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[CITE: 28USC1353]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
 
                CHAPTER 85--DISTRICT COURTS; JURISDICTION
 
Sec. 1353. Indian allotments

    The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil 
action involving the right of any person, in whole or in part of Indian 
blood or descent, to any allotment of land under any Act of Congress or 
treaty.
    The judgment in favor of any claimant to an allotment of land shall 
have the same effect, when properly certified to the Secretary of the 
Interior, as if such allotment had been allowed and approved by him; but 
this provision shall not apply to any lands held on or before December 
21, 1911, by either of the Five Civilized Tribes, the Osage Nation of 
Indians, nor to any of the lands within the Quapaw Indian Agency.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 934.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 41(24) (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 
231, Sec. 24, par. 24, 36 Stat. 1094; Dec. 21, 1911, ch. 5, 37 Stat. 
46).
    Words ``any civil action'' were substituted for ``all actions, 
suits, or proceedings,'' in view of Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil 
Procedure.
    The sentence ``The right of appeal shall be allowed to either party 
as in other cases'' was omitted as covered by section 1291 of this 
title, relating to appeals to the court of appeals.
    Changes in phraseology were made.
