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Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation in North and South Dakota. The southwest quarter southwest quarter southwest quarter southeast quarter of section 35, township 132 north of range 83 west of the fifth principal meridian, Sioux County, North Dakota, containing 2.5 acres more or less.

SEC. 2. This conveyance is subject to all valid existing rights-of-way of record.

SEC. 3. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the beneficial interest conveyed by this Act should or should not be set off against any claim against the United States determined by the Commission. Approved, October 30, 1969.

PUBLIC LAW 91-104

AN ACT

To declare that certain federally owned land is held by the United States in trust for
the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That all right, title,
and interest of the United States in land heretofore used in connection
with the Cheyenne River Boarding School described as the east half
section 19 and the west half section 20, township 13 north, range 31
east, Black Hills Meridian, Dewey County, South Dakota, comprising
approximately 640 acres, together with all improvements thereon
except fencing owned by Indian permittee, are hereby declared to be
held by the United States in trust for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
of the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. The land conveyed by this
Act is subject to all valid existing rights-of-way.

1SEC. 2. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the title conveyed by this Act should or should not be set off against any claims against the United States determined by the Commission.

Approved, October 30, 1969.

PUBLIC LAW 91-112

AN ACT

To declare that certain federally owned lands are held by the United States in trust for the Indians of the Pueblo of Laguna.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the following described federally owned lands and all improvements thereon, situated in Valencia and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico, which were acquired for school, sanatorium, clinic, agency, or other administrative purposes, are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the Pueblo of Laguna:

Antonio Sedillo Grant administrative site situated in unsurveyed sections 2, 11, 12, and 14, township 8 north, range 3 west, New Mexico principal meridian, and more particularly described as beginning at center of west line of section 11, thence south along same section line approximately one-sixteenth mile to a point where a fence line ties on to west line of same section; thence southeasterly along said fence line approximately one mile through the southwest quarter and southeast quarter section 11, and to a point in the northeast quarter section 14. where said fence corners; thence in a northeasterly direction along same fence line through sections 14, 11, and 12 to a point where said fence ties on to a mesa rim; thence in a northeasterly direction along

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mesa rim to a point where same mesa rim turns in an easterly direction; thence north approximately fifty yards to a water gap on Rio San Jose in northwest quarter section 12; thence in a northwesterly direction through the northwest quarter section 12, northeast quarter section 11 and southeast quarter section 2 to a point where channel of Rio San Jose turns westerly; thence along said channel of Rio San Jose westerly, southwesterly and northwesterly approximately one mile to a point of intersection of said channel with the west line of section 2; thence south along west lines of sections 2 and 11, township 8 north, range 3 west, to point of beginning, containing 640 acres, more or less.

Bernabe M. Montano Grant administrative site described as the southwest quarter section 7 and northwest quarter section 18, township 12 north, range 1 west, New Mexico principal meridian, containing 320 acres, more or less.

Laguna Sanatorium site situated in sections 4 and 5, township 9 north, range 5 west, New Mexico principal meridian, described in quitclaim deed dated June 7, 1923, from the Pueblo of Laguna to the United States of America, as follows: From the southeast corner lof the school tract, north 32 degrees 15 minutes east 6.47 chains to the southwest corner of the addition; thence south 57 degrees 45 minutes east 4.00 chains to the southeast corner; thence north 21 degrees 57 minutes east 7.00 chains; thence north 77 degrees 09 minutes east 6.05 chains; thence north 13 degrees 39 minutes east 3.87 chains; thence north 7 degrees 33 minutes east 9.47 chains to the northeast corner; thence north 82 degrees 27 minutes west 1.97 chains to the northwest corner; thence south 32 degrees 15 minutes west 22.62 chains to the place of beginning, containing 9.90 acres more or less.

Government excluded tract that was excepted and excluded from United States Patent Numbered 89,316 dated November 15, 1909, to the Pueblo of Laguna covering the Pueblo of Laguna grant in townships 9 and 10 north, ranges 5 and 6 west, New Mexico principal meridian, described as beginning at a point 72 feet westwardly from the center of the main line of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad and 75 feet northwardly from Robert G. Marmon's north fence; thence north 32 degrees 15 minutes east on a line parallel to the railroad, 21 chains 47 links to the northeast corner, which is a mound of stone; thence north 57 degrees 45 minutes west, 15 chains to the northwest corner which is a pile of stone; then south 32 degrees 15 minutes west, 21 chains 47 links to the southwest corner, which is a point; thence south 57 degrees 45 minutes east, 15 chains to the southeast corner and place of beginning, containing 32.20 acres, more or less.

