Indian Issues
GAO's Analysis of Land Ownership at 12 Reservations Gao ID: T-RCED-92-75 July 2, 1992This testimony summarizes a recent GAO report (GAO/RCED-92-96BR, Feb. 10, 1992) on land ownership at 12 Indian reservations. GAO discusses (1) the ownership of Indian land; (2) the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) work load in maintaining ownership records; and (3) the effect of the Indian Land Consolidation Act on multiple ownership of land tracts by small ownership interests, known as fractionation. GAO also discusses how it used BIA's computerized land records database to develop the information found in GAO's report.