and reserved as timberlands, cutover lands, burned or barren lands, and patents issued for allotments under this act contained a clause which reserved to the United States the right to cut and market for tribal benefit the merchantable timber on the land so allotted. This act was later amended by the act of June 16, 1950 (64 Stat. 229), which provided that the right reserved to the United States to cut and market timber for the benefit of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation shall be limited to the cutting of so much of the merchantable timber on such allotments as may be cut during the first cutting operations and when such cutting operations have been completed, the title to the residual timber on such allotments shall thereupon pass to the respective allottees or their heirs or devisees. Many of the 1908 allotments are in a congested heirship status and most of the 1920 allotments which remain to be purchased are located on the slopes of the mountain ranges and are a part of the timbered grazing areas. PURPOSE The purpose of this tribal acquisition program is to purchase and exchange grazing and timbered lands on the Flathead Reservation which are needed by the tribe and its members to facilitate the operation of the family-sized ranch and farm units; to provide better management for range and timbered lands; to reduce the number of fractionated heirship lands; to provide the tribe with ingress and egress to their land; to provide sources of water for surrounding tribal rangelands; to help improve the economy of tribal members; and to provide an income to heirs, in those cases where the heirship status is congested, far in excess of any they would receive from the lands in the near future or during the heirs' lifetimes as a result of leasing or permitting the lands. No lands purchased under this program will be resold to individual members until such time as Congress enacts enabling legislation. LOCATION OF LAND BEING PURCHASED The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are interested in acquiring the unpurchased timbered allotments in the established purchase area of the old 1920 allotment purchase program and to include grazing lands in established grazing areas which are now required for Indian use and are contiguous to the timbered areas. In some cases there are tracts required for Indian use and are located in grazing districts adjacent to their established grazing units. Most of these tracts are in a fee simple status. Estimated acreage to be acquired under this program amounts to approximately 30,000 acres. The cost of acquiring such an acreage is estimated to run around $700,000. Preference, but not necessarily priority, in this order will be given to purchases and exchanges in the following categories: (1) To lands that control water and which adjoining rangelands are dependent upon for utilization; (2) Tracts which are strategic to the use of contiguous lands or control ingress and egress to range areas; (3) Lands in which the heirship status is congested; (4) 1920 timbered allotments. APPRAISALS All appraisals prepared on lands to be acquired will be performed in accordance with 54 I. A. M. 10. TITLE TO LANDS ACQUIRED Title to all land will be taken in the name of the United States of America in trust for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Abstract of titles and the execution of options will be required. Abstract of title will be furnished at the grantor's own expense. No sales fees will be required on lands purchased, as long as the Tribal Land Enterprise Service is functioning. Land acquisitions will be in accordance with 25 C. F. R. 241 and 54 I. A. M. 2.2. GENERAL The lands which come within the scope of this program will be appraised, submitted to the tribal council for acceptance or rejection by resolution prior to negotiating with the respective landowners. Recapitulation of allotted lands in new purchase program (Flathead) Allot ment No. 4,800 19,480 Fee lands for exchange and purchase (Flathead) Acres Unit No.-Continued Acres 880 8.. 3,700 8, 640 9_. 2,320 3,766 10. 1, 040 1, 800 11. 1, 787 3, 270 Total, 11 units.. 31, 403 4, 200 Allotted land in new purchase program (Flathead) [Timber status: (1) Uncut; (2) cutover; (3) partly cutover; unnumbered, open lands] Esti Acres msted value 160.00 1,600 160.00 $1,000 (1) 2688 (2) 2701 3042 (2) 1989 (2) 1991 (2) 1994 (2) 2015 (2) 1490 2008 James S. Michel. Christine Gingras. Martina Gingras. Vera Agnes Dupuis. Same. Julian Dupuis.. Same F. J. Brown. Alex Couture Same 80.00 800 Gustah Casimer. 2013 William Julian.. 80.00 1,000 Clarice Paul, Mathias Kinmicky, Anneas Catherine Little Jackson.. Allotted land in new purchase program (Flathead)—Continued [Timber status: (1) Uncut; (2) cutover; (3) partly cutover; unnumbered, open lands] (2) 1055 Antoine Vallee. Same. Angelic G. Vallee, Antoine Vallee, Anna V. Same.. 160.00 160.00 1,600 160.00 1,600 160.00 1.600 Maggie L. Miles. Allotted land in new purchase program (Flathead)-Continued [Timber status: (1): Uncut; (2) cutover; (3) partly cutover; unnumbered, open lands] UNIT NO. 5 Present owner Phillip James Pierre, Caroline Irene Pierre, Patrick Pierre, Christine P. Oldhorn, Phil- Michel Smallsalmon, Annie Mary Pierre, 2271 Mary Littlestone. Mary Ann Parker Charle, Lucy Pokerjim 2221 Mary Broken Pole, deceased. Bazil Andrew, Mary Pearce, Isabel Pearce, Peter Andrew, Peter Frank Gates, Arnold UNIT NO. 6 Allotted land in new purchase program (Flathead)—Continued I Timber status: (1) Uncut; (2) cutover; (3) partly cutover; unnumbered, open lands] (2) 2890 Alice Lozeau, deceased. (2) 2892 Agnes Lozeau (2) 2893 Mary L. Lozeau. Rosalie Charlo. Annie Alice L. Lozeau Margaret Lozeau, deceased... Alex Lozeau, Thomas Lozeau, Theresa May L. Mahseelah, Luella Joan Courville, Louella Joan Courville, George E. Mitchell. 164. 28 2,054 157.54 1,969 (2) 3201 Phillip Okerjim. (2) 599 Margaret R. Stevens, Sophie Pokerjim Emily Landigreen. Louise L. Hebnes, Rosalie L. Anderson, Lucy Parker, Adelaide P. Matt, Louise P. Lucy Pokerjim Parker, Adelaide P. Matt, Lucy Contesto Redcrow, Lucy Pokerjim 80.00 800 800 80.00 800 80.00 800 |