Encinal School site (acquired by condemnation in case numbered 1604, equity, in the United States District Court in the District of New Mexico), situated in section 3, township 10 north, range 6 west, New Mexico principal meridian, and more particularly described as follows: The place of beginning is a point located north 44 degrees 40 minutes east a distance of 1,300.0 feet and thence north 56 degrees 15 minutes east a distance of 232.0 feet from the southwest section corner of section 3, township 10 north, range 6 west. From said place of beginning line runs north a distance of 335.1 feet; thence east 260.0 feet; thence south 335.1 feet; thence west 260.0 feet to point of beginning, and contains 2 acres, more or less.

Laguna Day School site (acquired through condemnation proceedings in United States District Court in the District of New Mexico, case numbered 2895; final decree filed May 19, 1937), consisting of two parcels described as follows:

Parcel numbered 1 situated in section 5, township 9 north, range 5 west, New Mexico principal meridian, lying south of and adjacent to the United States Government excluded tract situated in said section, and more particularly described as beginning

at the northeast corner of parcel numbered 1, which corner is
located on the south boundary of the said United States Govern-
ment excluded tract, and bears north 57 degrees 45 minutes west
212.7 feet from the southeast corner of the said United States
Government excluded tract, and running thence north 57 degrees
45 minutes west 210 feet, more or less, along the south boundary
of the said United States Government excluded tract to the
northwest corner of said certain tract; thence south 32 degrees 16
minutes west 173.3 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner,
thence south 54 degrees 06 minutes east 197.7 feet to the south-
east corner; thence north 36 degrees 03 minutes east 186.9 feet,
more or less, to the point of beginning, containing 0.83 acres, more
or less.

Parcel numbered 2 situated in section 5, township 9 north,
range 5 west, New Mexico principal meridian, lying south of and
adjacent to the United States Government excluded tract situ-
ated in said section, and more particularly described as beginning
at the northwest corner of parcel numbered 2, which corner is
located at the intersection of the south boundary of the United
States Government excluded tract with the south right-of-way
line of United States Highway Numbered 66 and bears north 57
degrees 45 minutes west 503 feet, more or less, from the southeast
corner of the said United States Government excluded tract, and
running thence south 57 degrees 45 minutes east 81 feet, more or
less, to the northeast corner of said tract; thence south 32 degrees
16 minutes west 173.2 feet to the southeast corner of said tract;
thence north 54 degrees 06 minutes west 227 feet, more or less, to
the southwest corner, which corner is a point on the south right-
of-way line of United States Highway Numbered 66; thence
following a 3-degree 5.2-minute curved line curving to the right
and following the said south right-of-way line of Highway Num-
bered 66 a distance of 217 feet, more or less, to the point of
beginning, containing 0.61 acres, more or less.

Paguate School site (acquired by condemnation in case numbered 125, in the United States District Court in the District of New Mexico; judgment rendered July 5, 1912), situated in section 33, township 11 north, range 5 west, New Mexico principal meridian, and more particularly described as beginning at the 11th mile corner on the north boundary of the Paguate purchase; thence south 34 degrees 20 minutes west, a distance of 36.25 chains; thence south 3 degrees 50 minutes east, a distance of 32.00 chains; thence south 17 degrees 41 minutes east, a distance of 95.18 chains to the southwest corner of the lot; thence south 77 degrees 15 minutes east, a distance of 3.395 chains; thence north 10 degrees 43 minutes east, a distance of 3.82 chains; thence north 89 degrees 38 minutes west, a distance of 2.175 chains; thence south 30 degrees 40 minutes west, a distance of 0.67 chains; thence north 82 degrees 33 minutes west, a distance of 1.06 chains; thence south 9 degrees 54 minutes west, a distance of 2.613 chains to the southwest corner, containing 1.11 acres, more or less.

Mesita School site (acquired by condemnation in case numbered 86; judgment rendered June 3, 1912), situated in section 18, township 9 north, range 4 west, New Mexico principal meridian, and more particularly described as beginning at the southwest corner of the school site, which is north 1 degree east a distance of 3 miles 24.6 chains from the standard corner of township 9 north, ranges 4 and 5 west, New Mexico principal meridian; thence south 84 degrees 46 minutes east, a distance of 4.00 chains; thence north 5 degrees 14 minutes east 2.50 chains; thence north 84 degrees 46 minutes west 4.00 chains; thence south 5 degrees 14 minutes west 2.50 chains to point of beginning, containing 1 acre, more or less.

Paraje School site described as south half northwest quarter north

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Rights-of-way.

Public Health Service occupancy.

