28 USC § 1353 - Indian allotments

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title: "28 USC § 1353 - Indian allotments"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1353"
section_name: "Indian allotments"
chapter_number: 85
chapter_name: "DISTRICT COURTS; JURISDICTION"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "JURISDICTION AND VENUE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 934.)"
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# § 1353. Indian allotments

The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action involving the right of any person, in whole or in part of Indian blood or descent, to any allotment of land under any Act of Congress or treaty.December 21, 1911

The judgment in favor of any claimant to an allotment of land shall have the same effect, when properly certified to the Secretary of the Interior, as if such allotment had been allowed and approved by him; but this provision shall not apply to any lands held on or before , by either of the Five Civilized Tribes, the Osage Nation of Indians, nor to any of the lands within the Quapaw Indian Agency.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 934.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 41(24) (, par. 24, ; , ).

Words “any civil action” were substituted for “all actions, suits, or proceedings,” in view of Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

The sentence “The right of appeal shall be allowed to either party as in other cases” was omitted as covered by , relating to appeals to the court of appeals.

Changes in phraseology were made.