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PUBLIC LAW 85-923-SEPT. 2, 1958

Use of land.

[72 S T A T.

g^c. 5. After the Randall Dam gates are closed and the waters of the Missouri River impounded, the said Indian tribe and the members thereof shall be given exclusive permission, without cost, to graze stock on the land between the water level of the reservoir and the exterior boundary of the taking area. The said tribal council and the members of said Indian tribe shall be permitted to have, without cost, access to the shoreline of the reservoir including permission to hunt and fish in and on the aforesaid shoreline and reservoir, subject, however, to regulations governing the corresponding use by other citizens of the United States. px^ctase'\''nd°"en SEC. 6. For the purposes of (1) providing substitute land for incertain lands. dividual Indians whose land is within the taking area, (2) consolidating land lioldings, and (3) eliminating fractionated heirship interests within the reservation, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to urchase, with funds made available by such individual Indians or y the tribe, land or interests in land, and to sell tribal land upon request of the tribe, but no service charge shall be made by the United States. The land selected by and purchased for individual Indians may be either inside or outside the boundaries of the reservation as diminished. Title to any land or interests in land acquired within the boundaries of the reservation shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the tribe or the individual Indian for whom the land is acquired, and title to any land or interests in land acquired outside the boundaries of the reservation shall be taken in the name of the individual for whom it is acquired. Trust titles shall be subject to the laws and regulations applicable to other trust titles within the reservation. For the purposes of this section, the Secretary of the Interior is also authorized to partition or sell individually owned land in which all interests are in a trust or restricted status upon request of the owners of a 51 per centum interest in the land. Any such sale shall be by competitive bid except that with the concurrence of the owners of a 51 per centum interest in the land, any owner of an interest in the land, or the tribe, if the land is within the reservation, shall have the right to purchase the land within a reasonable time fixed by the Secretary prior to a competitive sale at not less than its appraised value. If more than one preference right is exercised, the sale shall be by competitive bid limited to the tribe and to the persons entitled to a preference. The Secretary of the Interior may represent for the purpose of this paragraph any Indian owner who is a minor, or who is non compos mentis and, after giving reasonable notice of the proposed sale by publication, may represent an Indian owner who cannot be located, and he may execute any title documents necessary to convey a marketable and recordable title. Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish the authority to acquire, sell, or exchange land that is contained in other provisions of law. Restriction. gj;c. 7. No part of any expenditure made by the United States under any or all of the provisions of this Act shall be charged as an offset or counterclaim against any tribal claim which has arisen under any treaty law, or Executive order of the United States prior to the effective date of taking of said land as provided for in section 1 hereof and the payment of Sioux benefits as provided for in section 17 of the said Act of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. 888), as amended, shall be continued under the provisions of section 14 of the Indian Reorganiza25 USC 474. tion Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), on the basis now in operation without regard to the loss of tribal land within the taking area under the provisions of this Act.

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