Federal · Title 25 — Indians

25 U.S.C. § 2207: Full faith and credit to tribal actions under tribal ordinances limiting descent and distribution of trust or restricted or controlled lands

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The Secretary in carrying out his responsibility to regulate the descent and distribution of trust lands under section 372 of this title , and other laws, shall give full faith and credit to any tribal actions taken pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 2205 of this title , which provision shall apply only to estates of decedent’s whose deaths occur on or after the effective date of tribal ordinances adopted pursuant to this chapter.

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