Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§311 Opening Highways
Title 25 › CHAPTER 8 — RIGHTS-OF-WAY THROUGH INDIAN LANDS › § 311
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior can let state or local officials build public roads across Indian reservations or individual allotments that do not have full sale rights. They must meet any conditions he sets and follow the laws of the state or territory where the land is.
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Title 25, §311
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to grant permission, upon compliance with such requirements as he may deem necessary, to the proper State or local authorities for the opening and establishment of public highways, in accordance with the laws of the State or Territory in which the lands are situated, through any Indian reservation or through any lands which have been allotted in severalty to any individual Indian under any laws or treaties but which have not been conveyed to the allottee with full power of alienation.
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 311
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102