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title: "28 U.S.C. § 1362"
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title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
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# 28 U.S.C. § 1362 - Indian tribes

## Text

The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions, brought by any Indian tribe or band with a governing body duly recognized by the Secretary of the Interior, wherein the matter in controversy arises under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 89–635, § 1, Oct. 10, 1966, 80 Stat. 880.)