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Indian Country

By: Brady Fairbanks. Indian Country. Indian Country. Encompasses reservations It includes all land within the limits of an Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States government All dependent Indian communities

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Indian Country

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  1. By: Brady Fairbanks Indian Country

  2. Indian Country • Encompasses reservations • It includes all land within the limits of an Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States government • All dependent Indian communities • All Indian allotments still in trust, whether they are located within reservations or not

  3. Indian Country • Congress enacted the General Allotment Act of 1887 • Purposes of Dawes Act: • Break up tribal governments, abolish the reservations and to civilize the Native peoples

  4. Three basic land holdings in Indian Country • Tribal trust lands=largest category of Indian land, are held in trust by the U.S. Government for the use of a tribe • Allotted trust lands=are held in trust for the use of individual Indians • Fee lands=are held by an owner, whether Indian or not

  5. Map of Indian Country

  6. Leech Lake Indian Country • My reservation basically was broken up during the dawes act • My tribe went from having all the land in northern Minnesota to just having 21,507 acres. • Not all of our land is Indian owned and there are non Natives that live on the reservation

  7. http://tribaljurisdiction.tripod.com/id7.html • http://indiancountryconservancy.org • http://www.llojibwe.org/ • Definitions of “Indian Country” (online reading)

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