An Act to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Duwamish Tribe of Indians in Indian Claims Commission docket No. 109, and for other purposes
PL 89-660 (H.R.10747), enacted 10/14/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-660-OCT. 14, 1966 
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STAT. 
Payment pro-
Reserve funds 
for expenses. 
Income tax ex-
emption. 
Rules and regu-
lations. 
by the Act of September 30,1961 (75 Stat. 747), to pay a judgment in 
Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 124-A, and the interest 
thereon, after j)ayment of attorney fees and expenses, shall be dis-
tributed to the individuals whose names appear on the roll prepared 
pursuant to section 3, and in accordance with the instructions contained 
in sections 8 and 9, of this Act. 
SEC. 7. The funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States 
to the credit of the "Miami Tribe of Oklahoma" that were appropri-
ated by the Act of May 17, 1963 (77 Stat. 43), to pay a judgment in 
Indian Claims Commission dockets numbered 67 and 124, and the 
interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and expenses, shall be 
distributed to the persons whose names appear on the roll prepared 
pursuant to section 4, and in accordance with the instructions con-
tained in sections 8 and 9, of this Act. 
SEC. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the 
Secretary shall distribute a per capita share payable to a living enroUee 
directly to such enrollee, and the Secretary snail distribute a per capita 
share payable to a deceased enrollee directly to his heirs or legatees 
upon proof of death and inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary, 
whose findings upon such proof shall be final and conclusive. 
(b) A share payable to a person under twenty-one years of age or to 
a person under legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such 
procedures as the Secretary determines will adequately protect the best 
interests of such persons. 
SEC. 9. (a) Prior to making any distribution of the funds credited 
to the Miami Tribe or Nation and the Miami Tribe of Indiana or 
approving any expenditures of the funds credited to the Miami Tribe 
of Oklahoma, pursuant to this Act, the Secretary is authorized to 
reserve in the Treasury of the United States a part of such funds suffi-
cient, in his judgment, to meet the litigation expenses, exclusive of 
attorney fees, of the remaining cases which each has pending before the 
Indian Claims Commission. 
(b) The funds reserved shall be available for appropriate with-
drawal by the Secretary. 
SEC. 10. The funds distributed under the provisions of this Act shall 
not be subject to Federal or State income taxes, and any costs incurred 
by the Secretary in the preparation of the rolls and in the distribution 
of per capita shares in accordance with the provisions of this Act 
shall be paid by appropriate withdraw^als from the judgment funds. 
SEC. 11. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules 
and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved October 14, 1966. 
October 14, 1966 
[H. R. 10747] 
Public Law 89-660 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor 
of the Duwamish Tribe of Indians in Indian Claims Commission docket num-
bered 109, and for other purposes. 
Duwamish Tribe 
of Indians. 
Judgment funds. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior shall prepare a roll of all persons who meet the follow-
ing requirements for eligibility: (a) They were born on or prior to and 
living on date of this Act, and (b) they are descendants of members 
of the Duwamish Tribe as it existed in 1855. Applications for enroll-
ment must be filed with the area director of tne Bureau of Indian 
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AffairSj Portland, Oregon, on forms prescribed for that purpose. 
The 
determination of the Secretary regarding the utilization of available 
rolls or records and the eligibility for enrollment of an applicant shall 
be final. 
SEC. 2. After the deduction of attorney fees, litigation expenses, the 
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costs of roll preparation, and such sums as may be required to distrib-
ute individual snares, the funds, including interest, remaining to the 
credit of the Duwamish Tribe, which were appropriated by the Act 
of June 9, 1964 (78 Stat. 213), shall be distributed in equal shares to 
those persons whose names appear on the roll prepared in accordance 
with section 1 of this Act. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary shall distribute a share payable to a living 
enrollee directly to such enrollee or in such manner as is deemed by 
the Secretary to be in the enroUee's best interest. The Secretary shall 
distribute the per capita share of a deceased enrollee to his heirs or 
legatees upon proof of death and inheritance satisfactory to the Secre-
tary whose findings upon such proof shall be final and conclusive. 
Sums payable to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are less than 
twenty-one years of age or who are under a legal disability shall be 
paid to the persons whom the Secretary determines will best protect 
their interests. Proportional shares of heirs or legatees amounting to 
$5 or less shall not be distributed, and shall escheat to the United 
States. In the event that the sum of money reserved by the Secretary 
to pay the costs of distributing the individual shares exceeds the 
amount actually necessary to accomplish this purpose, such funds shall 
also escheat to the United States. 
SEC. 4. The funds distributed under the provisions of this Act shall 
income tax 
not be subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
exemp ion. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules ^"^^^ ^"'^ "^^s"-
and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
lations. 
Approved October 14, 1966. 
Public Law 89-661 
A N A C T 
October 14, 1966 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor 
[H. R. IO674] 
of the Otoe and Missouria Tribe of Indians, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate mid Hou-ne of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America m Congress assembled^ That the unexpended 
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balance of funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to ind^aL." 
the credit of the Otoe and Missouria Tribe of Indians that were appro- 
Judgment funds. 
priated by the Act of June 9, 1964, to pay a judgment by the Indian 
78 stat. 204. 
Claims Commission in docket numbered 11-A, and the interest 
thereon, less payment of attorney fees and expenses, may be advanced 
or expended for any purpose that is authorized by the tribal govern-
ing body and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, Any part of ^ J"^°H^„*^'' 
such funds that may be distributed to "the members of the tribe shall "''''""" '"" 
not be subject to Federal or State income taxes. The sum of $150,000, 
and any accrued interest thereon, shall be held in the United States 
Treasury pending final determination of the Yankton Sioux claim m 
docket numbered 332-A. Any portion of such sum that is determined 
to belong to the Otoe and Missouria Tribe shall thereupon become 
subject to the foregoing provisions of this Act. 
Approved October 14, 1966. 
exemption.