---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 597c"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "597c"
heading: "Reservation of Indians’ right to use lands"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/597c"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government"
  - "Subchapter XVII — Legislation Applicable to Particular Projects Generally"
---

# §597c. Reservation of Indians’ right to use lands


The easements granted in [section 597a of this title](/usc/43/597a.md) shall not interfere with the use by the Indians of the Wind River or Shoshone Indian Reservation of the lands dealt with in sections [597a](/usc/43/597a.md) to [597d](/usc/43/597d.md) of this title and the waters of Bull Lake Creek and the reservoir insofar as the use by the Indians shall not be inconsistent with the use of said lands for reservoir purposes.


## Source credit

(Mar. 14, 1940, ch. 51, § 3, 54 Stat. 49.)