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SEKAQUAPTEWA v. MacDONALD

No. Civ. 74-842 Pct. WPC.

448 F.Supp. 1183 (1978)

Abbott SEKAQUAPTEWA, Chairman of the Hopi Tribal Council of the Hopi Indian Tribe, for and on behalf of the Hopi Indian Tribe and all villages, clans, and Individual members of the Hopi Tribe, Plaintiff, v. Peter MacDONALD, Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council of the Navajo Indian Tribe, for and on behalf of the Navajo Indian Tribe and all villages, clans, and Individual members of the Navajo Tribe, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

April 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Boyden, George J. Romney, Scott C. Pugsley of Boyden, Kennedy, Romney & Howard, Salt Lake City, Utah, Philip E. von Ammon, Donald R. Gilbert of Fennemore, Craig, von Ammon & Udall, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiff.

Paul F. Eckstein, Terry E. Fenzl of Brown & Bain, Phoenix, Ariz., Richard Schifter of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Kampelman, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

COPPLE, District Judge.

Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 640d-7, the Hopi tribal chairman commenced an action in this district to determine the Hopi tribal rights and interests in the area described by the Act of June 14, 1934, 48 Stat. 960 (1934 Act). The 1934 Act describes the exterior boundaries of the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona, and conveys an equitable interest in certain of these lands to the Navajo and "such other...

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