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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 5 — Protection of Indians

§ 181. Rights of white men marrying Indian women; tribal property

Statutory text

No white man, not otherwise a member of any tribe of Indians, who may after , marry an Indian woman, member of any Indian tribe in the United States, or any of its Territories except the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, shall by such marriage after , acquire any right to any tribal property, privilege, or interest whatever to which any member of such tribe is entitled.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 50–818 § 1 · 25 Stat. 392

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 181

    (Aug. 9, 1888, ch. 818, § 1, 25 Stat. 392.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 9, 1888, ch. 818, § 1, 25 Stat. 392.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Credits

(Aug. 9, 1888, ch. 818, § 1, 25 Stat. 392.)

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