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Part IV—FEDERAL REGISTER
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Delegations of Authority by the Secretary of the Interior

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I. Delegations to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

     A. Secretarial Order 2508, January 11, 1949.*
14 F.R. 258 Authority in respect to health and welfare, funds and fiscal matters, education, lands and minerals, irrigation, forestry and grazing, trade with Indians, tribal ordinances and resolutions; authority to subdelegate.

     B. Amendments to Secretarial Order 2508.*

Amendment No.
F.R. Citation
Section Amended
Subject
Comment
1 16 F.R. 473 10
11
 
12
13
14
15
20
21
22
25 		Agricultural assistance contracts.
Investment of restricted funds; approval of tribal expenditures.
Education contracts
Mineral leases.
Osage oil leases.
San Carlos Indian Irrigation Project
State directors.
Navajo agency.
Headquarters officials.
Subdelegation. 		New
New
 
Revision
Revision
Revision
New
Repealed
Repealed
Repealed
Revision
2 16 F.R. 11620 10
11 		Special deputy officers' commissions.
Various functions relating to fiscal matters. 		New
New
3 16 F.R. 11974 13
  		Approval of tribal membership rolls.
  		New
 
4 17 F.R. 1570 11
  		Approval of attorney contracts.
  		Revision
 
5 17 F.R. 6418 13
13
 
25
27
28 		Approval of allotment applications.
Assignments to Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux; soil and moisture conservation on Indian lands.
Subdelegation.
New section. Withdrawal and restoration of authority.
New section. Action as duly authorized representative. 		Revision
New
 
Revision
New
New
6 19 F.R. 34 11
  		Expenditures for benefit of tribes; acceptance of contributions for benefit of Indian institutions. New
 
7 19 F.R. 1123 23
  		New section. Negotiated contracts.
  		New
 
8 19 F.R. 4585 11
13
13
 
18
100
 Various functions relating to fiscal matters.
Mineral leases.
Conveyance of surplus Indian school property to local authorities.
Tribal ordinances and resolutions.
Revocation; saving clause. 		New
Revision
New
 
Revision
Revision
9 20 F.R. 167 11
13
24
 
25
29
 
100 		Various functions relating to fiscal matters.
Approval of rights-of-way.
New section. Lease of space for schooling Navajo children.
Redelegation.
New section. Authority of Commissioner to exercise all authority delegated to his subordinates in 25 C.F.R.
Revocation; saving clause. 		New
Revision
New
 
Revision
New
 
Revision
10 20 F.R. 552 13
  		Lands and minerals.
  		Revision
 
11 20 F.R. 3834 29
  		New section. Authority under specific acts.
  		New
 
12 20 F.R. 5106 29
  		Authority under specific acts. Renumbered Section 30. Public school on Klamath Reservation. Revision
 
13 20 F.R. 7017 10
 
13
14
19
31
 Approval of sentences imposed on Indian BIA employees by tribal courts and Courts of Indian Offenses.
Leases of tribal lands.
Osage oil leases.
Litigation in respect to Five Civilized Tribes.
New section. Approval of forms required in 25 C.F.R. 		New
 
Revision
Repealed
Revision
New
14 21 F.R. 7027 30
  		Distribution of heirs of deceased members of Five Civilized Tribes. New
 
15 21 F.R. 7655 13
19
30 		Mineral leases.
Litigation in respect to Five Civilized Tribes.
Authority under specific acts. 		Revision
Revision
Revision

*In a Departmental Manual revision of August 16, 1974, Secretarial delegations to the Commissioner were changed
from an item-by-item format to a general delegation of the Secretary's authority with certain limitations. Secretarial Order
#2508 and its amendments were thus superseded. Nevertheless they remain a useful guide to the Commissioner's authority.

