How Land Can Return, Legally, to Indian Country: Guidance from the BIA

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---Department of the Interior

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For more details see Bureau of Indian Affairs at BIA.gov

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Top image: Augustine Indian Reservation, California, by Visitor7, Wikimedia Commons