25 U.S.C. § 397 — Leases of lands for grazing or mining

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Leases of lands for grazing or mining

25 U.S.C. § 397

Chapter12 — LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS

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25 U.S.C. § 397.

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Where lands are occupied by Indians who have bought and paid for the same, and which lands are not needed for farming or agricultural purposes, and are not desired for individual allotments, the same may be leased by authority of the council speaking for such Indians, for a period not to exceed five years for grazing, or ten years for mining purposes in such quantities and upon such terms and conditions as the agent in charge of such reservation may recommend, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.

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Where lands are occupied by Indians who have bought and paid for the same, and which lands are not needed for farming or agricultural purposes, and are not desired for individual allotments, the same may be leased by authority of the council speaking for such Indians, for a period not to exceed five years for grazing, or ten years for mining purposes in such quantities and upon such terms and conditions as the agent in charge of such reservation may recommend, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.

J. Gregory Merrion and Robert L. Bayless, D/B/A Merrion and Bayless, Jerome T. McHugh Chase Oil Company, Dugan Production Corporation, Consolidated Oil and Gas, Inc., Southland Royalty Company, Tesoro Petroleum Corporation, Amerada Hess, Supron Energy Corporation, Energy Reserves Group, Inc., J. M. Huber Corporation, Continental Oil Company, Atlantic Richfield Company, Phillips Petroleum Company, Tenneco Oil Company, Getty Oil Company, and Gulf Oil Corporation v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, Jicarilla Apache Tribal Council, and Cecil Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, Mobile Oil Corporation and Oxy Petroleum, Inc., Intervenors-Appellees. Amoco Production Company and Marathon Oil Company v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, Jicarilla Apache Tribal Council, Gwendolyn Velarde, Treasurer of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe, Cecil Andrus, Secretary of the Interior

617 F.2d 537 (Tenth Circuit, 1980)

3 case citations

Blackfeet Tribe of Indians v. Groff

729 F.2d 1185 (Ninth Circuit, 1982)

2 case citations

Texaco, Inc. v. San Juan County

869 P.2d 942 (Utah Supreme Court, 1994)

1 case citations

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe v. Homans

775 F. Supp. 2d 1259 (D. New Mexico, 2009)

Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma v. United States

128 Fed. Cl. 642 (Federal Claims, 2016)

Adams v. Osage Tribe of Indians

50 F.2d 918 (N.D. Oklahoma, 1931)

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History

(Feb. 28, 1891, ch. 383, §3, 26 Stat. 795.)

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Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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