An Act to provide for preparation of a roll of persons of California Indian descent who are eligible to share in the distribution of certain judgment funds and for a referendum on the compromise settlement in consolidated dockets numbered 31, 37, 80, 80-D, and 347, Indian Claims Commission
PL 90-507 (H.R.10911), enacted 09/21/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-507-SEPT. 21, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
September 21, 1968 
[H. R. 10911] 
Public Law 90-507 
AN ACT 
To provide for preparation of a roll of persons of California Indian descent and 
the distribution of certain judgment funds. 
Indians of Cali-
fornia descent. 
Judgment funds, 
distribution. 
25 u s e 651-657. 
Equal shares. 
Exempted 
groups. 
Equal shares. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembhd. That (a) the Secre-
tary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of persons of Indian blood who 
apply for inclusion thereon and (i) w^hose names or the name of a 
lineal or collateral relative appears on any of the approved rolls here-
tofore prepared pursuant to the Act of May 18,1928 (45 Stat. 602) and 
the amendments thereto or (ii) who can establish, to the satisfaction of 
the Secretary, lineal or collateral relationship to an Indian who resided 
in California on June 1, 1852, and (iii) who were born on or before 
and w'ere livinjs^ on the effective date of this Act. 
(b) The roll so prepared shall indicate, as nearly as possible, the 
group or groups of Indians of California with which the ancestors 
of each enrollee were affiliated on June 1, 1852. If the affiliation of 
an enrollee's ancestors on that date is unknow^n, it shall be presumed 
to be the same as that of the ancestors' relatives whose affiliation is 
known unless there is sound reason to believe otherwise. Applicants 
whose ancestry is derived partly from one of the groups named in sec-
tion 2(b) of this Act and partly from another group of Indians in 
California shall elect the affiliation to be shown for them on the roll. 
(c) Application for enrollment shall be filed with the Area Director 
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Sacramento, California, on forms 
prescribed for that purpose. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary shall distribute to each person whose name 
appears on the roll prepared pursuant to the first section of this Act, 
except those w^hose ancestry is derived from one or more of the groups 
named in subsection (b) of this section, an equal share of the moneys 
which were appropriated by the Act of October 7,1964 (78 Stat. 1033), 
in satisfaction of the judgment of the Indian Claims Commission in 
consolidated dockets numbered 31, 37, 80, 80L-D, and 347, plus the 
interest earned thereon, minus attorneys fees, litigation expenses 
(including the reimbursement of funds expended under authority of 
the Acts of July 1,1946 (60 Stat. 348), August 4,1955 (69 Stat. 460), 
and July 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 512)), a proper share of the costs of roll 
preparation, and such amounts as may be required to effect the 
distribution. 
(b) Persons whose ancestry is derived solely from one or more of 
the following groups and persons of mixed ancestry who elected to 
share, other than as heirs or legatees of enroUees, in any award granted 
to any of the following groups shall not share in the funds distributed 
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section: Northern Paiute, Southern 
Paiute, Mohave, Quechan (Yuma), Chemehuevi, Shoshone, Washoe, 
Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin Band of Snakes. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary shall distribute to each person whose name 
appears on the roll prepared pursuant to section 1 of this Act regard-
less of group affiliation an equal share of the undistributed balance of 
the moneys appropriated in satisfaction of the judgment of the Court 
of Claims in the case of The Indians of California against United 
States (102 Court of Claims 837; 59 Stat. 94), plus the interest earned 
thereon, including the reimbursed moneys and unexpended balances 
of the funds established by the Acts of July 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 348), 
August 4,1955 (69 Stat. 460), and July 14,1960 (74 Stat. 512), minus 
a proper share of the costs of roll preparation and such amounts as 
may be necessary to effect the distribution. 
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PUBLIC LAW 90-508-SEPT. 21, 1968 
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SEC. 4. Each share distributable to an enrollee under sections 2 and Hei'r^^o^f'de^^' 
3 of this Act shall be paid directly to the enrollee or, if he is deceased ceased enroUees. 
at the time of distribution, to his heirs or legatees unless the distributee 
is under twenty-one years of age or is otherwise under legal disability, 
in which case such disposition shall be made of the share as the Secre-
tary determines will adequately protect the best interests of the dis-
tributee. Funds distributed under the provisions of this Act shall not '^^'^ exemption, 
be subj ect to Federal or State income taxes. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations ^ J'^'"^ deadline, 
to carry out the provisions of this Act, which rules and regulations 
shall include an appropriate deadline for the filing of applications 
for enrollment under the first section of this Act. The determinations 
Eligibility. 
of the Secretary regarding eligibility for enrollment, the affiliation of 
an applicant's ancestors, and the shares of the cost of roll preparation 
to be charged to each of the two funds referred to in sections 2 and 3 
of this Act shall be final. Not more than $325,000 in all shall be avail-
able under this Act for the costs of roll preparation and of the distri-
bution of shares. 
Approved September 21, 1968. 
Public Law 90-508 
A N A C T 
September 21, 1968 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor 
of the Delaware Nation of Indians in Indian Claims Commission docket 
numbered 337, and for other purposes. 
[H.R. 16402] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary ^gj^g'^^^"^/ ^^^^' 
of the Interior shall prepare a roll of all persons who meet the follow- 
/udgme^nt"funds, 
ing requirements for eligibility: (a) They were born on or prior to disposition. 
and living on the date of this Act; (b) their name or the name of a 
lineal ancestor appears on the Delaware Indian per capita payroll 
approved b;;/^ the Secretary on April 20,1906, or (c) their name or the 
name of a lineal ancestor is on or is eligible to be on the constructed 
base census roll as of 1940 of the Absentee Delaware Tribe of Western 
Oklahoma, approved by the Secretary of the Interior, or (d) they 
are lineal descendants of Delaware Indians who were members of the 
Delaware Nation of Indians as constituted at the time of the Treaty 
of October 3, 1818 (7 Stat. 188), and their name or the name of a 
lineal ancestor appears on any available census roll or any other rec-
ords acceptable to the Secretary. No person shall be. eligible to be 
enrolled under this section who is not a citizen of the United States. 
Applications for enrollment must be filed with the Area Director 
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, or the Area 
Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Anadarko, Oklahoma, on 
forms prescribed for that purpose. All applications filed shall be 
Eligibility. 
reviewed and a judgment of the eligibility of each applicant will be 
made and recommendation given in writing to the respective area 
directors by a committee composed of representatives of the two Okla-
homa Delaware groups prior to submission of names to the Secretary 
of the Interior for acceptance on the distribution roll. The determina-
tion of the Secretary regarding the utilization of available rolls or 
records and the eligibility for enrollment of an applicant shall be 
final. 
SEC. 2. There shall be withdrawn from the funds on deposit in the 
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Delaware Nation that 
were appropriaited by the Act of October 7, 1964 (78 Stat. 1033), and