§311. Opening highways
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to grant permission, upon compliance with such requirements as he may deem necessary, to the proper State or local authorities for the opening and establishment of public highways, in accordance with the laws of the State or Territory in which the lands are situated, through any Indian reservation or through any lands which have been allotted in severalty to any individual Indian under any laws or treaties but which have not been conveyed to the allottee with full power of alienation.
(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 832, §4, 31 Stat. 1084.)
Court Cases Citing 25 U.S.C. § 311
- Pivotal Sandia, L.L.C., et al v. Gila River Indian Community, et al (2007)
- State of South Dakota v. Frazier et al (2020)
- Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes v. Lake County Board of Commissioners et al (2020)
- Mohawks of Akwesasne v. State of New York, et al (2013)
- Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, et al v. Sally Jewell (2014)