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JOHNSON v. CHILKAT INDIAN VILLAGE

No. J76-12 Civil.

457 F.Supp. 384 (1978)

Estelle De Haven JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. CHILKAT INDIAN VILLAGE, Dick Hotch, Johanna Hotch, Joseph Hotch, Rose Hotch, Ruth Kasko, Katzeek Smith, Helen King, Margaret Stevens, Lani Strong, Martha Willard, Marvin Willard, and other unknown residents of Klukwan, Alaska, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Alaska.

September 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven S. Bell, Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff.

Linn H. Asper, Haines, Alaska, for Joseph Hotch and Chilkat Indian Village.

Brad J. Brinkman, Elisabeth A. Werby, Alaska Legal Services Corp., Juneau, Alaska, for defendant Martha Willard.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

VON DER HEYDT, Chief Judge.

This cause comes before the court on defendants' motion to dismiss. This litigation arises out of claims to the possession and ownership of a number of artifacts of significance to the culture and heritage of the Tlingit people of Klukwan, Alaska.1 The plaintiff, Estelle de Haven Johnson, a Tlingit Indian who resides in Arizona, claims...

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