Sentences with phrase «tribal lands held»
The National Indian Gaming Commission allows Class 3 gaming, including slot machines, on tribal lands held in federal trust within the terms of compacts between states and independent Indian nations like the Oneidas.
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The General Allotment Act or Dawes Act was passed by the United States Congress in 1887.154 It codified and expanded an existing practice in treaties, special acts and «informal» actions and has been described as «dividing Indian lands into individual holdings to promote assimilation by deliberately destroying tribal relations».155 An allotment was a piece of land, varying typically in size from 40 to 160 acres.