Washington : Government Printing Office
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Whereas under authority contained in the Act of Congress approved May 29, 1908 (35 Stat. 460), providing for the disposition of surplus unallotted lands in the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota, certain surplus lands were opened to settlement and entry under the general provisions of the homestead and townsite laws of the United States, by Presidential Proclamation of August 19, 1909 (36 Stat. 2500), and
Whereas there are now remaining undisposed of on the opened or "ceded" portion of the Cheyenne River Reservation a number of tracts of said surplus lands which, while of little value for the original purpose of settlement and entry, upon thorough investigation, have been found to be valuable to the Indians of said reservation in order properly to support and develop their rapidly expanding cattle industry, and
Whereas by relinquishment and cancellation of homestead entries an additional area of similar lands may hereafter be added to the class of undisposed-of surplus lands, and
Whereas the Superintendent of the Cheyenne River Reservation and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs have recommended restoration to tribal ownership of all the undisposed-of ceded lands within the following described areas:
Township 14 North, Range 1 , East, Sections parts of Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25 and 36 east of the former Cheyenne River Indian Reservation boundary.
Township 14 North, Range 17 East, Sections 1, 12, 13 and those parts of Sections 2, 11 and 14 east of the former Cheyenne River Indian Reservation boundary.
Township 15 North, Range 17 East, Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, 36 and those parts of Sections 2, 11, 14, 23, 26 and 35 east of the former Cheyenne River Indian Reservation boundary.
Township 10 North, Range 18 East, All.
Township 11 North, Range 18 East, Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, 35 and 36.
Township 13 North, Range 18 East, Sections 1 and 2.
Township 14 North, Range 18 East, Sections 1 to 18, inclusive, 23 to 26, inclusive, 35 and 36.
Township 15 North, Range 18 East, All.
Township 10 North, Range 19 East, All.
Township 11 North, Range 19 East, All.
Township 13 North, Range 19 East, Sections 1 to 6, inclusive.
Township 14 North, Range 19 East, All.
Township 15 North, Range 19 East, All.
Township 10 North, Range 20 East, Sections 13 to 36, inclusive.
Township 13 North, Range 20 East, Sections 4 to 6, inclusive.
Township 14 North, Range 20 East, Sections 1 to 22, inclusive, and 28 to 33, inclusive.
Township 15 North, Range 20 East, All.
Township 10 North, Range 21 East, Sections 13 to 36, inclusive.
Township 14 North, Range 21 East, Sections 1 to 18, inclusive.
Township 15 North, Range 21 East, Sections 3 to 10, inclusive, 15 to 22, inclusive, and 25 to 36, inclusive.
Township 10 North, Range 22 East, Sections 13 to 36, inclusive.
Township 13 North, Range 22 East, Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, N/2 of 21, N/2 of 22 and the NW/4 of 23.
Township 14, North, Range 22 East, All.
Township 15 North, Range 22 East, Sections 25 to 36, inclusive.
Township 14 North, Range 22 East, All.
Township 15 North, Range 23 East, Sections 25 to 36, inclusive.
Township 10 North, Range 24 East, Sections 13 to 36, inclusive.
Township 11 North, Range 24 East, Sections 1 to 12, inclusive.
Township 12 North, Range 24 East, Sections 19 to 36, inclusive.
Township 14 North, Range 24 East, All.
Township 15 North, Range 24 East, Sections 1, 2, 3, 10 to 15, inclusive, and 19 to 36, inclusive.
Township 16 North, Range 25 East, Section 36.
Township 16 North, Range 26 East, SE/4 Section 8, S/2 of Sections 9 and 10, Sections 11 to 17, inclusive, 20 to 29, inclusive, and 31 to 36, inclusive.
Township 16 North, Range 27 East, Sections 7 to 36, inclusive.
Township 16 North, Range 28 East, All.
Township 17 North, Range 28 East, Sections 31 to 36, inclusive.
Township 16 North, Range 29 East, All.
Township 17 North, Range 29 East, E ½, Section 22, 23 to 26, inclusive, E/2 Section 27, 31 to 36, inclusive.
Township 16 North, Range 30 East, All.
Township 17 North, Range 30 East, Sections 19 to 36, inclusive.
Township 16 North, Range 31 East, All.
Township 17 North, Range 31 East, That part south of the former Cheyenne River Indian Reservation Boundary.
Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by sections 3 and 7 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), I hereby find that restoration to tribal ownership of all lands which are now, or may hereafter be, classified as undisposed-of surplus opened lands within the area above described, being within the boundaries of the former Cheyenne River Reservation, will be in the public interest, and they are hereby restored to tribal ownership for the use and benefit of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota, and the same are added to and made a part of the existing Reservation, subject to any valid existing rights.
OSCAR L. CHAPMAN,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
