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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 Oct 1984

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.


Declaring That The Mineral Rights In Certain Lands Acquired By The United States In Connection With The Garrison Dam And Reservoir Project Are Held In Trust For The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, And For Other Purposes., United States Congress, Us Senate Sep 1984

Declaring That The Mineral Rights In Certain Lands Acquired By The United States In Connection With The Garrison Dam And Reservoir Project Are Held In Trust For The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, And For Other Purposes., United States Congress, Us Senate

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This report from the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, dated September 18, 1984, was written to accompany United States (US) Senate Bill 2480 which puts the mineral rights of certain lands acquired by the United States for the Garrison Dam project in trust for the Three Affiliated Tribes. This report contains correspondences regarding US Senate Bill 2480 and proposed amendments for the bill. Various US government entities here debate whether the Three Affiliated Tribes have rights to the mineral interests on land that was taken for the Garrison Dam project. The bill summarizes that when the Three Affiliated Tribes accepted …