25 U.S.C. § 176
Survey of reservations
Whenever it becomes necessary to survey any Indian or other reservations, or any lands, the same shall be surveyed under the direction and control of the Bureau of Land Management, and as nearly as may be in conformity to the rules and regulations under which other public lands are surveyed.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1979–2019 · leading case: Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. United States, 21 Cl. Ct. 565 (Ct. Cl. 1990).
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. United States, 21 Cl. Ct. 565 (Ct. Cl. 1990). “Defendant, citing 25 U.S.C. § 176 (1982), argued that it need conduct surveys only when necessary, is not required to initiate surveys, and that plaintiff may conduct its own surveys.”
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. The United States, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma & the Chickasaw Nation v. United States, 124 F.3d 1413 (Fed. Cir. 1997). “According to the Tribes, the United States breached this threshold duty by failing to identify the metes and bounds of the Tribes’ lands and to file suits to evict adverse users.”
Pueblo of Taos v. Andrus, 475 F. Supp. 359 (D.D.C. 1979). “25 U.S.C. § 176 (1976). These rights were adversely affected by defendant Andrus’ decision to conform to the opinion of the Attorney General.”
Confederated Tribes & Bands of The Yakama Nation v. Klickitat Cnty. (E.D. Wash. 2019). “25 U.S.C. § 176 . The Bureau of Land Management has the 18 authority to correct erroneous public land surveys.”
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