---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 1362"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "1362"
heading: "Indian tribes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/1362"
units:
  - "Part IV — Jurisdiction and Venue"
  - "Chapter 85 — District Courts; Jurisdiction"
---

# §1362. Indian tribes


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.


## Source credit

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