Abstract
When the Germanic tribes swarmed over the decayed wreck of the Roman Empire, the quest for land was foremost in their minds. Among these tribes were the Angles and the Saxons, whose desire for land led to the founding and development of England. Centuries later these same tribes, now denominated "Englishmen," swarmed into North America, where they became known as "Americans" or "Anglo-Americans," and made treaties with Indians and with other political powers whereby more and more lands were acquired, reaching ultimately from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts.
Under a policy of reserving certain lands for Indian use, which reached full development during the middle 19th Century, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a federal agency under the War Department, came into being. Subsequently, with the creation of the Department of the Interior in 1850, Congress delegated to the Secretary of the Interior management responsibility for trust or restricted Indian land. Over-all responsibility rests with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, but the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Land Management and the Office of the Solicitor are also concerned with Indian matters.
This article concentrates on Indian land in the Southwestern United States, as indicated on the accompanying map, but it deals with federal-Indian land problems throughout the Nation.
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8 Ariz. L. Rev. 102 (Fall 1966)
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