25 CFR § 502.12 - Indian lands.

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title: "25 CFR § 502.12 - Indian lands."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "502.12"
section_name: "Indian lands."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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part_number: "502"
part_name: "DEFINITIONS OF THIS CHAPTER"
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# 502.12 Indian lands.

*Indian lands* means:

(a) Land within the limits of an Indian reservation; or

(b) Land over which an Indian tribe exercises governmental power and that is either—

(1) Held in trust by the United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe or individual; or

(2) Held by an Indian tribe or individual subject to restriction by the United States against alienation.