Public Domain
Public land is land owned by the state or federal government, and includes such things as national parks.
There is no state in the middle of public lands. There are public lands IN states.
Yes you can on private property with the landowners permission. No to any Federal, State or public lands.
The Homestead Act
The question isn't who, its what. It was the Morrill land-grant act.
There are no state or federal Indian lands (reservations) in the state of Indiana.
Give all of the public lands to the us
It is primarily the Federal and State/Provincial Government's responsibility to make the laws and rules about government lands.
Public Defenders are paid by the local or state government in a local trial, and by the federal government in a federal trial.
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About 130 million acres are owned by the federal government and other state and local governments. The remaining 300 million acres are in relatively small tracts