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PUBLIC LAW 943-AUG. 3, 1966

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^^^' ^' ^^i^^ ^^ t^^ transfer of title to, or the removal of restrictions from, property in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall protect the rights of members of the tribe .who are minors, non compos mentis, or in the opinion of the Secretary in need of assistance in conducting their affairs by causing the appointment of guardians for such members in courts of competent jurisdiction, or by such other means as he may deem adequate. Tribal funds. SEC. 5. Pending the completion of the property dispositions provided for in this Act, the funds now on deposit or hereaft;:t deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Ottawa Tribe shall be available for advance to the tribe, or for expenditure, for such purposes as may be designated by the governing body of the tribe and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. E x e c u t i o n of SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Interior shall have authority to execute deeds, etc. such patents, deeds, assignments, releases, certificates, contracts, and other instruments as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Act, or to establish a marketable and recordable title to any property disposed of pursuant to this Act. Prior leases, etc. g^c. 7. NotMug in this Act shall abrogate any valid lease, permit, license, right-of-way, lien, or other contract heretofore approved. Whenever any such instrument places in or reserves to the Secretary of the Interior any powers, duties, or other functions with respect to the property subject thereto, the Secretary may transfer such functions, in whole or in part, to any Federal agency with the consent of such agency, or to a State agency with the consent of such agency and the other party or parties to such instrument. Status of Indians. SEC. 8. (a) The Federal trust relationship to the affairs of the Ottawa Tribe and its members shall terminate three years after the date of this Act, and thereafter individual members of the tribe shall not be entitled to any of the services performed by the United States for Indians because of their status as Indians. All statutes of the United States which affect Indians because of their status as Indians shall no longer be applicable to the members of the tribe, and the laws of the several States shall apply to the tribe and its members in the same manner as they apply to other citizens or persons within their jurisdiction. (b) Nothing in this Act shall affect the status of the members of the Ottawa Tribe as citizens of the United States. Educational pro(c) Prior to the termination of the Federal trust relationship in gram. accordance with the provisions of this section, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to undertake, within the limits of available appropriations, a special program of education and training designed to help the members of the tribe to earn a livelihood, to conduct their own affairs, and to assume their responsibilities as citizens without special services because of their status as Indians. Such program may include language training, orientation in non-Indian community customs and living standards, vocational training and related subjects, transportation to the place of training or instruction, and subsistence during the course of training or instruction. For the purposes of such program, the Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts or agreements with any Federal, State, or local governmental agency, corporation, association, or person. Nothing in this section shall pre-

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