Although they at that time became part of the United States, the pueblo lands (45) never formally constituted a part of federal public lands; in any event, no treaty, statute, or executive order has ever designated or withdrawn the pueblos from (50) public lands as American Indian reservations. This fact, however, has not barred application of the Winters doctrine. 个人理解是:这两个高亮部分是平行关系。因为 pueblo从来不构成public land的一部分,所以也从来没有任何法案或条例规定将他们public land收回座位reservation(由于不具备public land的性质)。这表面上便与 Winter Doctrine抵触,但是作者又来了个转折说实际上这是不违背Winder Doctrine的,接着解释不违背原因(实则成为legal bases) |