25 USC § 5101 - Allotment of land on Indian reservations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s5101"
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title: "25 USC § 5101 - Allotment of land on Indian reservations"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "5101"
section_name: "Allotment of land on Indian reservations"
chapter_number: 45
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF INDIANS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 18, 1934, ch. 576, § 1, 48 Stat. 984.)"
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# § 5101. Allotment of land on Indian reservations

June 18, 1934

On and after , no land of any Indian reservation, created or set apart by treaty or agreement with the Indians, Act of Congress, Executive order, purchase, or otherwise, shall be allotted in severalty to any Indian.

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**Source Credit**: (June 18, 1934, ch. 576, § 1, 48 Stat. 984.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title of 2004 Amendment

> “This Act [amending
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> and former sections 640d–24 and 712e of this title and provisions set out as notes under
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> , Agriculture,
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> , Armed Forces, and
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> , Conservation] may be cited as the ‘Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004’.”

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### Short Title of 1994 Amendment

> “This title [enacting sections 5130 and 5131 of this title and provisions set out as a note under
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> ] may be cited as the ‘Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994’.”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title

, , which enacted this section and sections 5102, 5103, 5107 to 5113, 5115, 5116, 5118, 5120, 5121, 5123 to 5125, and 5129 of this title, is popularly known as the “Indian Reorganization Act”.