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[86 STAT. 1169]
PUBLIC LAW 92-000—MMMM. DD, 1972
[86 STAT. 1169]

86 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 92-555-OCT. 25, 1972

1169

Secretary of the Interior. One hundred per centum of such funds on deposit to the credit of the Lower Sioux Indian Community, the Prairie Island Indian Community, and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community shall be distributed per capita of such tribal members: Provided, That none of the funds may be paid per capita to any person whose name does not appear on the rolls prepared pursuant to section 2 of this Act. The shares of enrollees who are not members of such groups shall be paid per capita. TITLE II SEC. 201. (a) The Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, anii Membership the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, shall bring current their membership rolls of the date of this Act. The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana, shall prepare rolls of their members who are lineal descendants of the Sisseton and Wahpeton Mississippi Sioux Tribe, who were b o m on or prior to and are living on the date of this Act, and who are entitled to enrollment on their respective membership rolls in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the tribe or group involved, using available records and rolls at the local agency and area offices, and any other available records and rolls. Applications for enrollment must be filed with each group named in this section and such rolls shall be subject to approval of the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary's determination on all applications for enrollment shall be final. (b) The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of the lineal descendants of the Sisseton and Wahpeton Mississippi Sioux Tribe who were born on or prior to and are living on the date of this Act whose names or the name of a lineal ancestor appears on any available records and rolls acceptable to the Secretary, and who are not members of any of the organized groups listed in subsection (a). Applications for enrollment must be filed with the Area Direct>or, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Aberdeen, South Dakota. The Secretary's determination on all applications for enrollment shall be final. SEC. 202. (a) After deducting the amount authorized in section 1 of ^^^^[ apporthis Act, the funds derived from the judgment awarded in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 142 and the one-half remaining from the amount awarded in docket numbered 359, plus accrued interest, shall be apportioned on the basis of reservation residence and other — residence shown on the 1909 McLaughlin annuity roll, as follows: Tribe or group

Devils Lake Sioux of North Dakota Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux of South Dakota Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana All other Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux

Percentage

21. 6892 42. 9730 10. 3153 25. 0225

(b) The shares of the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, the u.sf T°reas^ry. Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, and the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, as apportioned in accordance with subsection (a), shall be placed on deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the respective groups. Seventy per centum of such funds shall be distributed per Per capita capita to their tribal members: Provided, That none of the funds may shares. be paid per capita to any person whose name does not appear on the rolls prepared pursuant to section 201(a) of this Act. The remainder of such funds may be advanced, deposited, expended, invested, or reinvested for any purpose designated by the respective tribal governing bodies and approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided,