25 U.S.C. § 180
Settling on or surveying lands belonging to Indians by treaty
Every person who makes a settlement on any lands belonging, secured, or granted by treaty with the United States to any Indian tribe, or surveys or attempts to survey such lands, or to designate any of the boundaries by marking trees, or otherwise, is liable to a penalty of $1,000. The President may, moreover, take such measures and employ such military force as he may judge necessary to remove any such person from the lands.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1928–2021 · 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). “Plaintiff cites 25 U.S.C. § 180 (1982), which states “[ejvery person who makes a settlement on any lands belonging, secured, or granted by treaty with the United States to any Indian tribe, or surveys or attempts to survey such lands, or to designate any of the boundaries by…”
Oneida Indian Nation of NY v. State of NY, 520 F. Supp. 1278 (N.D.N.Y. 1981). “Defendants find that asserted allegation in 25 U.S.C. § 180 which provides that: Every person who makes a settlement on any lands belonging, secured, or granted by treaty with the United States to any Indian tribe, or surveys or attempts to survey such lands, or to designate any…”
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation v. Homestake Mining Co., 722 F.2d 1407 (8th Cir. 1984). “§ 177 (1983), prohibits transfers of Indian land without federal consent; and Section 11, now codified at 25 U.S.C. § 180 (1983), establishes a penalty for unauthorized settlement on Indian lands.”
Bissonette v. Haig, 800 F.2d 812 (8th Cir. 1986). “They argue that this statute expressly authorizes the use of military force to remove anyone who unlawfully attempts to take over lands that *814 the United States has by treaty granted to an Indian tribe. “Under this provision,” defendants say, Appellees’ Supplemental Brief on…”
Skokomish Indian Tribe v. United States, 115 Fed. Cl. 116 (Fed. Cl. 2014). “§ 177 ; the Act of June 30, 1834, 25 U.S.C. § 180 ; the Act of March 3, 1893, 25 U.”
United States v. Winner, 28 F.2d 295 (N.D. Ill. 1928). “§ 2118; 25 USCA § 180) and the removal of persons from the Indian country (sections 2147, 2148 ; 25 USCA §§ 220, 221) were punishable exclusively by -a penalty to be recovered in a civil action, either by the United States or an informer, and were not indictable, nor subject to…”
Morgan v. United States (Fed. Cl. 2021). “• 25 U.S.C. § 180 -Settling on or surveying lands belonging to Indians by treaty.”
United States v. Plainbull, 788 F. Supp. 1147 (D. Mont. 1990). “Section 180 of Title 25, enacted pursuant to that same Act, also applies to “[e]very person”, prohibiting “settlement on any lands belonging,- secured, or granted by treaty with the United States to any Indian tribe, or surveys or attempts to survey such lands, or to designate…”
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