INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES

Vol. VII, Laws     (Compiled from February 10, 1939 to January 13, 1971)

Washington : Government Printing Office

PART IV
EXECUTIVE AND DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER
Vol. 11—1946

Inhabitants of Native Village of Diomede, Alaska—Proclamation Designating Native Reservation
Alaska—Withdrawing Public Lands for Classification and Proposed Designation as Native Reservations      for Inhabitants of Villages of Barrow and Klukwan, and Vicinity
Executive Order 9811—Extension of Trust Periods on Indian Lands Expiring during the Calendar Year      1947

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VOLUME 11—1946
April 22, 1946 | [Public Land Order 324]

INHABITANTS OF NATIVE VILLAGE OF DIOMEDE, ALASKA
Proclamation Designating Native Reservation

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Pursuant to authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by section 2 of the act of May 1, 1936, 49 Stat. 1250 (U.S.C., title 48, sec. 358a), there is hereby designated as a native reservation for the use and occupancy of the native inhabitants of the village of Diomede, Alaska, and vicinity, the Island of Little Diomede, which is located in Latitude 65°41' N. and Longitude 168°55' W., which includes approximately 1.43 acres previously reserved by Executive Order No. 5289, dated March 4, 1930, for educational purposes, together with the waters adjacent thereto within 3,000 feet from the shore line at mean low tide. Little Diomede Island aggregates approximately 3,000 acres.

This order shall be subject to any valid existing rights or claims acquired prior to the date hereof and shall become effective only upon its approval by a majority vote of the natives residing in the above-described area, voting in the manner prescribed by the said section 2 of the act of May 1, 1936.

Done in the City of Washington, D.C., this 22d day of April 1946.

J. A. KRUG,
Secretary of the Interior.

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