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| VOLUME 7—1942 | 7458 |
Whereas pursuant to the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 1016), the Shoshone-Arapaho Tribes of Indians in Wyoming ceded to the United States a large area of their reservation in the State of Wyoming, established under the Treaty of July 3, 1868 (15 Stat. 673), and
Whereas there is now remaining undisposed of within the ceded or "opened" portion of the Wind River Reservation, an area of approximately 1,108,700 acres of such ceded lands, most of which is urgently required as grazing land for the use of the Shoshone-Arapaho Tribes of Indians in order properly to support and develop their greatly expanded cattle industry, and
Whereas the Acting Superintendent of the Wind 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 land use districts, of which no part of the land is under lease or permit to non-Indians:
T. 5 N., R. 5 E.,
Secs. 1 to 4, inc., and
Secs. 7 to 36, inc.;
T. 6 N., R. 5 E.,
Sec. 33, S ½,
Sec. 34, S ½,
Sec. 35, S ½,
Sec. 36, S ½,
T. 5 N., R. 6 E.,
Sec. 5, W ½,
Secs. 6 and 7,
Sec. 5, W ½,
Sec. 17, W ½;
Secs. 18 and 19,
Sec. 20, W ½,
Sec. 29, W ½,
Secs. 30 and 31.
Sec. 32, W ½, SW ¼ SE ¼, lot 7 and those parts of lots 4, 6 and 10 in W ½ E ½;
T. 6 N., R. 6 E.,
Sec. 31, S ½,
Sec. 32, SW ¼.
T. 6 N., R. 4 E.,
Sec. 13, NE ¼ and S ½,
Sec. 23, S ½,
Sec. 24;
T. 7 N., R. 4 E.,
Sec. 13, lots 2, 3, 4, 5, and SW ¼ SW ¼,
Sec. 14, S ½,
Sec. 15, S ½,
Sec. 16, S ½,
Secs. 21 to 34, incl.;
T. 6 N., R. 5 E.,
Sec. 1, N ½, N ½ SE ¼ and SW ¼ SE ¼, SW ¼,
Sec. 15 to 30, incl.,
Sec. 12, W ½ NE ¼, SE ¼ NE ¼, NW ¼ and S ½.
Secs. 13 to 30, incl.,
Sec. 31, N ½,
Sec. 32, N ½,
Sec. 33, N ½,
Sec. 34, N ½,
Sec. 35, N ½,
Sec. 36, N ½;
T. 7 N., R. 5 E., all;
T. 6 N., R. 6 E., that part west of Big Horn River (partly unsurve ed);
T. 7 N., R. 6 E., that part west of Big Horn River.
T. 6 N., R. 6 E.,
Sec. 3,
Secs. 4, 5 and 8, those parts east of Big Horn River,
Sec. 9, N ½, NE ¼ SE ¼,
Sec. 10,
T. 7 N., R. 6 E., that part east of Big Horn River.
T. 5 N., R. 6 E.,
Sec. 4, lots 13 and 14,
Sec. 5, lots 5, 6 and SW ¼ SE ¼,
Sec. 8, lots 4 to 9, incl., and W ½ E ½,
Secs. 9 and 16, those parts west of Big Horn River,
Sec. 17, lots 5 to 10, incl., and W ½ E ½,
Sec. 20, lots 3 to 8, incl., and W ½ NE ¼, NW ¼ SE ¼,
Sec. 21, lots 2 and 5,
Sec. 28, lots 2, 3 and 4,
Sec. 29, lots 1, 2 and 3.
T. 5 N., R. 6 E.,
Sec. 3,
Sec. 4, lots 7 to 12, incl., lots 15 and 16, SE ¼,
Secs. 8 and 9, those parts east of Big Horn River,
Sec. 16, lots 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 18, and NE ¼, NE ¼ NW ¼, SW ¼ SW ¼, N ½ SE ¼, N ½ S ¼ SE ¼, SW ¼ SW ¼ SE ¼, SE ¼ SE ¼ SE ¼,
Sec. 17, that part east of Big Horn River,
Sec. 21, lots 12 to 16, incl., E ½ NE ¼ NE ¼, SW ¼ NE ¼ NE ¼, NW ¼ NW ¼ SE ¼, SE ¼ NW ¼ NE ¼, E ½ SW ¼ NE ¼, SE ¼ NE ¼, E
½ SE ¼,
Secs. 22, 27 and 34;
T. 6 N., R. 6 E.,
Sec. 21, that part east of Big Horn River,
Secs. 22 and 27,
Secs. 28 and 33, those parts east of Big Horn River,
Sec. 34.
Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by Section 5 of the Act of July 27, 1939 (53 Stat. 1128-1130), I hereby find that restoration to tribal ownership of the lands within the area described above, which are classified as undisposed-of ceded land of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, will be in the tribal interest, and they are hereby restored to tribal ownership for the use and benefit of the Shoshone-Arapaho Tribes of Indians of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, and are added to and made a part of the existing Wind River Reservation, subject to any valid existing rights.
ABE FORTAS,
Acting Secretary of the Interior.
