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A fee to trust land acquisition, also known as “land into trust,” is the transfer of land title from an individual Indian or federally-recognized Tribe to the United States, in trust, for the benefit of that individual Indian or Tribe.
All federally recognized American Indian tribes and individuals are eligible to apply for a fee-to-trust land acquisition. An applicant must submit a specific written request for the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of an applicant.
This page provides basic information about Indian trust assets. Covered topics include: Definition of Indian trust assets; How trust assets are acquired; How trust assets generate money; How beneficiaries get paid; Trust assets and taxes; Definition of fractionated land; What you can do on trust lands; What are Indian trust assets?
OTS carries out Indian Affairs' trust responsibilities to American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and individuals and oversees all major activities associated with the management and protection of trust and restricted lands, natural resources, and real estate services.
Indian Lands Overview. The U.S. Domestic Sovereign Nations: Land Areas of Federally-recognized Tribes map (commonly referred to as Indian lands) gives the user the ability to zoom, change base maps, and identify tribal lands with the BIA Land Area Representation (LAR).
In the United States, off-reservation trust land refers to real estate outside an Indian reservation that is held by the Interior Department for the benefit of a Native American tribe or a member of a tribe.
18 sty 2024 · In December 2023, the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) published the Land Acquisition Final Rule defining the process by which BIA can take tribal land into trust of the federal government.