25 U.S.C. § 416i : US Code - Section 416I: Restrictions

Search 25 U.S.C. § 416i : US Code - Section 416I: Restrictions

Nothing contained in sections 416 to 416j of this title shall -
(a) authorize the alienation, encumbrance, or taxation of any
interest in real or personal property, including water rights,
held in trust by the United States or held by an individual
Indian, the Papago Tribe or the Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Community subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by
the United States, or any income therefrom: Provided, That the
foregoing shall not affect the power to lease as provided in
section 416 of this title or the power to dedicate as provided in
section 416f of this title and shall not affect or abridge any
right of the State of Arizona or its political subdivisions to
tax non-Indian leasehold and possessory interests, buildings,
improvements and personal property located on the San Xavier and
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Reservations and not owned by Papago or
Pima-Maricopa Indians residing thereon;
(b) confer jurisdiction on the State of Arizona to adjudicate
in probate proceedings or otherwise the ownership or right to
possession of trust or restricted property or any interests
therein;
(c) alter or abridge in any way the authority of public school
districts to include areas within the San Xavier and Salt River
Pima-Maricopa Reservation;
(d) be construed to repeal any authority to lease or mortgage
trust or restricted Indian lands conferred by or pursuant to any
other provision of law.