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An Act To Provide For The Use And Distribution Of Certain Funds Awarded The Wyandotte Tribe Of Oklahoma And To Restore Certain Mineral Rights To The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, United States Congress
An Act To Provide For The Use And Distribution Of Certain Funds Awarded The Wyandotte Tribe Of Oklahoma And To Restore Certain Mineral Rights To The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, United States Congress
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This public law, dated October 30, 1984, also known as the Mineral Restoration Act of 1984 and Public Law 98-602, declared that the mineral interests in the land within the boarder of the Fort Berthold Reservation be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. In 2016, this public law allowed for the return of about 25,000 acres of land taken for the Garrison Dam Project to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation.