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[CITE: 25USC668]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                        CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
 
         SUBCHAPTER XXVI--SOUTHERN UTE INDIAN TRIBE OF COLORADO
 
Sec. 668. Sale of lands held by the United States

    Subject to the provisions of the Southern Ute Indian tribal 
constitution and the ordinances and resolutions adopted thereunder, any 
lands that are held by the United States in trust for the Southern Ute 
Indian Tribe or that are subject to a restriction against alienation or 
taxation imposed by the United States, and that are not needed for 
Indian use, may be sold by the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, with the 
approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and such sales shall 
terminate the Federal trust or restrictions against alienation or 
taxation of the lands, except that the trust or restricted status of 
said lands may be retained, upon approval of the Secretary of the 
Interior, in any sale to a member of the tribe.

(Pub. L. 92-312, Sec. 1, June 14, 1972, 86 Stat. 216.)


Southern Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado; Confirmation of Reservation 
                               Boundaries

    Pub. L. 98-290, May 21, 1984, 98 Stat. 201, provided that:


                         ``congressional purpose

    ``Section 1. The purposes of this Act are--
        ``(1) to resolve uncertainty over the boundaries of the Southern 
    Ute Indian Reservation and the status of unrestricted land on such 
    reservation, and
        ``(2) to avoid long and costly litigation over issues dependent 
    on reservation or Indian country status.


                       ``indian trust land defined

    ``Sec. 2. For purposes of this Act, the term `Indian trust land' 
means any land within the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian 
Reservation which--
        ``(1) is held by the United States in trust for the benefit of 
    the Southern Ute Indian Tribe or individual Indians, or
        ``(2) is owned by the United States and reserved for use or 
    actually used in the administration of Indian affairs.
Any right-of-way bounded on both sides by Indian trust land shall be 
Indian trust land. Any other right-of-way shall not be Indian trust 
land.


       ``boundaries of the southern ute indian reservation defined

    ``Sec. 3. The Southern Ute Indian Reservation in the State of 
Colorado is declared to have the following boundaries:
        ``(1) Bounded on the north by the southern boundary of the 
    lands--
            ``(A) ceded to the United States by certain bands of Ute 
        Indians under the Articles of Convention entered into on 
        September 13, 1873, and ratified by the Act approved April 29, 
        1874 (18 Stat. 36), and
            ``(B) described in article I of such Articles of Convention.
        ``(2) Bounded on the south by the boundary line between the 
    States of Colorado and New Mexico as described in article II of the 
    treaty between the United States and the Ute Indians concluded March 
    2, 1868, and proclaimed November 6, 1868 (15 Stat. 619).
        ``(3) Bounded on the west by the eastern boundary of the Ute 
    Mountain Ute Indian Reservation.
        ``(4) Bounded on the east by the southernmost 15 miles of the 
    eastern boundary of the lands reserved to the Ute Indians by article 
    II of the treaty between the United States and the Ute Indians 
    concluded March 2, 1868, and proclaimed November 6, 1868 (15 Stat. 
    619), except that the lands east of such boundary in township 32 
    north, range 1 west, New Mexico principal meridian, that are held by 
    the United States in trust for the benefit of the Southern Ute 
    Indian Tribe are part of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation.


                     ``jurisdiction over reservation

    ``Sec. 4. (a) Such territorial jurisdiction as the Southern Ute 
Indian Tribe has over persons other than Indians and the property of 
such persons shall be limited to Indian trust lands within the 
reservation.
    ``(b) Any person who is not an Indian and the property of any such 
person shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States under 
section 1152 of title 18, United States Code, only on Indian trust land.
    ``(c) Any law of the United States related to the sale, possession, 
introduction, or manufacture of alcoholic beverages or to trading with 
Indians within Indian country, or within the Indian reservation, shall 
apply, with respect to the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, only on 
Indian trust land.


 ``jurisdiction over incorporated municipalities within the reservation

    ``Sec. 5. The State of Colorado shall exercise criminal and civil 
jurisdiction within the boundaries of the town of Ignacio, Colorado, and 
any other municipality which may be incorporated under the laws of 
Colorado within the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, as if such State 
had assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Act of August 15, 1953 (67 
Stat. 588), as amended by the Act of April 11, 1968 (82 Stat. 79) [see 
28 U.S.C. 1360 note].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 670 of this title.
