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Indian allottee

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Definitions from Case Law

From 206 U.S. 467 - United States v. Paine Lumber Co. · 1907Most cited · 53 citing opinions

The land is not the land of the United States, and the timber when cut did not become of the property of the United States. ... we cannot extend the restraint upon the alienation of the land to a restraint upon the sale of the timber consistently with a proper and beneficial use of the land by the Indians,—a use which can in no way affect any interest of the United States.

United States Code

30 U.S.C. § 1702 — for the purposes of this chapter

“Indian allottee” means any Indian for whom land or an interest in land is held in trust by the United States or who holds title subject to Federal restriction against alienation;