25 U. S. C. 70a.

west quarter southeast quarter section 33, township 10 north, range 6 west, New Mexico principal meridian, containing 5 acres, more or less. Seama Government site described as northwest quarter southwest quarter southwest quarter northwest quarter section 6, township 9 north, range 6 west, New Mexico principal meridian, containing 2.50 acres, more or less.

Seama School site (acquired by condemnation in case numbered 1604, equity), situated in section 36, township 10 north, range 7 west, New Mexico principal meridian, and more particularly described as follows: The place of beginning is a point on the one-sixteenth subdivision line 1,251.3 feet west from the east one-sixteenth corner of the southeast quarter section 36, township 10 north, range 7 west, New Mexico principal meridian. From said place of beginning, line runs west on said one-sixteenth subdivision line for a distance of 208.7 feet; thence north 417.4 feet; thence east 208.7 feet; thence south 417.4 feet to place of beginning, containing 2 acres, more or less.

SEC. 2. This conveyance is subject to all valid existing rights-of-way of record; and to the right of the United States Public Health Service to continue use and occupancy of that property, presently in use by it, for so long as is necessary.

SEC. 3. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of any lands and improvements placed in a trust status under the authority of this Act should or should not be set off against any claim against the United States determined by the Commission.

Approved, November 6, 1969.

November 10, 1969 [S. 73]

83 Stat. 190

Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation, S. Dak.

Lands.

Foreclosure or sale proceedings.

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PUBLIC LAW 91-115

AN ACT

To amend the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the sale and exchange of isolated tracts of tribal land on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation, South Dakota".

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of December 11, 1963 (77 Stat. 349), Public Law 88-196, entitled "An Act to authorize the sale and exchange of isolated tracts of tribal land on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation, South Dakota", be and the same is hereby amended by adding a section 3 reading as follows:

1"SEC. 3. Any land mortgaged under section 2 of this Act shall be subject to foreclosure or sale pursuant to the terms of such mortgage or deed of trust in accordance with the laws of South Dakota. For the purpose of any foreclosure or sale proceeding, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe shall be regarded as vested with an unrestricted fee simple title to the land, the United States shall not be a necessary party to the foreclosure or sale proceeding, and any conveyance of the land pursuant to the foreclosure or sale proceeding shall divest the United States of title to the land. Title to any land redeemed or acquired by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe at such foreclosure or sale proceeding shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the tribe. Title to any land purchased by an individual Indian member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe at such foreclosure sale or proceeding may, with the consent of the Secretary of the Interior, be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the individual Indian purchaser."

SEC. 2. The Act of December 11, 1963 (77 Stat. 349), Public Law 88196, entitled "An Act to authorize the sale and exchange of isolated tracts of tribal land on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation, South Dakota", is further amended by adding a section 4 reading as follows: "SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the foreclosure

of a mortgage or a deed of trust which is then owned by an individual Indian."

Approved, November 10, 1969.

PUBLIC LAW 91-123

AN ACT

To authorize funds to carry out the purposes of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, and titles I, III, IV, and V of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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TITLE III-AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC WORKS AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1965

SEC. 301. Title I of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, is further amended as follows:

(1) The first sentence of section (101)(c) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U. S. C. 3131 (c)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: "except that in the case of a grant to an Indian tribe, the Secretary may reduce the non-Federal share below such per centum or may waive the non-Federal share".

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PUBLIC LAW 91-125

JOINT RESOLUTION

To authorize appropriations for expenses of the National Council on Indian
Opportunity.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $300,000 annually for the expenses of the National Council on Indian Opportunity, established by Executive Order Numbered 11399 of March 6, 1968.

SEC. 2. The National Council on Indian Opportunity shall terminate five years from the date of this Act unless it is extended by an Act of Congress.

Approved, November 26, 1969.

PUBLIC LAW 91-148

AN ACT

To grant the consent of the Congress to the Tahoe regional planning compact, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and others to cooperate with the planning agency thereby created, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to encourage the wise use and conservation of the waters of Lake Tahoe and of the resources of the area around said lake, the consent of the Congress is hereby given to the Tahoe regional planning compact heretofore adopted by the States of California and Nevada, which compact reads as follows:

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ISEC. 5. Nothing contained in this Act or in the compact consented to shall in any way affect the powers, rights, or obligations of the United States, or the applicability of any law or regulation of the United States in, over, or to the region or waters which are the subject

November 26, 1969 [S. J. Res. 121] 83 Stat. 220

Appropriation.

25 U. S. C. prec. 1 note.

December 18, 1969 [S. 118]

83 Stat. 360

Tahoe Regional Planning Compact. Consent of Congress.

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