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Justice Manual § 5-14.120
Categories of Litigation
The Indian Resources Section’s litigation involves many of the statutes in Title 25 of the United States Code, which pertain to the responsibilities of the United States to Indian tribes and their members. But the majority of Federal Indian Law, and therefore much of the docket of the Indian Resources Section, involves questions of federal common law. These questions often relate to: the protection of trust and restricted lands and the resources connected to those lands; the water rights reserved by the United States when tribal lands were set aside; the interpretation and protection of treaty rights; and the scope of tribal jurisdiction and jurisdictional boundaries
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[Updated April 2018]
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