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U.S. -OVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 698
115TH CONGRESS S REPORT
2d Session JSENATE 1 115-398
STIGLER ACT AMENDMENTS OF 2018
NOVEMBER 29, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2606]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(H.R. 2606) to amend the Act of August 4, 1947 (commonly known
as the Stigler Act), with respect to restrictions applicable to Indi-
ans of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommends the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of H.R. 2606, is to amend certain provisions of the
Act of August 4, 1947 (commonly referred to as the Stigler Act)
with respect to the restricted fee status of land allotted to members
of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma. Specifically, H.R. 2606
amends the Stigler Act to remove a one half-degree Indian blood
quantum requirement for tribal member allotted lands to retain
their restricted status.
BACKGROUND
Oklahoma is home to 38 federally-recognized Indian tribes. A
majority of these tribes were forcibly removed from their tradi-
tional homelands to what is now known as the State of Oklahoma
during the early to mid-1800's. Among the first tribes relocated
were the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Mvskoke (Creek), Cherokee, and
Seminole, which are sometimes referred to as the Five Civilized
Tribes (the Five Tribes).
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