Withdrawal of public lands; list of Native villages
All public lands in each township that encloses all or any part of a Native village listed below, and in each township that is contiguous to or corners on such township, except lands withdrawn or reserved for national defense purposes, are hereby withdrawn, subject to valid existing rights, from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, and from selection under the Alaska Statehood Act, as amended:
Angoon, Southeast.
Craig, Southeast.
Hoonah, Southeast.
Hydaburg, Southeast.
Kake, Southeast.
Kasaan, Southeast.
Klawock, Southeast.
Saxman, Southeast.
Yakutat, Southeast.
Native land selections; Village Corporations for listed Native villages; acreage; proximity of selections; conformity to Lands Survey System
During a period of three years from , each Village Corporation for the villages listed in subsection (a) shall select, in accordance with rules established by the Secretary, an area equal to 23,040 acres, which must include the township or townships in which all or part of the Native village is located, plus, to the extent necessary, withdrawn lands from the townships that are contiguous to or corner on such townships. All selections shall be contiguous and in reasonably compact tracts, except as separated by bodies of water, and shall conform as nearly as practicable to the United States Lands Survey System.
Tlingit-Haida settlement
82 Stat. 30784 Stat. 431section 1610 of this titleThe funds appropriated by the Act of (), to pay the judgment of the Court of Claims in the case of The Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska, et al. against The United States, numbered 47,900, and distributed to the Tlingit and Haida Indians pursuant to the Act of (), are in lieu of the additional acreage to be conveyed to qualified villages listed in .
Withdrawal of lands for selection for village of Klukwan; benefits under this chapter; existing entitlements; forest reserves; quitclaims to Chilkat Indian Village; location, character, and value of lands to be withdrawn; withdrawal and selection periods; nonwithdrawal of lands selected or nominated for selection by other Native Corporation or located on Admiralty Island
Pub. L. 92–203, § 1685 Stat. 705Pub. L. 94–20489 Stat. 1150Pub. L. 94–456, § 190 Stat. 1934Pub. L. 95–178, § 191 Stat. 1369(, , ; , §§ 9, 10, , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Pub. L. 85–50872 Stat. 239section 21 of Title 48The Alaska Statehood Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , , which is set out as a note preceding , Territories and Insular Possessions. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
82 Stat. 307Pub. L. 90–39282 Stat. 307Act of (), referred to in subsec. (c), is , , , known as the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1968, which is not classified to the Code.
Pub. L. 97–16496 Stat. 25The United States Court of Claims, referred to in subsec. (c), and the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals were merged effective , into a new United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by , , , which also created a United States Claims Court [now United States Court of Federal Claims] that inherited the trial jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. See sections 48, 171 et seq., 791 et seq., and 1491 et seq. of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
84 Stat. 431Pub. L. 91–33584 Stat. 431section 1211 of Title 25Act of (), referred to in subsec. (c), is , , , which was classified to , Indians, prior to omission from the Code as being of special and not general application.
act June 18, 1934, ch. 57648 Stat. 984act May 1, 1936, ch. 25449 Stat. 1250section 5119 of Title 25section 5101 of Title 25Act of , referred to in subsec. (d)(1), is , , popularly known as the Indian Reorganization Act, which is classified generally to chapter 45 (§ 5101 et seq.) of Title 25, Indians. Act of , is not amended by the act of . However, section 1 of , , relates to applicability of certain provisions of act , to the Territory of Alaska, and is classified to . For complete classification of Act , to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables. For complete classification of Act , to the Code, see Tables.
Pub. L. 85–27171 Stat. 596Act of , referred to in subsec. (d)(1), is , , , which is not classified to the Code.
Amendments
Pub. L. 95–178section 1613(h)(8) of this title1977—Subsec. (b). struck out provisions relating to allocations received by the Regional Corporation for the southeastern Alaska region under and selection and conveyance of such allocated lands.
Pub. L. 94–456, § 1(a)1976—Subsec. (a). , struck out “Klukwan, Southeast.” from list of villages.
Pub. L. 94–204, § 10Subsec. (b). , inserted provisions relating to the selection and conveyance of such allocation as the Regional Corporation for the southeastern Alaska region shall receive.
Pub. L. 94–456, § 1(b)Subsec. (d). , designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituting provision relating to authorization and direction of Secretary to withdraw lands in order that the Village Corporation may select twenty-three thousand and forty acres for provision that the lands enclosing and surrounding the village which were withdrawn by subsec. (a) are rewithdrawn to the same extent and for the same purposes as provided by said subsec. (a) for one year from , during which the Village Corporation shall select an area equal to twenty-three thousand and forty acres in accordance with subsec. (b) and inserting proviso against withdrawal of such lands from an area previously withdrawn as a forest reserve without prior consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, and added par. (2).
Pub. L. 94–204, § 9, added subsec. (d).