25 U.S. Code § 5502 - Designation of tribes

(a) Description of lands

The lands, declared by section 5501(a) of this title to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Indian tribes named in this section, are generally described as follows:

Tribe	Reservation	Submarginal land project donated to said tribe or group	Approximate acreage
1. Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa     ­Indians of Wisconsin	Bad River	Bad River LI–WI–8	13,148.81
2. Blackfeet Tribe	Blackfeet	Blackfeet LI–MT–9	9,036.73
3. Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma		Delaware LI–OK–4	18,749.19
		Adair LI–OK–5	................
4. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe	Cheyenne River	Cheyenne Indian LI–SD–13	3,738.47
5. Crow Creek Sioux Tribe	Crow Creek	Crow Creek LI–SD–10	19,169.89
6. Lower Brule Sioux Tribe	Lower Brule	Lower Brule LI–SD–10	13,209.22
7. Devils Lake Sioux Tribe	Fort Totten	Fort Totten LI–ND–11	1,424.45
8. Fort Belknap Indian Community	Fort Belknap	Fort Belknap LI–MT–8	25,530.10
9. Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes	Fort Peck	Fort Peck LI–MT–6	85,835.52
10. Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians	Lac Courte Oreilles	Lac Courte LI–WI–9	13,184.65
11. Keweenaw Bay Indian Community	L’Anse	L’Anse LI–MI–8	4,016.49
12. Minnesota Chippewa Tribe	White Earth	Twin Lakes LI–MN–6	28,544.80
		Flat Lake LI–MN–15	................
13. Navajo Tribe	Navajo	Gallup-Two Wells LI–NM–18	69,947.24
14. Oglala Sioux Tribe	Pine Ridge	Pine Ridge LI–SD–7	18,064.48
15. Rosebud Sioux Tribe	Rosebud	Cutmeat LI–SD–8	28,734.59
		Antelope LI–SD–9	................
16. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes	Fort Hall	Fort Hall LI–ID–2	8,711.00
17. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe	Standing Rock	Standing Rock LI–ND–10	10,255.50
		Standing Rock LI–SD–10	................

(b) Publication in Federal Register of boundaries, etc.; estimation of acreages

The Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be published in the Federal Register the boundaries and descriptions of the lands conveyed by this chapter. The acreages set out in the preceding subsection are estimates and shall not be construed as expanding or limiting the grant of the United States as defined in section 5501 of this title.

(Pub. L. 94–114, § 2, Oct. 17, 1975, 89 Stat. 578; Pub. L. 97–434, § 1(b), Jan. 8, 1983, 96 Stat. 2280.)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 459a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

1983—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–434 substituted “section 5501(a) of this title” for “section 5501 of this title”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1983 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 97–434 effective Jan. 8, 1983, see section 1(c) of Pub. L. 97–434, set out as a note under section 5501 of this title.