The Indians or persons conducting schools or missions in the Territory of Alaska shall not be disturbed in the possession of any lands actually in their use or occupation on June 6, 1900, and the land, at any station not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, occupied on said date as missionary stations among the Indian tribes in the section, with the improvements thereon erected by or for such societies, shall be continued in the occupancy of the several religious societies to which the missionary stations respectively belong, and the Secretary of the Interior is directed to have such lands surveyed in compact form as nearly as practicable and patents issued for the same to the several societies to which they belong; but nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to put in force in the Territory the general land laws of the United States.
Notes of Decisions
Jacob Adams v. Cyrus Vance, Sec'y of State, 570 F.2d 950 (D.C. Cir. 1978).
“See 25 U.S.C. § 280a. These statutes and others have been interpreted in light of Congress’s clear understanding that the Eskimos’ livelihood depended on their catch from the sea.”
Monroe v. California Yearly Meeting of Friends Church, 564 F.2d 304 (9th Cir. 1977).
“25 U.S.C. § 280a provides: “The Indians or persons conducting schools or missions in the Territory of Alaska shall not be disturbed in the possession of any lands actually in their, use or occupation on June 6, 1900, and the land, at any station not exceeding six hundred and…”
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