An Act to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor of the Miami Indians of Indiana and Oklahoma, and for other purposes
PL 89-659 (H.R.7466), enacted 10/14/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-659-OCT. 14, 1966 
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Public Law 89-659 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor 
of the Miami Indians of Indiana and Oklahoma, and for other purix)ses. 
October 14, 1966 
[H. R. 7466] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Interior shall take the necessary steps to provide for the distribu-
tion and use of the money appropriated to the Miami Indians of Indi-
ana and Oklahoma in satisfaction of judgments awarded by the In-
dian Claims Commission in dockets numbered 67 and 124, 124-A, and 
251 as hereinafter provided. 
SEO. 2. The funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States 
to the credit of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma that were appropriated 
by the Act of September 30,1961 (75 Stat. 747), to pay a judgment by 
the Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered 251, together with 
the interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and expenses, shall 
be advanced or expended in accordance with plans adopted by the 
governing body of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and approved by 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
The persons entitled to share in any per 
capita payment authorized by the governing body and approved by the 
Secretary shall be all individuals who are enrolled members of the 
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, as organized under the Oklahoma Welfare 
Act (49 Stat. 1967). 
SEC. 3. For the purpose of determining entitlement to the judgment 
awarded in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 124-A to 
the Miami Indians of Indiana and appropriated by the Act of Septem-
ber 30, 1961 (75 Stat. 747), the Secretary shall prepare a roll of all 
persons of Miami Indian ancestry who meet the following require-
ments for eligibility: 
(a) They were born on or prior to, and living on, the date of this 
Act; and 
(b) Their name or the name of an ancestor from whom they claim 
eligibility appears on the roll of Miami Indians of Indiana of June 12, 
1895, or the roll of "Miami Indians of Indiana, now living in Kansas, 
Quapaw Agency, I.T., and Oklahoma Territory," prepared and com-
pleted pursuant to the Act of March 2,1895 (28 Stat. 903), or the roll 
of the Eel River Miami Tribe of Indians of May 27, 1889, prepared 
and completed pursuant to the Act of June 29, 1888 (25 Stat. 223). 
No person whose name appears on the current tribal roll of the Miami 
Tribe of Oklahoma shall be eligible to be enrolled under this section. 
SEC. 4. For the purpose of determining entitlement to the judgment 
awarded in Indian Claims Commission dockets numbered 67 and 124 
and appropriated by the Act of May 17,1963 (77 Stat. 43), the Secre-
tary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of all persons of Miami Indian 
ancestry who meet the following requirements for eligibility: 
(a) They were born on or prior to, and living on, the date of this 
Act; and 
(b) Their name or the name of an ancestor from whom they claim 
eligibility appears on any of the rolls cited in section 3 (b) of this Act, 
or on the roll of the Western Miami Tribe of Indians of June 12,1891, 
prepared and completed pursuant to the Act of March 3,1891 (26 Stat. 
1000). 
SEC. 5. Applications for enrollment must be filed with the area 
director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, on 
forms prescribed for that purpose. The determination of the Secre-
tary regarding the eligibility of an applicant shall be final. 
SEC. 6. The funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States 
to the credit of the Miami Indians of Indiana that were appropriated 
Miami Indians 
of Indiana and 
Oklahoma. 
Judgment funds. 
Expenditure of 
funds. 
25 u s e 501-509, 
Miami Indian 
ancestry rolls. 
Enrollment ap-
plications. 
Distribution of 
funds. 
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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