2013 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 19 - INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS (§§ 1701 - 1780p)
Subchapter V - MASSACHUSETTS INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT (§§ 1771 - 1771i)
Section 1771b - Approval of prior transfers and extinguishment of aboriginal title and claims of Gay Head Indians
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 25 - INDIANS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 19 - INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS SUBCHAPTER V - MASSACHUSETTS INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT Sec. 1771b - Approval of prior transfers and extinguishment of aboriginal title and claims of Gay Head Indians |
Contains | section 1771b |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 100-95, §4, Aug. 18, 1987, 101 Stat. 705. |
Statutes at Large References | 1 Stat. 137 101 Stat. 705 |
Public Law References | Public Law 100-95 |
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(1) Any transfer before August 18, 1987, of land or natural resources now located anywhere within the United States from, by, or on behalf of the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc., or (2) any transfer before August 18, 1987, by, from, or on behalf of any Indian, Indian nation, or tribe or band of Indians, of any land or natural resources located anywhere within the town of Gay Head, Massachusetts, including any transfer pursuant to any statute of the State, and the incorporation of the town of Gay Head, shall be deemed to have been made in accordance with the Constitution and all laws of the United States that are specifically applicable to transfers of land or natural resources from, by, or on behalf of any Indian, Indian nation, or tribe or band of Indians (including the Trade and Intercourse Act of 1790, Act of July 22, 1790 (ch. 33, sec. 4, 1 Stat. 137), and all amendments thereto and all subsequent versions thereof). Any such transfer and any transfer in implementation of this subchapter, shall be deemed to have been made with the consent and approval of Congress as of the date of such transfer.
(b) Extinguishment of aboriginal titleAny aboriginal title held by the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc. or any other entity presently or at any time in the past known as the Gay Head Indians, to any land or natural resources the transfer of which is consented to and approved in subsection (a) of this section is considered extinguished as of the date of such transfer.
(c) Extinguishment of claims arising from prior transfers or extinguishment of aboriginal titleAny claim (including any claim for damages for use and occupancy) by the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc., the Gay Head Indians, or any other Indian, Indian nation, or tribe or band of Indians against the United States, any State or political subdivision of a State, or any other person which is based on—
(1) any transfer of land or natural resources which is consented to and approved in subsection (a) of this section, or
(2) any aboriginal title to land or natural resources the transfer of which is consented to and approved in subsection (b) of this section,
is extinguished as of the date of any such transfer.
(d) Personal claims not affectedNo provision of this section shall be construed to offset or eliminate the personal claim of any individual Indian which is pursued under any law of general applicability that protects non-Indians as well as Indians.
(Pub. L. 100–95, §4, Aug. 18, 1987, 101 Stat. 705.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Trade and Intercourse Act of 1790, Act of July 22, 1790 (ch. 33, sec. 4, 1 Stat. 137), referred to in subsec. (a), is not classified to the Code. See sections 177, 179, 180, 193, 194, 201, 229, 230, 251, 263, and 264 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective upon the date on which title of all of private settlement lands provided for in this subchapter to the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc. is transferred, with fact of such transfer, and date thereof, to be certified and recorded by Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, see section 11(b) of Pub. L. 100–95, set out as a note under section 1771 of this title.
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