INDIAN COUNTRY

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Black's Law Dictionary • 1891
This term does not necessarily import territory owned and occupied by Indians, but it means all those portions of the United States designated by this name in the legislation of congress. 4 Sawy. 121.
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Bouvier's Law Dictionary • 1928
4, 1869, with the Bannock Indians, whose reservation was within the limits of what is now the State of Wyoming, that "they shall have the right to hunt upon the un- occupied lands of the United States so long as game may be found thereon," etc., does not give them the right to exercise this privilege within the limits of that state in violation of the laws: 163 U. S. 504. The act of February 8, 1887, provides for the allotment of lands to Indians in sever- alty. By it Indians receiving allotments thereby have the benefit of, and are sub- ject to, the laws both civil and criminal of the state or territory in which they reside. Every Indian born in the United States to whom an allotment shall have been made by this act, or under any law or treaty, and any Indian born within the United States who has voluntarily taken up his residence therein apart from any Indian tribe and adopted the habits of civilized life, is made a citizen of the United States, without im- pairing his right to tribal property. An Indian woman who marries a citizen of the United States, voluntarily resides apart from her tribe, and adopts the habits of civilized life, becomes a citizen of the United States and of the state in which she resides; 57 Fed. Rep. 959; but in a few states, marriages between white persons and Indians are forbidden by statute; Tiff. Pers. & Dom. Rel. 26. See CITIZENS; INDIAN
INDIAN COUNTRYmain
Bouvier's Law Dictionary • 1928
The term "Indian country" as used in ยงยง 2145, 2146, Rev. Stats., is not confined to lands to which the Indians retain their original right of possession, but includes those set apart out of the public domain as reservations for, and not previously occupied by, the Indians. 228 U. S. 244.

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