Best place to check is the De Lorme state atlases, that for the westerrn
states now have a centerfold showing land ownership by colur, so
chequerboard BLM/Indian lands stand out clearly and then you can look at the
detail pages. Check Ca,Ne, NM, especially.

>From: barbaria_longa@...
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: Sv: [BoundaryPoint] binational quadripoints
>Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 02:09:30 -0000
>
>--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Brendan Whyte" <brwhyte@h...> wrote:
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>way back in message 681
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>
>
> > Several Indian reservations in the US are also chequerboards fo squares,
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> > each 1 square mile. Like a chequerboard, the black squares belong to the
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> > natives, and the white squares to the whites... ironic, huh? ;-) See the
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> > area around Palm Springs especially.
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>
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>& indeed we did look into this in subsequent messages
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> as many will recall
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>& i do intend to visit the area literally later this spring
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>but are there any other specific examples of indian reservations doing this
>checkerboard thing that you may be aware of
>
>
>
>the phenomenon may seem secondary or tertiary or even less important in
>normal terms
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>but with claims of indian sovereignty growing louder everywhere
>
>our elite little club of 2 or 3 world class boundary crosses could actually
>be subject to explosive growth at any time
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>so i think it behooves us to keep an eye out for indians
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>just as we are keeping a lookout for new maritimes etc
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>
>
>m
>

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