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Amendment No.
F.R. Citation
Section Amended
Subject
Comment
16 22 F.R. 646 11 Funds of Fort Berthold Indians; approval of tribal membership roll. New
17 22 F.R. 1263 32 New section. Operation of U.S.M.S. "North Star." New
18 22 F.R. 1263 11 Various functions relating to fiscal matters. New
19 22 F.R. 2017 13 Approval of orders to change designation of homestead and instruments vesting title. New
20 22 F.R. 34741 13
25 		Approval of tribal deeds of Five Civilized Tribes.
Redelegation. 		New
Revision
21 22 F.R. 3897 40 New section. Conveyance of surplus BIA buildings and improvements to tribes. New
22 22 F.R. 4767 33 New section. Vocational training for adult Indians. New
23 23 F.R. 90 13 Leasing and permitting. Revision
24 23 F.R. 90 13 Mineral leases; exchanges of lands. Revision
25 23 F.R. 1938 13 Authority under certain acts in respect to lands. New
26 23 F.R. 9194 16 Forestry. (corrected at 24 F.R. 5251). Revision
27 24 F.R. 272 30 Distribution of assets of California rancherias. New
28 24 F.R. 2282 11 Liquidation of Hoonah war housing project. New
29 24 F. R. 3653 15 Fort Hall Indian Reservation Irrigation Project. New
30 24 F.R. 3703 13 Purchase, sale and partition of land for benefit of Indians of certain reservations. New
31 24 F.R. 9514 13 Restoration to tribes of jurisdiction over surplus BIA lands. New
32 25 F.R. 361 16 Forestry. (corrected at 25 F.R. 621). Revision
33 25 F.R. 436 30 Irrigation system in Riverside, Calif. New
34 25 F.R. 575 30 Transfer of lands to Surgeon General for sanitation facilities. New
35 25 F.R. 729 30 Oahe Dam; lands on Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. New
36 25 F.R. 831 11 Approval of contracts with tribes. Authority to approve attorney and directly related contracts withdrawn. (Transferred to Solicitor at 25 F.R. 831.) Revision
37 25 F.R. 1385 30 Disposition of affairs of Five Civilized Tribes. New
38 25 F.R. 1994 30 Use of judgment funds awarded Potawatomi, Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indians. New
39 25 F.R. 2602 13 Equalization of allotments on Agua Caliente Reservation. New
40 25 F.R. 4655 30 Irrigation charges on Indian irrigation projects. New
41 25 F.R. 5127 13 Approval of conveyances by devisees of Five Civilized Tribes. New
42 25 F.R. 7192 30 Reconveyance of tribal land by Muckleshoot Tribe. New
43 25 F.R. 7192 13 Leasing and permitting. Revision
44 25 F.R. 8892 30 Division of assets of Catawba Tribe. New
45 26 F.R. 3207 13 Leasing and permitting. Revision
46 26 F.R. 6819 11 Loans, interest rates, cooperative and credit associations. Revision
47 26 F.R. 6944 30 Payment of debts out of compensation for trust land on Lower Brule, Standing Rock and Crow Creek Sioux Reservations. New
48 26 F.R. 7064 15 Leases on certain irrigation projects. New
49 26 F.R. 11395 13 Transfer of records of trust on restricted lands. New
50 27 F.R. 987 13 Leasing and permitting. Revision
51 27 F.R. 2328 30 Contracts for BIA utilities. New
52 27 F. R. 11560 11 Approval of attorney and directly related contracts. Authority delegated to Solicitor at 25 F.R. 831 revoked. Revision
53 28 F.R. 1072 30 Acquisition of land for Big Bend Dam. New
54 28 F.R. 2199 30 Grazing use and leasing on Garrison Reservoir Project. New
55 28 F.R. 2927 30 Division of assets of Ponca Tribe. New
56 28 F.R. 5687 30 Employment of Indian labor and purchase of products of Indian industry. New
57 28 F.R. 12633 34 New section. Commercial fishing on Red Lake Reservation. New
58 29 F.R. 5516 13 Oil and gas leases on Executive Order reservations. Revision
59 29 F.R. 5969 10 Deputy special officers' commissions. Revision
60 29 F.R. 7611 30 Sale, exchange or mortgage of land on Rosebud Sioux Reservation. New
61 29 F.R. 14756 13 Mineral leases. Revision
62 29 F.R. 17936 30 Relocation of Sil Murk Village of Papago Tribe. New
63 30 F.R. 17 30 Sale of lands under specific acts. New
64 30 F.R. 17 13 Purchase, sale or exchange of land on Yakima Reservation. New

