Summary of Act of October 19, 1888 (25 Stat. 611)

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept surrenders of patents by Indian allottees, provided that the Indian allottee, if he chooses, makes another selection of land.

Click here for full text in Kappler’s Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, produced by Oklahoma State University Library.

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The first two sections of this act modify the provisions in the GAA relating to amounts of land to be allotted, stipulating that each adult receive an allotment of 80 acres. Section 3 of the act permits the leasing of individual allotments wherever the Secretary of the Interior finds that the allottee, “by reason of age or disability” cannot “personally and with benefit to himself occupy or improve his allotment or any part thereof.” This section also stipulates the length of time an allotment may be leased and for which purposes: three years for farming and grazing, ten years for mining. Section 4 briefly describes the process by which unallotted Indians may receive an allotment for themselves and their children on land not otherwise appropriated. Section 5 provides that for purposes of descent, cohabitation “according to the custom and manner of Indian life” shall be considered valid marriage.

Sections 1 and 4 of this act are amended by the Act of June 25, 1910.

Click here for full text in Kappler’s Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, produced by Oklahoma State University Library.

A portion of this act allows for the surplus lands of any tribe to be leased for farming purposes by the tribal council for three years. This act also allows anyone of Indian descent who claims to be entitled to land under any allotment act or claims to have been unlawfully denied from any allotment to prosecute or defend any action or suit in circuit court. The act gives the circuit courts jurisdiction to try these sorts of suits.

Click here for full text in Kappler’s Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, produced by Oklahoma State University Library.

Summary of Act of January 26, 1895 (28 Stat. 641)

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to correct errors in patents and cases of “double allotment.”

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Summary of Act of May 31, 1900 (31 Stat. 170)

Adds “inability” to age and disability as reasons why an allottee may lease his land for a term not exceeding five years, for farming purposes only. See Section 3 of Act of February 28, 1891 (26 Stat. Law 794).

Click here for full text in Kappler’s Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, produced by Oklahoma State University Library.

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