[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR169.1]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 169--RIGHTS-OF-WAY OVER INDIAN LANDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 169.1  Definitions.

    As used in this part 169:
    (a) Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized 
representative acting under delegated authority. Before proceeding under 
these regulations anyone desiring a right-of-way should inquire at the 
Indian Agency, Area Field Office, or other office of the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs having immediate supervision over the lands involved to 
determine the identity of the authorized representative of the Secretary 
for the purposes of this part 169.
    (b) Individually owned land means land or any interest therein held 
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trust by the United States for the benefit of individual Indians and 
land or any interest therein held by individual Indians subject to 
Federal restrictions against alienation or encumbrance.
    (c) Tribe means a tribe, band, nation, community, group or pueblo of 
Indians.
    (d) Tribal land means land or any interest therein, title to which 
is held by the United States in trust for a tribe, or title to which is 
held by any tribe subject to Federal restrictions against alienation or 
encumbrance, and includes such land reserved for Indian Bureau 
administrative purposes. The term also includes lands held by the United 
States in trust for an Indian corporation chartered under section 17 of 
the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 988; 25 U.S.C. 477).
    (e) Government owned land means land owned by the United States and 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary which was acquired or set aside 
for the use and benefit of Indians and not included in the definitions 
set out in paragraphs (b) and (d) of this section.