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25 U.S.C. § 371 — Descent of land
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For the purpose of determining the descent of land to the heirs of any deceased Indian under the provisions of [section 348 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section348&num=0&edition=prelim), whenever any male and female Indian shall have cohabited together as husband and wife according to the custom and manner of Indian life the issue of such cohabitation shall be, for the purpose aforesaid, taken and deemed to be the legitimate issue of the Indians so living together, and every Indian child, otherwise illegitimate, shall for such purpose be taken and deemed to be the legitimate issue of the father of such child: Provided, That the provisions of this Act shall not be held or construed as to apply to the lands commonly called and known as the “Cherokee Outlet.”
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For the purpose of determining the descent of land to the heirs of any deceased Indian under the provisions of [section 348 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section348&num=0&edition=prelim), whenever any male and female Indian shall have cohabited together as husband and wife according to the custom and manner of Indian life the issue of such cohabitation shall be, for the purpose aforesaid, taken and deemed to be the legitimate issue of the Indians so living together, and every Indian child, otherwise illegitimate, shall for such purpose be taken and deemed to be the legitimate issue of the father of such child: Provided, That the provisions of this Act shall not be held or construed as to apply to the lands commonly called and known as the “Cherokee Outlet.”
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### Statutory Notes
Section, acts Feb. 8, 1887, ch. 119, § 1, 24 Stat. 388; Feb. 28, 1891, ch. 383, § 1, 26 Stat. 794; June 25, 1910, ch. 431, § 17, 36 Stat. 859, related to allotments of irrigable and nonirrigable land on reservations.
#### Codification
Section was based on section 1 of act Feb. 8, 1887, as amended generally by section 1 of act Feb. 28, 1891, which was amended generally, by act June 25, 1910. The amendment by act June 25, 1910, to section 1 of act Feb. 28, 1891, was treated as an amendment to section 1 of act Feb. 8, 1887, to reflect the probable intent of Congress, and this section was based on the text of section 1 of act Feb. 28, 1891, as so amended. The repeal by Pub. L. 106–462 of section 1 of act Feb. 8, 1887, was executed by repealing this section, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
#### Short Title of 2018 Amendment
Pub. L. 115–399, § 1, Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5331, provided that: “This Act [enacting and amending provisions set out as notes under [section 355 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section355&num=0&edition=prelim)] may be cited as the ‘Stigler Act Amendments of 2018’.”
#### Short Title of 1987 Amendment
Pub. L. 100–153, § 1, Nov. 5, 1987, 101 Stat. 886, provided that: “This Act [amending sections 373, 1401, and 2301 of this title and [section 4421 of Title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section4421&num=0&edition=prelim), Education, and amending provisions set out as a note under this section] may be cited as the ‘Indian Law Technical Amendments of 1987’.”
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Act Feb. 8, 1887, ch. 119, 24 Stat. 388, as amended, enacting this section and sections 332 to 334, 339, 341, 342, 348, 349, 354, and 381 of this title, is po
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Upon the approval of the allotments provided for in this act by the Secretary of the Interior, he shall cause patents to issue therefor in the name of the allottees, which patents shall be of the legal effect, and declare that the United States does and will hold the land thus allotted, for the period of twenty-five years, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian to whom such allotment shall have been made, or, in case of his decease, of his heirs according to the laws of the State or Territory where such land is located, and that at the expiration of said period the United States will convey the same by patent to said Indian, or his heirs as aforesaid, in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all charge or incumbrance whatsoever: Provided, That the President of the United States may in any case in his discretion extend the period. And if any conveyance shall be made of the lands set apart and allotted as herein provided, or any contract made touching the same, before the expiration of the time above mentioned, such conveyance or contract shall be absolutely null and void: Provided, That, subject to section 8(b) of the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–374; 118 Stat. 1810), the rules of intestate succession under the Indian Land Consolidation Act ([25 U.S.C. 2201](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section2201&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) (including a tribal probate code approved under that Act or regulations promulgated under that Act) shall apply to that land for which patents have been executed and delivered: And provided further, That at any time after lands have been allotted to all the Indians of any tribe as herein provided, or sooner if in the opinion of the President it shall be for the
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 357
dividual restricted Indian allottees, or their
heirs, shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the
Interior for approval, but all such undisputed
claims or uncontested leases (except oil and gas
leases) shall be paid, approved, rejected, or dis-
approved by the Superintendent for the Five
Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma: Provided, however,
That any party aggrieved by any decision or
order of the Superintendent for the Five Civ-
ilized Tribes of Oklahoma may appeal from the
same to the Secretary of the Interior within
thirty days from the date of said decision or
order.
(Feb. 14, 1920, ch. 75, § 18, 41 Stat. 426.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
The clause ‘‘heretofore required to be approved under
existing law by the Secretary of the Interior’’ after the
words ‘‘but all such undisputed claims or uncontested
leases (except oil and gas leases)’’ omitted from text as
superfluous.
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees,
and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer-
tain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with
power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2,
eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
§ 357. Condemnation of lands under laws of
States
Lands allotted in severalty to Indians may be
condemned for any public purpose under the
laws of the State or Territory where located in
the same manner as land owned in fee may be
condemned, and the money awarded as damages
shall be paid to the allottee.
(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 832, § 3, 31 Stat. 1084.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section is comprised of the second paragraph of sec-
tion 3 of act Mar. 3, 1901. The
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