Native Trust Land in colonial Nyasaland was a category of land held in trust by the Secretary of State for the Colonies and administered by the colonial governor for the benefit of African communities. In pre-colonial times, land belonged to the African communities that occupied it, and their members were free to use it in accordance with local customary law. In the late 19th century, large areas of fertile land were acquired by European settlers, and the remainder became Crown land, which the colonial government could alienate without the consent of the resident communities. To give a measure of protection to those communities, in 1916 land in Native Reserves, which then amounted to about a quarter of the land in the protectorate, was designated as Native Trust Land, to be held in trust for the benefit of African communities. Later, in 1936, all Crown Land except game or forest reserves or that used for public purposes became Native Trust Land, and Native Authorities were authorised to allocate Trust Land to their communities in accordance with customary law. After 1936, Native Trust Land constituted over 80% of the land in Nyasaland and most African farmers farmed Native Trust Land (renamed African Trust Land in 1950) from then until Nyasaland gained independence as Malawi in 1964 and after.
NativeTrustLand in colonial Nyasaland was a category of land held in trust by the Secretary of State for the Colonies and administered by the colonial...
the land owned by the United States government and held in trust for Native American tribes and individuals is sometimes referred to as a landtrust. In...
A Hawaiian home land is an area held in trust for Native Hawaiians by the state of Hawaii under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920. Upon the 1893...
The Sogorea Te LandTrust is an urban landtrust founded in 2012 with the goals of returning traditionally Chochenyo and Karkin lands in the San Francisco...
American Indian reservation is an area of land held and governed by a U.S. federal government-recognized Native American tribal nation, whose government...
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Australia, an Aboriginal landtrust (ALT) is a type of non-profit organisation that holds the freehold title to an area of land on behalf of a community...
become future reserves. A Land Registration Ordinance in 1916 recognised the Native Reserves as NativeTrustLand, to be held in trust for the benefit of their...
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of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives". Many Native Americans and advocates of Native American...
the VKB, is the official Fijian register of native landowners. It is known in English as the NativeLand Register. By law, all indigenous Fijians who...
Founded in 1980, the NZ Native Forests Restoration Trust is an organisation involved in forest restoration. The Trust acquires land to protect important...
of the country's land area) Native Community Lands in Bolivia - 168,000 square kilometres (65,000 sq mi) (15% of the country's land area) Indigenous territories...
156°30′27″W / 20.88677°N 156.507385°W / 20.88677; -156.507385The Hawaii LandTrust (HILT) is a non-profit organization established in Hawaii to “protect...
differences between land rights and native title. Land rights are rights created by the Australian, state or territory governments. Land rights usually consist...
trust for Native American tribes are generally not considered public lands. There are some 55 million acres (0.22 million km2) of land held in trust by...
The Native Woodland Trust is an Irish environmental non-governmental organisation established in 2000 with the aims of restoring and protecting Irish...
less land or labour available were frequently at risk of hunger. About 70% of African smallholders in the Shire Highlands occupied NativeTrustLand, for...
Big Sur LandTrust is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit located in Monterey, California, that has played an instrumental role in preserving land in California's...
Native title is the set of rights, recognised by Australian law, held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups or individuals to land that derive...
citizenship). Land allotted to Native Americans was taken out of Trust and subject to taxation. The Burke Act did not apply to any Native Americans in...
future generations to enjoy". The Trust owns and manages around 130 properties and 180,000 acres (73,000 ha; 730 km2) of land, including castles, ancient small...
legislation and system of land councils. Aboriginal landtrusts (ALTs) were also set up under the Act, which hold the freehold title to the land granted under the...
relations with the federal government. The Miccosukee had reservation land taken into trust for them by the federal government. In addition, the two tribes...
the land in perpetuity. Trust for Nature developed conservation covenants in 1978 as a tool to protect native plants and wildlife on private land. Conservation...
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