25 U.S.C. § 1779A
Section 1779a · Purposes
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 67 Fed. Cl. 695 - United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians v. United States (2005)
Most recently applied in United Keetoowah Band v. United States (August 2007)
The purposes of this subchapter are to resolve all claims that have been or could have been brought by the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations against the United States, and to confirm that the Indian Nations are forever disclaiming any right, title, or interest in the Disclaimed Drybed Lands, which are contiguous to the channel of the Arkansas River as of December 13, 2002, in certain townships in eastern Oklahoma.