---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 414"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "414"
heading: "Reservation of minerals in sale of Choctaw-Chickasaw lands"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/414"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Lease, Sale, or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands"
---

# §414. Reservation of minerals in sale of Choctaw-Chickasaw lands


On and after August 25, 1937, in all sales of tribal lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians in Oklahoma provided for by existing law, the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) of the Interior is hereby authorized to offer such lands for sale subject to a reservation of the mineral rights therein, including oil and gas, for the benefit of said Indians, whenever in his judgment the interests of the Indians will best be served thereby.


## Source credit

(Aug. 25, 1937, ch. 778, 50 Stat. 810.)