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25 U.S.C. § 5204 — Cooperative associations; charter; purposes; voting rights
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Any ten or more Indians, as determined by the official tribal rolls, or Indian descendants of such enrolled members, or Indians as defined in the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984) [[25 U.S.C. 5101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], who reside within the State of Oklahoma in convenient proximity to each other may receive from the Secretary of the Interior a charter as a local cooperative association for any one or more of the following purposes: Credit administration, production, marketing, consumers’ protection, or land management. The provisions of this chapter, the regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, and the charters of the cooperative associations issued pursuant thereto shall govern such cooperative associations: Provided, That in those matters not covered by this chapter, regulations, or charters, the laws of the State of Oklahoma, if applicable, shall govern. In any stock or nonstock cooperative association no one member shall have more than one vote, and membership therein shall be open to all Indians residing within the prescribed district.
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Any ten or more Indians, as determined by the official tribal rolls, or Indian descendants of such enrolled members, or Indians as defined in the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984) [[25 U.S.C. 5101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], who reside within the State of Oklahoma in convenient proximity to each other may receive from the Secretary of the Interior a charter as a local cooperative association for any one or more of the following purposes: Credit administration, production, marketing, consumers’ protection, or land management. The provisions of this chapter, the regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, and the charters of the cooperative associations issued pursuant thereto shall govern such cooperative associations: Provided, That in those matters not covered by this chapter, regulations, or charters, the laws of the State of Oklahoma, if applicable, shall govern. In any stock or nonstock cooperative association no one member shall have more than one vote, and membership therein shall be open to all Indians residing within the prescribed district.
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On and after June 18, 1934, no land of any Indian reservation, created or set apart by treaty or agreement with the Indians, Act of Congress, Executive order, purchase, or otherwise, shall be allotted in severalty to any Indian.
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The term “Indian” as used in this Act shall include all persons of Indian descent who are members of any recognized Indian tribe now under Federal jurisdiction, and all persons who are descendants of such members who were, on June 1, 1934, residing within the present boundaries of any Indian reservation, and shall further include all other persons of one-half or more Indian blood. For the purposes of this Act, Eskimos and other aboriginal peoples of Alaska shall be considered Indians. The term “tribe” wherever used in this Act shall be construed to refer to any Indian tribe, organized band, pueblo, or the Indians residing on one reservation. The words “adult Indians” wherever used in this Act shall be construed to refer to Indians who have attained the age of twenty-one years.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 504 was editorially reclassified as [section 5204 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5204&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The charters of any cooperative association organized pursuant to [section 5204 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5204&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not be amended or revoked by the Secretary except after a majority vote of the membership. Such cooperative associations may sue and be sued in any court of the State of Oklahoma or of the United States having jurisdiction of the cause of action, but a certified copy of all papers filed in any action against a cooperative association in a court of Oklahoma shall be served upon the Secretary of the Interior, or upon an employee duly authorized by him to receive such service. Within thirty days after such service or within such extended time as the trial court may permit, the Secretary of the Interior may intervene in such action or may remove such action to the United States district court.
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 5103
Sec.
5116.
Standards for Indians appointed to In-
dian Office.
5117.
Indian preference laws applicable to Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs and Indian
Health Service positions.
5118.
Application generally.
5119.
Application to Alaska.
5120.
Continuation of allowances.
5121.
Claims or suits of Indian tribes against
United States; rights unimpaired.
5122.
Offsets of gratuities.
5123.
Organization of Indian tribes; constitu-
tion and bylaws and amendment there-
of; special election.
5124.
Incorporation of Indian tribes; charter;
ratification by election.
5125.
Acceptance optional.
5126.
Mandatory application of sections 5102
and 5124.
5127.
Procedure.
5128.
Application of laws and treaties.
5129.
Definitions.
5130.
Definitions.
5131.
Publication of list of recognized tribes.
5132.
Indians eligible for loans.
5133.
Revolving fund; loans; regulations.
5134.
Sale of land by individual Indian owners.
5135.
Mortgages and deeds of trust by indi-
vidual Indian owners; removal from
trust or restricted status; application
to Secretary.
5136.
Loans to purchasers of highly fractioned
land.
5137.
Removal of duplicative appraisals.
5138.
Title in trust to United States.
5139.
Tribal rights and privileges in connec-
tion with loans.
5140.
Mortgaged property governed by State
law.
5141.
Interest rates and taxes.
5142.
Reduction of unpaid principal.
5143.
Authorization of appropriations.
5144.
Certification of rental proceeds.
§ 5101. Allotment of land on Indian reservations
On and after June 18, 1934, no land of any In-
dian reservation, created or set apart by treaty
or agreement with the Indians, Act of Congress,
Executive order, purchase, or otherwise, shall be
allotted in severalty to any
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 5205
any other Indian or Indians of the same or any
other tribe, at a fair valuation to be fixed by the
appraisement satisfactory to the Indian owner
or owners, or if offered for sale at auction said
Secretary shall have a preference right, in his
discretion, to purchase the same for or in behalf
of any other Indian or Indians by meeting the
highest bid otherwise offered therefor.
The preference right of the Secretary to pur-
chase shall be considered as waived where notice
of the pendency of sale is given in writing to the
Superintendent of the Five Civilized Tribes for
at least ten days prior to the date of sale and
the Secretary does not within that time exercise
the preferential right to purchase.
(June 26, 1936, ch. 831, § 2, 49 Stat. 1967; Aug. 4,
1947, ch. 458, § 10, 61 Stat. 734.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 502 of this
title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering
as this section.
AMENDMENTS
1947—Act Aug. 4, 1947, added second paragraph.
§ 5203. Organization of tribes or bands; constitu-
tion; charter; right to participate in revolv-
ing credit fund
Any recognized tribe or band of Indians resid-
ing in Oklahoma shall have the right to organize
for its common welfare and to adopt a constitu-
tion and bylaws, under such rules and regula-
tions as the Secretary of the Interior may pre-
scribe. The Secretary of the Interior may issue
to any such organized group a charter of incor-
poration, which shall become operative when
ratified by a majority vote of the adult members
of the organization voting: Provided, however,
That such election shall be void unless the total
vote cast be at least 30 per centum of those enti-
tled to vote. Such charter may convey
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