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About a decade ago, land agreements expired that allowed nontribal people to use the roads to move onto reservation land, and to build homes and businesses there.

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2023

Such a task would fall to tribal authorities, but they need assistance from the city to deal with nontribal people.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2023

This applies not just to the Wabanaki but to the Maine state government, Maine's nontribal citizens and Maine's economy.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2023

The spending is meant to create a blueprint for the federal government to help other communities, Native as well as nontribal, move away from vulnerable areas, officials said.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022

To allow for the nontribal and unrecognizable names on Ryer's lists this value may be arbitrarily reduced to 200.

From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Cook, Sherburne F.