§ 1181. — Distribution of judgment fund; preparation of Indian roll; eligibility.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1181]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER LX--DELAWARE NATION OF INDIANS
Sec. 1181. Distribution of judgment fund; preparation of Indian
roll; eligibility
The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of all persons
who meet the following requirements for eligibility: (a) They were born
on or prior to and living on September 21, 1968; (b) their name or the
name of a lineal ancestor appears on the Delaware Indian per capita
payroll approved by the Secretary on April 20, 1906, or (c) their name
or the name of a lineal ancestor is on or is eligible to be on the
constructed base census roll as of 1940 of the Absentee Delaware Tribe
of Western Oklahoma, approved by the Secretary of the Interior, or (d)
they are lineal descendants of Delaware Indians who were members of the
Delaware Nation of Indians as constituted at the time of the Treaty of
October 3, 1818 (7 Stat. 188), and their name or the name of a lineal
ancestor appears on any available census roll or any other records
acceptable to the Secretary. No person shall be eligible to be enrolled
under this section who is not a citizen of the United States.
Applications for enrollment must be filed with the Area Director of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, or the Area Director of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Anadarko, Oklahoma, on forms prescribed
for that purpose. All applications filed shall be reviewed and a
judgment of the eligibility of each applicant will be made and
recommendation given in writing to the respective area directors by a
committee composed of representatives of the two Oklahoma Delaware
groups prior to submission of names to the Secretary of the Interior for
acceptance on the distribution roll. The determination of the Secretary
regarding the utilization of available rolls or records and the
eligibility for enrollment of an applicant shall be final.
(Pub. L. 90-508, Sec. 1, Sept. 21, 1968, 82 Stat. 861.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1183 of this title.
