Indian Country

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United States federal Indian law concept jurisdictional term legal concept

Indian Country refers to the lands and communities of federally recognized Native American tribes in the United States, where tribes exercise varying degrees of sovereignty and jurisdiction.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Indian Country (United States) 2
Indian Country in the United States 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal Indian law concept ⓘ
jurisdictional term ⓘ
legal concept ⓘ
appliesIn United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith federal jurisdiction ⓘ
limited state jurisdiction ⓘ
tribal jurisdiction ⓘ
tribal self-government ⓘ
tribal sovereignty ⓘ
definedBy 18 U.S.C. § 1151 ⓘ
governedBy federal Indian law ⓘ
federal government ⓘ
tribal governments ⓘ
hasComponent Indian allotments ⓘ
all land within the limits of any Indian reservation ⓘ
dependent Indian communities ⓘ
hasKeyConcept political status of tribal lands ⓘ
territorial jurisdiction of tribes ⓘ
hasLegalSignificanceFor civil jurisdiction ⓘ
criminal jurisdiction ⓘ
environmental regulation ⓘ
law enforcement authority ⓘ
natural resource management ⓘ
regulatory authority ⓘ
taxation authority ⓘ
hasPrimaryJurisdictionOverCriminalMatters federal government ⓘ
tribal governments ⓘ
includes certain off-reservation trust lands ⓘ
lands of federally recognized tribes ⓘ
restricted fee lands held by Indians ⓘ
tribal trust lands ⓘ
partiallyGovernedBy state governments ⓘ
recognizedInCaseLaw Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
McGirt v. Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Solem v. Bartlett NERFINISHED ⓘ
Worcester v. Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Bureau of Indian Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian Child Welfare Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian Civil Rights Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian gaming ⓘ
Native American reservations ⓘ
federally recognized tribes ⓘ
tribal courts ⓘ
subjectTo General Crimes Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
Major Crimes Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
Public Law 280 NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInContext civil regulatory disputes ⓘ
federal criminal law ⓘ
intergovernmental relations ⓘ
resource and land management ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Justice Services → serviceArea → Indian Country ⓘ
National Indian Gaming Association → regionServed → Indian Country ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Country in the United States
Kickapoo Indian Reservation in Oklahoma → partOf → Indian Country ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Country (United States)
Wheeler–Howard Act → jurisdiction → Indian Country ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Country in the United States
Cherokee Nation reservation (modern jurisdictional area) → partOf → Indian Country ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Country (United States)