§416i Restrictions

Summary

No one may sell, pledge, or tax land, water rights, or other property that the United States holds in trust, or property held by an individual Indian, the Papago Tribe, or the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Community when the United States has limited selling, nor the income that comes from that property. Leasing under section 416 and dedicating land under section 416f are still allowed. Also, Arizona and its local governments may tax leases, possessory interests, buildings, improvements, and personal property on the San Xavier and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Reservations when those things are not owned by Papago or Pima-Maricopa Indians living there. The State of Arizona does not get the power to decide ownership or possession of trust or restricted property, even in probate cases. Public school districts keep whatever authority they have to include areas inside the San Xavier and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Reservation. Finally, nothing here cancels other laws that allow leasing or mortgaging trust or restricted Indian lands.