16 U.S.C. § 228i — Havasupai Indian Reservation

(a) Lands of Havasupai Reservation Addition held in trust; boundaries. To help the Havasupai Tribe improve its members' social, cultural, and economic life, about 185,000 acres called the "Havasupai Reservation Addition" are now held by the United States in trust for the tribe. A map on file with the Secretary in Washington, D.C. shows the exact boundary, which generally runs a quarter mile from the rim of the Grand Canyon's outer gorge and follows Havasu Creek between two named points. (b) Lands held in trust included within Reservation; administration; specific restrictions. This trust land becomes part of the Havasupai Reservation and is managed under the same laws that apply to other trust Indian lands, with seven specific rules: (1) the tribe may use the land for traditional and religious purposes, including gathering wild foods, paints, and medicines; (2) the tribe may use the land for farming and grazing, as long as the land can support it, as the Secretary decides; (3) historical burial grounds may keep being used as burial grounds; (4) the Secretary, working with the Havasupai Tribal Council, must study and create a land-use plan, which must go through public review, public hearings, and be sent to Congress at least 90 days before it takes effect — and any later changes to the plan follow the same process; (5) no commercial timber cutting, commercial mining, or commercial or industrial development is allowed, though the Secretary can approve small tribal businesses that fit the land-use plan; (6) non-tribal members can cross the land at Secretary-approved locations to reach nearby park land, and with the tribe's consent, may temporarily use the land for recreation under the approved plan or buy hunting licenses from the tribe, subject to Secretary rules; and (7) apart from those six allowed uses, the land must stay forever wild, and the plan cannot allow anything that would hurt its scenic and natural qualities. (c) Conservation measures; Federal programs; right of access. The Secretary must set up and maintain conservation measures for this land, including protecting it from fire, disease, insects, trespassing, erosion, harmful land use, overgrazing, and pollution. The Secretary can contract with the Secretary of Agriculture for help with this. The tribe can use any federal program available to other Indian tribes for their well-being, as long as the program fits the purposes of this group of laws. The Secretary keeps a right of access to this land to manage and preserve Grand Canyon National Park resources. Nothing here blocks tribal members from reaching sacred or religious places, burial grounds, native foods, paints, materials, or medicines on public land not otherwise covered by these laws. (d) Grazing rights on the Raintank Allotment. Anyone already grazing livestock under a federal permit or lease on the part of Kaibab National Forest called the "Raintank Allotment" — now included in the Havasupai Reservation — can keep grazing there, but no permit or renewal can extend more than ten years past January 3, 1975. After that, all rights to use that land transfer to the tribe under the same terms as the rest of the reservation land described in subsection (b). (e) Havasupai Use Lands. Subject to reasonable rules the Secretary sets to protect scenery, nature, and wildlife, the Secretary must let the tribe use about 95,300 acres inside Grand Canyon National Park called "Havasupai Use Lands" for grazing and other traditional purposes. (f) Extinguishment of other tribal claims. By passing this group of laws, Congress declares that any tribal right, title, or interest in land not specifically placed in trust for the Havasupai Tribe or otherwise covered by these laws is extinguished — meaning the tribe gives up any claim to land not covered here.