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NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE v. NORTHERN CHEYENNE, ETC.

Nos. 73-1545 to 73-1547.

505 F.2d 268 (1974)

The NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NORTHERN CHEYENNE DEFENDANT CLASS OF ALLOTTEES, HEIRS AND DEVISEES, Defendant-Appellant. The NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elva L. Littlechief WILLIAMSON and James Bowen, Defendants-Appellants. The NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Myron L. LITTLEBIRD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 17, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis E. Brueggemann (argued). Billings, Mont., for appellants in 73-1545.

Robert W. Holmstrom (argued), of Longan & Holmstrom, Billings, Mont., for appellees in all three cases.

Steven L. Bunch, of Montana Legal Services Association, Helena, Mont. (argued), for appellants in 73-1546.

Otis L. Packwood, U. S. Atty. (argued), Billings, Mont., for appellants in 73-1547.

Before WRIGHT and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and PALMIERI, District Judge.

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

The Northern Cheyenne Tribe, at the direction of Congress, brought this action in the district court under a special grant of jurisdiction against appellants, individual owners, and class representatives of all allottees, their heirs and devisees, owning allotments of land within the tribal reservation. At stake are the rights to the mineral deposits contained in and beneath these lands. In 1968, Congress reserved these deposits in perpetuity...

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