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[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.
