, 477, and 479 of
this title shall after May 1, 1936, apply to the
Territory of Alaska: Provided, That groups of Indians in Alaska not recognized prior to May 1,
1936, as bands or tribes, but having a common
bond of occupation, or association, or residence
within a well-defined neighborhood, community,
or rural district, may organize to adopt constitutions and bylaws and to receive charters of
incorporation and Federal loans under sections
470, 476, and 477 of this title.
(May 1, 1936, ch. 254, § 1, 49 Stat. 1250.)
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 362 of Title
48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
ADMISSION OF ALASKA AS STATE
Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan.
3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections
1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set
out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories
and Insular Possessions.

§ 474. Continuation of allowances
The Secretary of the Interior is directed to
continue the allowance of the articles enumerated in section 17 of the Act of March 2, 1889 (23
Stat. L. 894), or their commuted cash value
under the Act of June 10, 1896 (29 Stat. L. 334),
to all Sioux Indians who would be eligible, but
for the provisions of this Act, to receive allotments of lands in severalty under section 19 of
the Act of May 29, 1908 (25 Stat. L. 451), or under
any prior Act, and who have the prescribed
status of the head of a family or single person
over the age of eighteen years, and his approval
shall be final and conclusive, claims therefor to
be paid as formerly from the permanent appropriation made by said section 17 and carried on
the books of the Treasury for this purpose. No
person shall receive in his own right more than
one allowance of the benefits, and application
must be made and approved during the lifetime

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of the allottee or the right shall lapse. Such benefits shall continue to be paid upon such reservation until such time as the lands available
therein for allotment on June 18, 1934, would
have been exhausted by the award to each person receiving such benefits of an allotment of
eighty acres of such land.
(June 18, 1934, ch. 576, § 14, 48 Stat. 987.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 17 of the Act of March 2, 1889, referred to in
text, probably means section 17 of act Mar. 2, 1889, ch.
405, 25 Stat. 894, which contains a proviso that each
head of family or single person over the age of eighteen
years of the Sioux Nation of Indians, ‘‘who shall have
or may hereafter take his or her allotment of land in
severalty, shall be provided with two milch cows, one
pair of oxen, with yoke and chain, or two mares and
one set of harness in lieu of said oxen, yoke and chain,
as the Secretary of the Interior may deem advisable,
and they shall also receive one plow, one wagon, one
harrow, one hoe, one axe, and one pitchfork, all suitable to the work they may have to do, and also fifty
dollars in cash; to be expended under the direction of
the Secretary of the Interior in aiding such Indians to
erect a house and other buildings suitable for residence
or the improvement of his allotment; no sales, barters
or bargains shall be made by any person other than
said Indians with each other, of any of the personal
property hereinbefore provided for, and any violation of
this provision shall be deemed a misdemeanor and punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year or both in the discretion of the court.’’
Act of June 10, 1896, referred to in text, is act June
10, 1896, ch. 398, 29 Stat. 334, which contains a provision
directing the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain the
number of Sioux and Ponca Indians in South Dakota
and Nebraska who would not be benefited by the fulfillment of the proviso quoted above from the act of March
2, 1889, and who desire to have the articles of personal
property, therein mentioned converted into money, and
in lieu of such articles of personal property, or any part
thereof he may think proper, to convert or commute
the same, or so much thereof as he may think proper,
into money, and to pay the amount thereof to such Indians.
This Act, referred to in text, is act June 18, 1934,
which is classified generally to this subchapter. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 461 of this title
and Tables.
Section 19 of the Act of May 29, 1908, referred to in
text, probably means section 19 of act May 29, 1908, ch.
216, 35 Stat. 451, which authorizes the Secretary of the
Interior to cause allotments to be made under the provisions of act Mar. 2, 1889, ch. 405, 25 Stat. 888, to any
living children of the Sioux tribe of Indians belonging
on any of the Great Sioux reservations affected thereby
and who had not prior to May 29, 1908, been allotted, so
long as the tribe to which such Indian children belong
is possessed of any unallotted tribal or reservation
lands. The section further provides that where, for any
reason, an Indian did not receive the quantity of land
to which he was entitled under the provisions of said
act March 2, 1889, the Secretary of the Interior shall
cause to be allotted to him sufficient additional lands
on the reservation to which he belongs to make, together with the quantity of land theretofore allotted to
him, the acreage to which he is entitled under said act
March 2, 1889; and in case of the death of any such Indian, the additional lands to which he is of right entitled may be allotted to his heirs: Provided, the tribe to
which he belonged is possessed of any unallotted tribal
or reservation lands.
APPROPRIATIONS
Section 2 of act June 26, 1934, ch. 756, 48 Stat. 1225,
which was classified to section 725a of former Title 31,