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Amendment No.
F.R. Citation
Section Amended
Subject
Comment
65 30 F.R. 17 13 Contracts by Indians on Agua Caliente Reservation. New
66 30 F.R. 7198 13 Approval of orders to change designation of homestead and instruments vesting title. Revision
67 30 F.R. 7674 30 Wapato Indian irrigation project. New
68 30 F.R. 8755 30 Payments to Seneca Nation; plan for withdrawal of federal supervision. New
69 30 F.R. 9699 2 New section. State and local regulation of use of Indian property. New
70 30 F.R. 12499 30 Restoration to tribal ownership of unclaimed individual payments of tribal trust funds. New
71 31 F.R. 6551 18 Tribal ordinances, resolutions, constitutions and charters. Revision
72 32 F.R. 10117 30 Distribution of funds under Indian Claims Commission and Court of Claims awards. New
73 32 F.R. 11089 10 Authority in regard to Indian health matters deleted. Repeal
74 33 F.R. 4341 16 Forestry; timber sales. Revision
75 33 F.R. 9677 16 Forestry; timber sales. Revision
76 33 F.R. 14550 11 Acceptance of donations for benefit of Indians. Revision
77 33 F.R. 15455 30 Equalization of allotments on Agua Caliente Reservation. (cf. Amendment 39) New
78 33 F.R. 15952 18 Approval of disenrollment actions. New
79 33 F.R. 19042 30 Purchase, sale or exchange of lands on Flathead Reservation. New
80 33 F.R. 19859 30 Purchase, sale or exchange of lands on Spokane Reservation. New
81 34 F.R. 5392 13 Assignments to Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians. Revision
82 34 F.R. 5956 11 Deposit or investment of tribal and individual trust funds. Revision
83 34 F.R. 11385 30 Purchase, sale or exchange of land by Swinomish Tribal Community. New
84 34 F.R. 13618 30 Purchase of lands in Badlands Air Force Gunnery Range, etc. New
85 34 F.R. 14086 30 Sale of tribal land on Tulalip Reservation. New
86 35 F.R. 4421 30 Dedication for public purposes, contracts for public services, and enactment of zoning and other ordinances on San Xavier and Salt River Reservations. New
87 35 F.R. 4558 30 Distribution of judgment funds awarded to Southern Paiute Nation. New
88 35 F.R. 14573 30 Investment of fund for benefit of Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Reservation. New
89 35 F.R. 18989 30 Disposition of judgment funds awarded to Citizen Band of Potawatomi Indians and to Yakima Tribes. New
90 36 F.R. 229 30 Reimbursement to Ute Tribe of Uintah and Ouray Reservation for tribal funds spent on Uintah Indian Irrigation Project. New
91 36 F.R. 563 30 Declaration of lands held in trust for Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. New
92 36 F.R. 6442 30 Approval of procedures established by the Five Civilized Tribes to select their principal officers. New
93 36 F.R. 20451 30 Approval of trust status and mortgages of lands acquired by tribes with loans from Farmers Home Administration. New

     C. Other Delegations to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

F.R. Citation
Subject
19 F.R. 3448 Lease of space for schooling of Navajo Children
19 F.R. 7418 Surplus housing for Indians in certain California counties.
19 F.R. 8757 Contracts for feeding services in Indian education programs.
20 F.R. 425 Contracts for services of architectural and engineering firms.(revoked at 26 F.R. 5433).
23 F.R. 9729 Contracts for on-the-job training of adult Indians.
27 F.R. 987 Authority under Area Redevelopment Act.
27 F.R. 5348 Contracts for irrigation construction on Mescalero Reservation and earth moving on Navajo Reservation.
27 F.R. 6395 Purchase of certain road-building equipment.
31 F.R. 9610 Sale or exchange of ceded lands restored to tribal ownership on certain reservations.
32 F.R. 13938 Issuance of regulations relating to Indian affairs.
32 F.R. 17443 Dedication of streets, alleys, etc., on Agua Caliente Reservation.

