{"id":7336,"date":"2017-11-08T18:16:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7336"},"modified":"2017-11-24T19:13:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T19:13:52","slug":"indian-land-land-owned-by-the-united-states-but-held-in-trust-for-used-by-the-american-indians","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7336","title":{"rendered":"Indian Land – land owned by the U.S. but held in trust for & used by the American Indians"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

1. Land owned by the United States but held in trust for & used by the American Indians.\u00a0<\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Lands allotted to and in the possession<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>of an Indian tribe.\u00a0 Lands reserved under acts of\u00a0<\/span>Congress for occupancy<\/a> by Indian tribes.\u00a0 United States v Powers<\/em>, 305 US 527, 83 L Ed 330, 59 S\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ct 344<\/span>. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Lands held in trust<\/a> for Indians by the United States. McCurdy v United States<\/em>, 264 US 484, 68 L Ed 801, 44 S Ct 345<\/span>. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Lands owned by\u00a0<\/span>the United States and subject to sale by it, but in the manner and for the purposes provided for in the special agreements of the government with the Indians.\u00a0 Ash Sheep Co. v United States<\/em>, 252 US 159, 166, 64 L Ed 507, 511, 40 S Ct 241<\/span>. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Lands to which Indians have a right of perpetual occupancy<\/a> with the privilege of using them in such manner as they see fit until such right of occupation has been surrendered to the United States, the fee<\/a> of such land being vested in the United States.\u00a0 27 Am J1st Indians \u00a7 24<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: 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

[3]:\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<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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