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 100 STAT. 62

25 USC 461 et ««9-

PUBLIC LAW 99-264—MAR. 24, 1986 or of one full blood parent so designated on the roll and one parent who was an Indian enrolled in any other federally recognized Indian tribe, band, or community. (d) "Inherited" shall mean received as a result of testate or intestate succession or any combination of testate or intestate succession, which succession shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized representative. (e) "Mixed blood" shall mean a Chippewa Indian of the White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, who was designated as a mixed blood Indian on the roll approved by the United States District Court of Minnesota on October 1, 1920, unless designated a full blood by decree of a Federal court of competent jurisdiction; it shall also refer to any descendants of an individual who was listed on said roll providing the descendant was not a full blood under the definition in subsection (c) of this section. The term "mixed blood" shall not include an Indian enrolled in any federally recognized Indian tribe, band, or community other than the White Earth Band. (f) "Tax forfeited" shall mean an allotment which, pursuant to State law, was declared forfeited for nonpayment of real property taxes and purportedly transferred directly to the State of Minnesota or to private parties or governmental entities. (g) "Majority" shall mean the age of twenty-one years or older, (h) "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Interior or his/or her authorized representative. (i) "Trust period" shall mean the period during which the United States held an allotment in trust for the allottee or the allottee's heirs. For the purpose of this Act, the Executive Order Numbered 4642 of May 5, 1927, Executive Order Numbered 5768 of December 10, 1931, and Executive Order Numbered 5953 of November 23, 1932, shall be deemed to have extended trust periods on all allotments or interests therein the trust periods for which would otherwise have expired in 1927, 1932, or 1933, notwithstanding the issuance of any fee patents for which there were no applications, and if such allotments were not specifically exempted from the Executive Orders; and the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934, shall be deemed to have extended indefinitely trust periods on all allotments or interests therein the trust periods for which would otherwise have expired on June 18, 1934, or at any time thereafter. Said Executive orders and Act shall be deemed not to have extended the trust period for allotments or interests which were sold or mortgaged by adult mixed bloods, by non-Indians, or with the approval of the Secretary, or for allotments or interests which were sold or mortgaged by anyone where such sale or mortgage was the subject of litigation in Federal court which proceeded to a judgment on the merits and where the outcome of such litigation did not vacate or void said sale or mortgage. (j) "Interest", except where such item is used in conjunction with "compound", shall mean a fractional holding, less than the whole, held in an allotment. (k) "Adult" shall mean having attained the age of majority. (1) "Heir" shall mean one who received or was entitled to receive an allotment or interest as a result of testate or intestate succession under applicable Federal or Minnesota law. (m) "Transfer" includes but is not limited to any voluntary or involuntary sale, mortgage, tax forfeiture or conveyance pursuant to State law; any transaction the purpose of which was to effect a sale, mortgage, tax forfeiture or conveyance pursuant to State law; any

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