This decision is a result of BIA analysis of an application filed by CITIZEN POTAWATOMI NATION, OKLAHOMA for trust acquisition of fee lands.
The Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, on the below date, has made a determination to acquire real property in trust for CITIZEN POTAWATOMI NATION, OKLAHOMA.
When one hears the term “Indian Land,” everyone thinks they know what that is. Yet the truth is that no one knows what it constitutes. The phrase “Indian land” has no legal definition. Trust land, restricted land, fee land, and allotted land are phrases that do have legal meaning and are described in general terms Read More »