25 U.S.C. § 677a : US Code - Section 677A: Definitions

Search 25 U.S.C. § 677a : US Code - Section 677A: Definitions

For the purposes of this subchapter -
(a) "Tribe" means the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray
Reservation, Utah.
(b) "Full-blood" means a member of the tribe who possesses one-
half degree of Ute Indian blood and a total of Indian blood in
excess of one-half, excepting those who become mixed-bloods by
choice under the provisions of section 677c of this title.
(c) "Mixed-blood" means a member of the tribe who does not
possess sufficient Indian or Ute Indian blood to fall within the
full-blood class as herein defined, and those who become mixed-
bloods by choice under the provisions of section 677c of this
title.
(d) "Secretary" means Secretary of the Interior.
(e) "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of the Uintah and
Ouray Reservation, Utah.
(f) "Asset" means any property of the tribe, real, personal or
mixed, whether held by the tribe or by the United States in trust
for the tribe, or subject to a restriction against alienation
imposed by the United States.
(g) "Adult" means a member of the tribe who has attained the age
of twenty-one years.