2014 US Code
Title 25 - Indians (Sections 1 - 4307)
Chapter 5 - Protection of Indians (Sections 171 - 202)
Sec. 177 - Purchases or grants of lands from Indians

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 25 - INDIANS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 5 - PROTECTION OF INDIANS
Sec. 177 - Purchases or grants of lands from Indians
Containssection 177
Date2014
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 5, 2015
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditR.S. §2116.
Statutes at Large Reference4 Stat. 730

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25 U.S.C. § 177 (2014)
§177. Purchases or grants of lands from Indians

No purchase, grant, lease, or other conveyance of lands, or of any title or claim thereto, from any Indian nation or tribe of Indians, shall be of any validity in law or equity, unless the same be made by treaty or convention entered into pursuant to the Constitution. Every person who, not being employed under the authority of the United States, attempts to negotiate such treaty or convention, directly or indirectly, or to treat with any such nation or tribe of Indians for the title or purchase of any lands by them held or claimed, is liable to a penalty of $1,000. The agent of any State who may be present at any treaty held with Indians under the authority of the United States, in the presence and with the approbation of the commissioner of the United States appointed to hold the same, may, however, propose to, and adjust with, the Indians the compensation to be made for their claim to lands within such State, which shall be extinguished by treaty.

(R.S. §2116.)

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R.S. §2116 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 161, §12, 4 Stat. 730.

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