25 U.S.C. § 495
Section 495 · Annette Islands reserved for Metlakahtla Indians
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Islands Reserve v. Egan (1962)
Most recently applied in United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (June 1977)
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Until otherwise provided by law the body of lands known as Annette Islands, situated in Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska on the north side of Dixon’s entrance, is set apart as a reservation for the use of the Metlakahtla Indians, and those people known as Metlakahtlans who, on March 3, 1891, had recently emigrated from British Columbia to Alaska, and such other Alaskan natives as may join them, to be held and used by them in common, under such rules and regulations, and subject to such restrictions, as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of the Interior.
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Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 358 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.