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II. Delegations to Heads of Bureaus, Including the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

F.R. Citation
Subject
14 F.R. 307 Contracts for construction, supplies or services.
14 F.R. 308 Lease of space outside District of Columbia.
14 F.R. 308 Correspondence in condemnation proceedings.
14 F.R. 308 Requests for title opinions.
14 F.R. 6794 Contracts for construction, supplies, or services.
17 F. R. 6794 Lease of space outside District of Columbia.
17 F.R. 6795 Correspondence in condemnation proceedings.
26 F.R. 5433 Contracts for supplies and services.

III. Other Delegations.

     A. To Under Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.

F.R. Citation
Subject
14 F.R. 306 Authority of Secretary.
17 F.R. 6793 Authority of Secretary.

     B. To Solicitor.

F.R. Citation
Subject
14 F. R. 307 Authority of Secretary.
14 F.R. 307 Claims relating to irrigation.
14 F.R. 307 Appeals in public lands cases.
14 F.R. 307 Appeals from examiners of inheritance.
14 F.R. 307 Escheat of Indian estates.
17 F. R. 6793 Authority of Secretary.
17 F.R. 6793 Claims relating to irrigation.
17 F.R. 6794 Appeals in land cases.
17 F.R. 6794 Appeals in Indian probate cases.
17 F.R. 6794 Escheat of Indian estates(corrected at 17 F.R. 7304).
17 F.R. 6794 Acquisition of real estate by condemnation.
19 F.R. 6312 Authority to redelegate.
19 F.R. 6312 Claims relating to irrigation.
20 F.R. 347 Indian enrollment appeals.
22 F.R. 7243 Indian probate proceedings.
25 F. R. 831 Approval of attorney and directly related contracts (revoked at 27 F.R. 11560).

     C. To Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife.

F.R. Citation
Subject
26 F.R. 5277 Commercial Indian fishing in Alaska.
28 F.R. 7192 Commercial Indian fishing in Alaska.
30 F.R. 5763 Commercial Indian fishing in Alaska. Authority revoked.

     Tribal Ordinances Legalizing Introduction, Sale, Possession, etc., of Intoxicating Beverages in Indian Country



Federal Register

Volume
Page
Year
Tribe or Reservation
18 71713 1953 Klamath Tribe, Oregon, consisting of Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians
18 7478 1953 Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, South Dakota
18 7478 1953 Fort Belknap Indian Community, Montana
18 7518 1953 Confederated Tribes of Colville Reservation, Washington
18 7519 1953 Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
18 7827 1953 Agua Caliente (Palm Springs) Band of Mission Indians
18 8623 1953 Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, North and South Dakota
19 274 1954 Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
19 432 1954 Guidiville Band of Pomo Tribe of California
19 1049 1954 Blackfeet Tribe of Montana
19 1778 1954 Prairie Island Indian Community of Minnesota
19 2065 1954 Tule River Tribe of California
19 2572 1954 Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy's Reservation of Montana
19 2572 1954 Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
19 2573 1954 Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
19 2573 1954 Lower Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota
19 3339 1954 Graton Reservation
19 3630 1954 Colorado River Tribes
19 4738 1954 New Upper Sioux Band of Minnesota
19 4738 1954 Quileute Tribe of Washington
19 4739 1954 Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of Michigan
19 6721 1954 Blackfeet Tribe of Montana
20 3517 1955 Spokane Tribe of Washington
20 3517 1955 Ute Indian Tribe of Uintah and Ouray Reservation of Utah
20 3517 1955 Walker River Paiute Tribe of Nevada

