Question

_______ were wills that Indians signed in which title to land was transferred the moment they died, often to a non-Indian who paid them only a small sum of money.

Inheritance claims


Allotment claims


Death claims

Answer 1

I believe it is the third choice, which would be death claims.

Answer 2

Death claims were wills that Indians signed in order to transfer the title of land to someone who paid him even a meagre amount of money.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The death claim was brought about the Indian claim commission under the Indian claims act which was enacted in the year of 1946. These were consequences of the Indian Reorganization Act too and highly influenced by.

The Indian claim act let the Indian transfer their land to any individual either Indian or non-Indian for a small amount of money paid as soon as the person dies through death claim will.