By Vanessa Lisa Kiraly ( July 12, 2021, 1:41 PM EDT) -- In contrast to Canadian studies on modern treaties, studies on the effect of private ownership of Indigenous lands in the U.S. have also shown mixed results. In Christian Dippel’s 2020 study, the authors analyzed the impact of non-transferable property rights on land development of communally owned tribal lands, allotted-trust lands (most comparable to Canada’s certificates of possession) and fee simple Native American lands. Their research showed that land-use efficiency for communally owned tribal lands, although lower than fee simple lands, was higher than allotted trust....