MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION v. HODEL

Civ. A. No. 85-2668.

670 F.Supp. 434 (1987)

The MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION, Plaintiff, v. Donald HODEL, Secretary of the Interior, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy G. Dunn, Washington, D.C., Geoffrey M. Standing Bear, Tulsa, Okl., George Almerigi, General Counsel, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Okmulgee, Okl., for plaintiff.

Pamela S. West, Trial Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Div., General Litigation Section, Washington, D.C., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

OBERDORFER, District Judge.

In Harjo v. Kleppe, 420 F.Supp. 1110 (D.D.C.1976), aff'd sub nom. Harjo v. Andrus, 581 F.2d 949 (D.C.Cir.1978), this Court extensively reviewed the history of the federal government's relations with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, an Indian tribe located in the state of Oklahoma, and concluded that

despite the general intentions...

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