Indian Country

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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.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal Indian law concept ⓘ
jurisdictional term ⓘ
legal concept ⓘ
appliesIn United States ⓘ
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 ⓘ
McGirt v. Oklahoma ⓘ
Solem v. Bartlett ⓘ
Worcester v. Georgia ⓘ
relatedTo Bureau of Indian Affairs ⓘ
Indian Child Welfare Act ⓘ
Indian Civil Rights Act ⓘ
Indian gaming ⓘ
Native American reservations ⓘ
federally recognized tribes ⓘ
tribal courts ⓘ
subjectTo General Crimes Act ⓘ
Major Crimes Act ⓘ
Public Law 280 ⓘ
usedInContext civil regulatory disputes ⓘ
federal criminal law ⓘ
intergovernmental relations ⓘ
resource and land management ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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 in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Indian Country
Kickapoo Indian Reservation in Oklahoma → partOf → Indian Country (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Country
Wheeler–Howard Act → jurisdiction → Indian Country in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Indian Country
Cherokee Nation reservation (modern jurisdictional area) → partOf → Indian Country (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Country
Quapaw Indian Reservation → legalStatus → Indian Country under U.S. law ⓘ
linked to: Indian Country
Klamath Tribes reservation, Oregon → hasLegalStatus → Indian Country (U.S. law) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Country
Dorothy M. Johnson → notableWork → Indian Country ⓘ
Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California → isPartOf → Native American nations in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Indian Country
Chickasaw tribal jurisdiction area → legalStatus → Indian Country (United States law) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Country
Choctaw tribal jurisdiction area → partOf → Indian Country (United States legal concept) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Country
Major Crimes Act → appliesTo → Indian Country ⓘ
Chickasaw Nation reservation → partOf → Indian Country (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Country