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Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Abandoned property means property left at a site while the owner of the property is not actively engaged in fishing or drying or processing fish. Abandoned property may include:
(1) Vehicles;
(2) Mobile trailers;
(3) Campers;
(4) Tents;
(5) Tepees;
(6) Boats, or;
(7) Other personal property.
Archaeological Resource means material remains of prehistoric or historic human life or activities that are of archaeological interest and are at least 50 years of age, and the physical site, location, or context in which they are found.
Area Director means the position responsible for administration of the Portland Area of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Campfire means fire, not within any building, motor home or trailer, which is used for cooking, personal warmth, lighting, ceremonial or aesthetic purposes.
Damage means to injure, mutilate, deface, destroy, cut, chop, girdle, dig, excavate, kill or in any way harm or disturb.
Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior or his designee.
Sites means Treaty Fishing Access Sites.
Treaty Fishing Access Sites means all Federal lands acquired by the Secretary of the Army and Transferred to the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to Public Law 100–581, Title IV, November 1, 1988, to be administered to provide access to usual and accustomed fishing areas and ancillary fishing facilities.
Vehicle means any device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported, and including any motor, frame, chassis, or body of any motor vehicle, or camper shell, except devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 25. Indians § 25.247.1 What definitions apply to this part? - last updated January 02, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-25-indians/cfr-sect-25-247-1/
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