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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1041f. Jurisdiction
(a) In general
The Tribe shall have jurisdiction over trust land and restricted
land of the Tribe and its members to the same extent that the
Cherokee Nation has jurisdiction over land recognized by the
Secretary to be within the Cherokee Nation and its members, but
only if such land -
(1) is not recognized by the Secretary to be within the
jurisdiction of another federally recognized tribe; or
(2) has been placed in trust or restricted status with the
consent of the federally recognized tribe within whose
jurisdiction the Secretary recognizes the land to be, and only to
the extent that the Tribe's jurisdiction has been agreed to by
that host tribe.
(b) Rule of construction
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to diminish or
otherwise limit the jurisdiction of any Indian tribe that is
federally recognized on the day before December 27, 2000, over
trust land, restricted land, or other forms of Indian country of
that Indian tribe on such date.
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