Robert P. Stockman , Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. ( Sam Hirsch , Acting Assistant Attorney General; Mark R. Haag and Kenneth D. Rooney , Attorneys, Environment & Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., with him on the brief; Cassandra Casaus Currie , Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Michael Williams , Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., of Counsel on the brief) for Defendant-Appellee.
Gregory P. Barbee of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, filed an Amici brief for Americans for Indian Opportunity, Indian Land Tenure Foundation, and Native Lands Institute.
Before PHILLIPS, SEYMOUR, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
The history of Indian law and in particular "decisions of the Supreme Court recognizing the validity of original Indian title1 make the existence and extent of such aboriginal ownership a relevant issue in title examinations whenever a chain of title is traced back to a federal grant or patent...
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