Final regulations governing the preparation of a roster of those persons eligible to share on a $1.2 million judgment fund awarded by the Indian Claims Commission to the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon are being published on the Federal Register Commissioner of Indian Affairs Morris Thompson announced today.
The award, to be distributed on a per capita basis represents additional compensation for the accession of and under an 1855 treaty.
According to the proposed regulations, only enrolled members of the Warm Springs Tribes who were living on February 8 1975 are eligible for enrollment.
Any member, however, who shared in the judgment fund awarded to the Malheur Paiute Indians is excluded from eligibility. So, also are any members who have received payments under the provisions of the Alaska Native Settlement Act or any other award of the Indian Claims Commission.
