25 U.S.C. § 941a : US Code - Section 941A: Definitions

Search 25 U.S.C. § 941a : US Code - Section 941A: Definitions

For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) The term "Tribe" means the Catawba Indian Tribe of South
Carolina as constituted in aboriginal times, which was party to
the Treaty of Pine Tree Hill in 1760 as confirmed by the Treaty
of Augusta in 1763, which was party also to the Treaty of Nation
Ford in 1840, and which was the subject of the Termination Act,
and all predecessors and successors in interest, including the
Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina, Inc.
(2) The term "claim" or "claims" means any claim which was
asserted by the Tribe in either Suit, and any other claim which
could have been asserted by the Tribe or any Catawba Indian of a
right, title or interest in property, to trespass or property
damages, or of hunting, fishing or other rights to natural
resources, if such claim is based upon aboriginal title,
recognized title, or title by grant, patent, or treaty including
the Treaty of Pine Tree Hill of 1760, the Treaty of Augusta of
1763, or the Treaty of Nation Ford of 1840.
(3) The term "Executive Committee" means the body of the Tribe
composed of the Tribe's executive officers as selected by the
Tribe in accordance with its constitution.
(4) The term "Existing Reservation" means that tract of
approximately 630 acres conveyed to the State in trust for the
Tribe by J.M. Doby on December 24, 1842, by deed recorded in York
County Deed Book N, pp. 340-341.
(5) The term "General Council" means the membership of the
Tribe convened as the Tribe's governing body for the purpose of
conducting tribal business pursuant to the Tribe's constitution.
(6) The term "Member" means individuals who are currently
members of the Tribe or who are enrolled in accordance with this
subchapter.
(7) The term "Reservation" or "Expanded Reservation" means the
Existing Reservation and the lands added to the Existing
Reservation in accordance with section 941j of this title, which
are to be held in trust by the Secretary in accordance with this
subchapter.
(8) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.
(9) The term "service area" means the area composed of the
State of South Carolina and Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston,
Mecklenburg, Rutherford, and Union counties in the State of North
Carolina.
(10) The term "Settlement Agreement" means the document
entitled "Agreement in Principle" between the Tribe and the State
of South Carolina and attached to the copy of the State Act and
filed with the Secretary of State of the State of South Carolina,
as amended to conform to this subchapter and printed in the
Congressional Record.
(11) The term "State" means, except for section 941d(a) through
(f) of this title, the State of South Carolina.
(12) The term "State Act" means the Act enacted into law by the
State of South Carolina on June 14, 1993, and codified as S.C.
Code Ann., sections 27-16-10 through 27-16-140, to implement the
Settlement Agreement.
(13) The term "Suit" or "Suits" means Catawba Indian Tribe of
South Carolina v. State of South Carolina, et al., docketed as
Civil Action No. 80-2050 and filed in the United States District
Court for the District of South Carolina; and Catawba Indian
Tribe of South Carolina v. The United States of America, docketed
as Civil Action No. 90-553L and filed in the United States Court
of Federal Claims.
(14) The term "Termination Act" means the Act entitled "An Act
to provide for the division of the tribal assets of the Catawba
Indian Tribe of South Carolina among the members of the Tribe and
for other purposes", approved September 21, 1959 (73 Stat. 592;
25 U.S.C. 931-938).
(15) The term "transfer" includes (but is not limited to) any
voluntary or involuntary sale, grant, lease, allotment,
partition, or other conveyance; any transaction the purpose of
which was to effect a sale, grant, lease, allotment, partition,
or conveyance; and any act, event or circumstance that resulted
in a change in title to, possession of, dominion over, or control
of land, water, minerals, timber, or other natural resources.
(16) The term "Trust Funds" means the trust funds established
by section 941i of this title.