Just musing.....
Some (in fact, a lot) tribal land passed into private hands through a process called an allotment. So if title to land passed that way, the owners still own it.
Ownership is one thing. Sovereignty is another.
So, FWIW, as I understand it, people who own property there still own it and if it passed by allotment into non-Indian hands, the tribe probably gave up sovereignty over it.
Maybe one of the 'fire attorneys can clarify.
In any event, I do predict a mess.
This is what happens. You own it, but you get taxed to death.
https://www.nativetimes.com/index.p...ibe-wins-round-in-pender-booze-tax-fightLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A federal judge ruled that the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska can collect a liquor tax on business owners in the northeast Nebraska city of Pender.
Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf ruled late last week in Lincoln that Pender is inside the Omaha Reservation and thus is subject to the tribe's liquor regulations, the Sioux City (Iowa) Journal said.
conclusion:
"Once a block of land is set aside for an Indian Reservation and no matter what happens to the title of individual plots within the area, the entire block retains its reservation status until Congress explicitly indicates otherwise.''
