25-U.S.C.-677A
§677A – Definitions
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Title 25 > Chapter 14 > Subchapter XXVIII > Section 677a
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- Reference: Section 677a
- Legend: §677A – Definitions
- USCode Year: 2013
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For the purposes of this subchapter—
(a) Tribe means the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Utah.
(b) Full-blood means a member of the tribe who possesses one-half degree of Ute Indian blood and a total of Indian blood in excess of one-half, excepting those who become mixed-bloods by choice under the provisions of section 677c of this title.
(c) Mixed-blood means a member of the tribe who does not possess sufficient Indian or Ute Indian blood to fall within the full-blood class as herein defined, and those who become mixed-bloods by choice under the provisions of section 677c of this title.
(d) Secretary means Secretary of the Interior.
(e) Superintendent means the Superintendent of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Utah.
(f) Asset means any property of the tribe, real, personal or mixed, whether held by the tribe or by the United States in trust for the tribe, or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States.
(g) Adult means a member of the tribe who has attained the age of twenty-one years.
(Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1009, §2, 68 Stat. 868.)
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