Indian Land Consolidation Act

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The Indian Land Consolidation Act is a U.S. federal law aimed at reducing the fractionation of ownership of Native American trust lands and clarifying rules for inheritance and management of these lands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian law statute ⓘ
United States federal statute ⓘ
addressesProblem administrative difficulties in managing multiple small ownership interests ⓘ
highly fractionated ownership of allotted lands ⓘ
uncertainty in inheritance of Indian trust lands ⓘ
affects federally recognized Indian tribes ⓘ
individual Indian landowners ⓘ
aimsTo facilitate tribal control over land within reservations ⓘ
prevent further fractionation of Indian trust land titles ⓘ
appliesTo Native American trust lands ⓘ
restricted Indian lands ⓘ
beneficiary Indian landowners and their heirs ⓘ
tribal governments ⓘ
concerns consolidation of heirship interests ⓘ
ownership interests in allotted Indian lands ⓘ
probate of Indian trust land interests ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
enables tribes to adopt their own probate codes subject to federal approval ⓘ
tribes to develop land consolidation programs ⓘ
hasProvision authorization for tribal probate codes ⓘ
mechanisms for voluntary land consolidation ⓘ
rules for consolidation of fractional interests during probate ⓘ
hasShortName ILCA ⓘ
implementedBy Bureau of Indian Affairs ⓘ
United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ
legalArea Federal Indian law ⓘ
inheritance law ⓘ
property law ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
mainSubject fractionation of Indian land ownership ⓘ
inheritance of Indian trust lands ⓘ
management of Indian trust lands ⓘ
purpose to clarify rules for inheritance of Indian trust lands ⓘ
to consolidate highly fractionated Indian land interests ⓘ
to improve management of Indian trust and restricted lands ⓘ
to reduce fractionation of ownership of Indian trust lands ⓘ
regulates descent and distribution of individual Indian trust land interests ⓘ
escheat of small fractional interests in Indian trust lands ⓘ
relatedTo American Indian Probate Reform Act ⓘ
Indian Reorganization Act ⓘ
allotment of Indian lands ⓘ
requires federal oversight of probate of Indian trust land interests ⓘ
typeOfLandCovered restricted fee lands owned by individual Indians ⓘ
trust lands held by the United States for individual Indians ⓘ

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