Indian Country Law and Legal Definition
According to 18 USCS § 1151, the term Indian country, as used in this chapter [18 USCS §§ 1151 et seq.], means “(a) all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States Government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and, including rights-of-way running through the reservation, (b) all dependent Indian communities within the borders of the United States whether within the original or subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or without the limits of a state, and (c) all Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way running through the same.”
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Related Legal Terms
- Abandonment [Intercountry Adoption]
- Affected Indian Tribe [Energy]
- Beneficiary Country
- Beneficiary Developing Country
- Bureau of Indian Affairs [BIA]
- Convention Country [Adoption]
- Country of Chargeability [Immigration]
- Country of Citizenship [Immigration]
- Country of Export of Softwood Lumber
- Country of Former Allegiance [Immigration]
