25 U.S.C. § 961 : US Code - Section 961: Membership roll; preparation; eligibility for enrollment; applications for enrollment; protests; finality of determination

Search 25 U.S.C. § 961 : US Code - Section 961: Membership roll; preparation; eligibility for enrollment; applications for enrollment; protests; finality of determination

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed,
pursuant to such regulations as may be issued by him, to prepare a
roll of Omaha Indians whose names appear on the Omaha allotment
rolls finally approved pursuant to the Acts of Congress of August
7, 1882, (22 Stat. 341) and March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. 612), and who
are living on September 14, 1961, and the descendants of such
allottees who are born and living on September 14, 1961 and who
possess Omaha blood of the degree of one-fourth or more regardless
of whether such allottees are living or deceased: Provided, That no
person who is enrolled with any other tribe of Indians or who has
received an allotment of land on any other reservation shall be
enrolled under the provisions of this subchapter unless the
application for enrollment by such person is approved by a two-
thirds vote of the governing body of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.
Applications for enrollment must be filed with the area director of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Aberdeen, South Dakota, within four
months after September 14, 1961. For a period of three months
thereafter, the Secretary shall permit the examination of the
applications by the governing body of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
for the purpose of lodging protests against any application. The
determination of the Secretary regarding the eligibility of an
applicant shall be final.