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25 U.S.C. § 185 — Protection of Indians desiring civilized life
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Whenever any Indian, being a member of any band or tribe with whom the Government has or shall have entered into treaty stipulations, being desirous to adopt the habits of civilized life, has had a portion of the lands belonging to his tribe allotted to him in severalty, in pursuance of such treaty stipulations, the agent and superintendent of such tribe shall take such measures, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary to protect such Indian in the quiet enjoyment of the lands so allotted to him.
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Whenever any Indian, being a member of any band or tribe with whom the Government has or shall have entered into treaty stipulations, being desirous to adopt the habits of civilized life, has had a portion of the lands belonging to his tribe allotted to him in severalty, in pursuance of such treaty stipulations, the agent and superintendent of such tribe shall take such measures, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary to protect such Indian in the quiet enjoyment of the lands so allotted to him.
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It shall be the duty of the President to dispense with the services of such Indian agents and superintendents as may be practicable; and where it is practicable he shall require the same person to perform the duties of two agencies or superintendencies for one salary.
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 181
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
R.S. § 2118 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 161, § 11,
4 Stat. 730.
§ 181. Rights of white men marrying Indian
women; tribal property
No white man, not otherwise a member of any
tribe of Indians, who may after August 9, 1888,
marry an Indian woman, member of any Indian
tribe in the United States, or any of its Terri-
tories except the Five Civilized Tribes in the In-
dian Territory, shall by such marriage after Au-
gust 9, 1888, acquire any right to any tribal prop-
erty, privilege, or interest whatever to which
any member of such tribe is entitled.
(Aug. 9, 1888, ch. 818, § 1, 25 Stat. 392.)
§ 182. Rights of Indian women marrying white
men; tribal property
Every Indian woman, member of any such
tribe of Indians, who may be married after Au-
gust 9, 1888, to any citizen of the United States,
is hereby declared to become by such marriage
a citizen of the United States, with all the
rights, privileges, and immunities of any such
citizen, being a married woman: Provided, That
nothing in sections 181 to 183 of this title con-
tained shall impair or in any way affect the
right or title of such married woman to any
tribal property or any interest therein.
(Aug. 9, 1888, ch. 818, § 2, 25 Stat. 392.)
§ 183. Marriage of white men to Indian women;
evidence
Whenever the marriage of any white man with
any Indian woman, a member of any such tribe
of Indians, is required or offered to be proved in
any judicial proceeding, evidence of the admis-
sion of such fact by the party against whom the
proceeding is had, or evidence of general repute,
or of cohabitation as married persons, or any
other circumstantial or presumptive evidence
from which the fact may be inferred, shall be
competent.
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