### Question
How does MARTINEZ DESERT CAHUILLA INDIANS CLAIMS SETTLEMENT define allottees?


### Answer
Under *25 U.S.C. § 1778a*, **allottees** is defined as:

> those individual Tribe members, their successors, heirs, and assigns, who have individual ownership of allotted Indian trust lands within the Torres-Martinez Indian Reservation

#### Citation:
  - *25 U.S.C. § 1778a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 19-INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS > SUBCHAPTER XII-TORRES-MARTINEZ DESERT CAHUILLA INDIANS CLAIMS SETTLEMENT**

