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25 CFR §169.10

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A right-of-way is a non-possessory interest in land, and title does not pass to the grantee. The Secretary's grant of a right-of-way will clarify that it does not diminish to any extent:
  1. (a)The Indian tribe's jurisdiction over the land subject to, and any person or activity within, the right-of-way;
  2. (b)The power of the Indian tribe to tax the land, any improvements on the land, or any person or activity within, the right-of-way;
  3. (c)The Indian tribe's authority to enforce tribal law of general or particular application on the land subject to and within the right-of-way, as if there were no grant of right-of-way;
  4. (d)The Indian tribe's inherent sovereign power to exercise civil jurisdiction over non-members on Indian land; or
  5. (e)The character of the land subject to the right-of-way as Indian country under 18 U.S.C. 1151.