Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73

§856 Selection of school lands on ceded Indian reservations

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 20— - RESERVATIONS AND GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES › § 856

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

States or Territories with school land rights before March 2, 1895 may select surplus reservation lands that the United States bought after allotments to Indians and before the reservation opened for settlement.

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Title 43, §856

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Any State or Territory entitled to indemnity school lands or entitled to select lands for educational purposes under law existing prior to March 2, 1895, may select such lands within the boundaries of any Indian reservation in such State or Territory from the surplus lands thereof, purchased by the United States after allotments have been made to the Indians of such reservation, and prior to the opening of such reservation to settlement.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 856

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73