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Federal Register

Volume
Page
Year
Tribe or Reservation
20 4272 1955 Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota
20 5556 1955 Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
20 7232 1955 Los Coyotes Band of Mission Indians of California
21 1076 1956 Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation
22 6442 1957 San Carlos Apache Tribe, Arizona
23 364 1958 White Mountain Apache Tribe of Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona
23 1742 1958 Sandia Pueblo Tribe of Sandia Pueblo Reservation
23 5018 1958 Jicarilla Apache Reservation
24 818 1959 Menominee Tribe
24 6656 1959 Tulalip Indian Reservation, Washington
24 8120 1959 Pyramid Lake Paiute Indian Reservation
25 3343 1960 Pala Reservation, California
25 6887 1960 Sycuan Reservation, California
25 7469 1960 Blackfeet Reservation, Montana
25 8151 1960 Flathead Reservation, Montana
25 13247 1960 Colorado River Reservation, Arizona
26 10813 1961 Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana
27 7046 1962 Jicarilla Apache Reservation, New Mexico
27 11515 1962 Coeur D'Alene Reservation, Idaho
28 1594 1963 Walker River Paiute Reservation, Nevada
28 6301 1963 Crow Creek Sioux Reservation, South Dakota
28 6515 1963 Port Madison Reservation, Washington
28 8186 1963 Pojoaque Pueblo Reservation, New Mexico
29 1814 1964 Zia Pueblo Reservation, New Mexico
29 6656 1964 Walker River Paiute Reservation, Nevada
29 15096 1964 Seminole Indian Reservation, Florida
30 627 1965 Crow Creek Sioux Reservation, South Dakota
30 1259 1965 Bishop Indian Community of Owens Valley, Calif.
30 2287 1965 Pueblo of Santa Clara Reservation, New Mexico
30 3553 1965 Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico
30 9699 1965 San Carlos Apache Reservation, Arizona
31 5230 1966 Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona
31 7764 1966 Walker River Paiute Reservation, Nevada
31 11988 1966 Cochiti Reservation Pueblo, New Mexico
31 13610 1966 Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota
31 13948 1966 Swinomish Reservation, Washington
32 2982 1967 Fort Yuma Reservation, Arizona and California
32 11089 1967 Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana
32 11895 1967 Rincon Indian Reservation, California
32 16170 1967 Kalispel Reservation, Washington
32 17628 1967 Swinomish Reservation, Washington
33 2612 1968 Campo Reservation
33 4114 1968 Barona Reservation
33 4114 1968 Viejas (Baron Long) Reservation
33 6990 1968 Santa Ynez Reservation, California
33 12974 1968 Santa Rosa Reservation, California
33 13040 1968 Cherokee Reservation, North Carolina
34 3701 1969 Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota
34 5261 1969 Hualapai Reservation, Arizona
34 12401 1969 Pauma Indian Reservation, California
34 13615 1969 Hoopa Indian Reservation, California
34 14036 1969 Ak-Chin Reservation, Arizona
34 15720 1969 Isleta Reservation, New Mexico
35 1118 1970 Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado
35 9219 1970 Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota
35 10324 1970 Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada
35 10384 1970 Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana
35 13750 1970 Round Valley Reservation, California
35 14004 1970 Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota
35 19277 1970 Hoopa Valley Reservation, California
35 19798 1970 Tule River Reservation, California
36 7262 1971 Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana
36 7693 1971 Tesuque Reservation, New Mexico
36 8461 1971 San Manuel Reservation, California
36 14661 1971 Warm Springs Reservation, Oregon
36 16522 1971 Round Valley Reservation, California
36 16597 1971 Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Reservation, Arizona
36 18014 1971 Chemehuevi Reservation, California
36 19407 1971 Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, Wisconsin
36 19984 1971 Rosebud Valley Reservation, South Dakota
36 22778 1971 Nez Perce Reservation, Oregon
36 24945 1971 Nez Perce Reservation, Idaho

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