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

Authors

United States Congress

Congress

98th Congress, 2d Session

Files

Description

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.

Publication Date

10-30-1984

Keywords

Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, Garrison Dam, Garrison Reservoir, Garrison Reservoir Project, Lake Sakakawea, land back, land transfer, mineral restoration, Fort Berthold Mineral Restoration Act

Organizations Referenced

Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, United States Congress

Publisher

Government Printing Office

Disciplines

American Politics | Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law | Indigenous Studies | Law and Politics | Native American Studies | United States History

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Recommended Citation

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. Public Law 602. Statutes at Large 98, (1984): 3149-3154. https://commons.und.edu/indigenous-gov-docs/144/.