Utah Judge Says Tribe's Split Estate Lands Not Indian Country

By Crystal Owens ( March 24, 2026, 3:43 PM EDT) -- A Utah federal judge has determined that split estate lands within the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation are not Indian Country, saying that decades of precedent in the dispute over the Ute Indian Tribe's jurisdiction backs the decision....

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