S 2663 · 98th Congress · Native Americans
An Act pertaining to the inheritance of trust or restricted land on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, North Dakota and South Dakota, and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: Became Public Law No: 98-513.(1984-10-19)
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Declares that this Act preempts the State inheritance laws of North or South Dakota regarding specified trust lands within the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation (the reservation). Restricts the right to receive inheritance interests in trust or restricted lands within the reservation to members of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux of North and South Dakota. Sets forth guidelines under which specified eligible heirs shall inherit interests in trust or restricted lands. Restricts nonmember surviving heirs to a life estate, subject to specified conditions. Precludes the inheritance of any interest in trust or restricted lands if such interest is less than two and one-half acres. Passes such interest to the tribe, with title taken in the United States as trustee. Passes inheritance interests of prohibited heirs to the tribe, with title taken in the United States as trustee. Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to partition, upon request, certain undivided interests in trust or restricted lands within the reservation. Authorizes the tribe to exercise powers of eminent domain over trust or restricted lands. States that the final judgment of the tribal court in favor of the trib…
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