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. 26—1961

North Dakota—Restoring Lands to Tribal Ownership of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold      Indian Reservation
Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina—Notice of Final Membership Roll
Utah—Partly Revoking the Executive Order of July 20, 1905
Alaska—Amending Public Land Order No. 2171 of August 3, 1960
Montana—Restoring Lands to Tribal Ownership of the Blackfeet Tribe of Indians
Montana—Correcting Public Land Order No. 2290
Property of California Rancherias and Of Individual Members Thereof—Termination of Federal      Supervision
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority
Termination of Federal Supervision Over the Property of the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin and of the      Individual Members Thereof
Plan for the Future Control of Menominee Indian Tribal Property and Future Service Functions
Montana—Restoring Lands to Tribal Ownership of Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Flathead      Indian Reservation
Montana—Revoking Departmental Order of April 9, 1954, and Restoring Lands to Blackfeet Tribal      Ownership
Commercial Indian Fishing in Alaska—Delegation of Authority to Enforce Regulations
Negotiated Contracts—Delegation of Authority
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority
Property of California Rancherias and of Individual Members Thereof—Termination of Federal      Supervision
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority
Termination of the Federal Trust Relationship to the Property of the Klamath Tribe of Indians Located in      the State of Oregon, and of Federal Supervision over the Affairs of the Individual Members Thereof
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority
Trust Periods Expiring During Calendar Year 1962

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VOLUME 26—1961
March 6, 1961 | [Public Land Order 2290]

MONTANA
Restoring Lands to Tribal Ownership of the Blackfeet Tribe of Indians

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Whereas, pursuant to authority contained in the act of Congress approved March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. 1015, 1039), certain townsites were established within the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana, and

Whereas, there are certain undisposed of lands within the Townsite of Browning which are desired by the Indians and for which there appears to be no public demand, and

Whereas, the Tribal Council and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs have recommended restoration of the lands involved to tribal ownership:

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; 25 U.S.C. 463a), I hereby find that the restoration to tribal ownership of the lands listed below will be in the public interest and the said lands are hereby restored to tribal ownership for the use and benefit of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana, and are added to and made a part of the existing reservation, subject to any valid existing rights:

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BROWNING TOWNSITE

Block 34, lots 3, 4, and 5.

JOHN A. CARVER, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

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