25 U.S.C. § 211
Creation of Indian reservations
No Indian reservation shall be created, nor shall any additions be made to one heretofore created, within the limits of the States of New Mexico and Arizona, except by Act of Congress.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1962–2006 · leading case: Healing v. Jones
Healing v. Jones (1962)
“570 , 25 U.S.C. § 211 ), and March 3, 1927 ( 44 Stat.”
Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company v. Kee Ike Yazzie, Roselyn D. John, Romero Brown, Lewis Calamity, Peter J. Korth, (1990)
“25 U.S.C. § 211 . The Tribe’s attempts to document ambiguity in the record subsequent to EOs 1000/1284 do not undermine the consistent and clear interpretation of the Interior Department that the reservation had terminated.”
State v. Romero (2006)
“See Creation of Indian reservations, 25 U.S.C. § 211 (1918) (stating “[N]o Indian reservation shall be created, nor shall any additions be made to one heretofore created, within the limits of the States of New Mexico and Arizona, except by Act of Congress.”
Sekaquaptewa v. MacDonald (1978)
“570 (codified at 25 U.S.C. § 211 ) (“No Indian reservations shall be created, within the limits of the States of New Mexico and Arizona, except by Act of Congress.”
Masayesva v. Zah (1992)
“The Navajo Nation contends that section 7(b) does not authorize partition to the Paiutes as it refers only to the Navajo and Hopi Tribes, that the provision for allotments in section 8 bars this Court from providing any other remedy to the Paiutes, and that Congress retains…”
State v. Romero (2006)
“[4] See Creation of Indian reservations, 25 U.S.C. § 211 (1918) (stating "[N]o Indian reservation shall be created, nor shall any additions be made to one heretofore created, within the limits of the States of New Mexico and Arizona, except by Act of Congress.”
Jicarilla Apache Tribe v. State of New Mexico (1990)
“The State contends that 25 U.S.C. § 211 , which was passed in 1918 and which prohibits the expansion of Indian reservations in New Mexico except by Act of Congress, prohibits the Secretary from adding land to any reservation in New Mexico so that the land at issue is not…”
Taylor v. Bradley (1989)
“570 , 25 U.S.C. § 211 . Absent a specific authorization by Congress, the Secretary of Interior cannot establish a reservation.”
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