25 U.S.C. § 711
Section 711 · Definitions
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Sheppard v. Sheppard (1982)
Most recently applied in 198 F. Supp. 2d 920 - Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians v. United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan (April 2002)
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For the purposes of this subchapter—
(1) the term “tribe” means the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon;
(2) the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized representative;
(3) the term “Interim Council” means the council elected pursuant to section 711c of this title;
(4) the term “member”, when used with respect to the tribe, means a person enrolled on the membership roll of the tribe, as provided in section 711b of this title; and
(5) the term “final membership roll” means the final membership roll of the tribe published on July 20, 1956, on pages 5454–5462 of volume 21 of the Federal Register.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 95–195 provided: “That this Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Siletz Indian Tribe Restoration Act’.”