1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov October 14, 2021Tribal Lands: An OverviewTribal lands can have a complicated and intermingled mix of land ownership and designation statuses. For instance, some federally recognized Indian tribes (hereinafter referred to as tribes) have reservations, whereas other tri
2、bes do not. Tribes may have land held in trust by the federal government or tribes may own restricted fee lands. Still other tribes may be landless. Because tribal lands may have different ownership statuses, tribes and tribal members may have different rights to manage and develop their lands and r
3、esources. Further, the federal government has varying levels of responsibility to tribes and their members depending on the types of land holdings. The following are common tribal land holdings: trust land, restricted fee land, and fee land. Other types of land designations, while not considered pro
4、perty holdings, can influence tribal land policy and may include trust, restricted fee, and fee lands within their scope. Such designations include allotted land, federal Indian reservations, and the term Indian Country (see “A Note on Indian Country, below”). The various types of tribal land holdin