{"id":7323,"date":"2017-11-08T17:54:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T17:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7323"},"modified":"2023-04-16T15:19:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T15:19:53","slug":"indian-country-all-land-1-within-the-borders-of-all-indian-reservations-2-occupied-by-an-indian-community-whether-or-not-on-a-reservation-3-held-in-trust-by-the-u-s-but-beneficially-owned","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7323","title":{"rendered":"Indian Country – all land within the borders of any reservation together with the land occupied by any Indian community not on a reservation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indian territory<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A former territory, now a part of the state of Oklahoma.<\/strong>\u00a0 See Indian country<\/em>.\u00a0[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

Indian country<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. The land within the borders of all Indian reservations<\/a>, together with the land occupied by an Indian community <\/a>(whether or not located within a recognized reservation) & any land held in trust by the United States but beneficially owned by an Indian or tribe.\u00a0<\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The territory formerly held by Indians and to which their title remains unextinguished, also any tract of land, which, being a part of the public domain, is lawfully set apart as an Indian reservation, and also any Indian allotment, the title of which is held in trust by the government or which remains inalienable by the allottee without the consent of the United States.\u00a0 27 Am J1st Indi<\/span><\/span>ans \u00a7 45<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

Also see:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Indian land<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 land owned by the United States but held in trust for & used by the American Indians.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tribal Land<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 any part of an Indian reservation not allotted to or occupied by individual Indians but instead held in common by tribal members.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]:\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0with Pronunciations
\n<\/em>Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[2]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/em><\/a> by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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