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[CITE: 28USC1362]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
 
                CHAPTER 85--DISTRICT COURTS; JURISDICTION
 
Sec. 1362. Indian tribes

    The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil 
actions, brought by any Indian tribe or band with a governing body duly 
recognized by the Secretary of the Interior, wherein the matter in 
controversy arises under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the 
United States.

(Added Pub. L. 89-635, Sec. 1, Oct. 10, 1966, 80 Stat. 880.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 25 section 1725.
