25 U.S.C. § 1

Commissioner of Indian Affairs

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There shall be in the Department of the Interior a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 23 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1938–2025 · leading case: Nevada v. United States, 463 U.S. 110 (1983).
Nevada v. United States, 463 U.S. 110 (1983). · cites it 2× “See 25 U. S. C. § 1 . *128 But Congress in its wisdom, when it enacted the Reclamation Act of 1902, required the Secretary of the Interior to assume substantial obligations with respect to the reclamation of arid lands in the western part of the United States.”
Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians v. NGV Gaming, Ltd., 531 F.3d 767 (9th Cir. 2008). · cites it 2× “25 U.S.C. § 1 . There is no dispute that the Lease "encumbers" land which the lease defines as "Trust Lands.”
State v. Sebastian, 701 A.2d 13 (Conn. 1997). · cites it 2× “564 (codified at 25 U.S.C. §§ 1 , 2 (1988)). Two years later Congress granted the President authority to ‘prescribe such rules and regulations as he may think fit, for carrying into effect the various provisions of [any act] relating to Indian affairs.”
Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Indians v. Weicker, 39 F.3d 51 (2d Cir. 1994). · cites it 2× “Two years later Congress granted the President authority to “prescribe such rules and regulations as he may think fit, for carrying into effect the various provisions of [any act] relating to Indian affairs_” Act of June 30,1834, ch.”
United States Ex Rel. John Yellow Bird Steele v. Turn Key Gaming, Inc. Wayne Barber, 260 F.3d 971 (8th Cir. 2001). “The United States argued that Section 81, through 25 U.S.C. § 1 , sets strict limits on who may authorize an agreement with an Indian tribe.”
Morton v. Kievit (In Re Vallecito Gas, LLC), 461 B.R. 358 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2011). “25 U.S.C. §§ 1 , 2. Section 2102 of title 15, United States Code, provides that any Indian tribe, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may enter into leases for the development of mineral resources on Indian land, and § 2107 provides that the Secretary of…”
Round Valley Indian Tribes v. United States, 97 Fed. Cl. 500 (Fed. Cl. 2011). “1180 (1923), codified at 25 U.S.C. § 1 ; see also 25 U.S.C. § 2 (“The [Assistant Secretary of the Interi- or for Indian Affairs] shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior .”
Edward J. Simons v. Jerry Vinson & A. P. Clark, 394 F.2d 732 (5th Cir. 1968). “§ 1 ; 25 U.S.C. § 1 , respectively. . In accord, authorities cited in Note 5, supra.”
Antoine Hubert Provancial v. United States, 454 F.2d 72 (8th Cir. 1972). “25 U.S. C. § 1. The Public Health Service is a part of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, administered by the Surgeon General under the supervision and direction of the Secretary.”
Kahawaiolaa v. Norton, 222 F. Supp. 2d 1213 (D. Haw. 2002). “25 U.S.C. §§ 1 , 9. Because Congress has not entered into a government-to-government relationship with Native Hawaiians, it is entirely rational for the Secretary to exclude Hawaii from the scope of the acknowledgment regulations.”
Klamath Water Users Prot. Ass'n v. United States Dep't of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, 189 F.3d 1034 (9th Cir. 1999). “§ 552 , against the Department of the Interior (the “Department”) and its constituent agency, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (“BIA”), see 25 U.S.C. § 1 . The Association is a nonprofit association of water users in the Klamath River Basin who receive water from the Klamath Project…”
Morton v. Kievit (In Re Vallecito Gas, LLC), 440 B.R. 457 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2010). “25 U.S.C. §§ 1 , 2. Section 2102 of title 15, United States Code, provides that any Indian tribe, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior may enter into leases for the development of mineral resources on Indian land, and § 2107 provides that the Secretary of the…”
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