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users found themselves in substantial accord while the Indians were more than skeptical. Counsel for the Indians voiced objections and insisted upon the institution of trespass proceeding against the non-Indians. In this same year, and for reasons entirely unrelated, I resigned as Assistant U.S. Attorney to devote full time to the private practice of the law. At the request of the Indians and two days after the Uintah and Ouray Tribal Business Committee had adopted a resolution, by a vote of 4 to 2, appointing me as the general counsel. I entered upon a somewhat shaky assignment to be put to the test for a period of seven and a half months as tribal attorney. Superintendent Forrest R. Stone gave me a full-flavored recommendation and in less than a month I had the approval of the office of Indian Affairs, which was then located in Chicago, to continue the work I had already commenced. The grazing rights involved in the "Special Indian Grazing Unit" constituted one of the three specific subjects within the defined scope of my employment. I prefer to regard my continuous employment under successive contracts since that time as complimentary in nature, but there may be those who feel it has taken me this long to complete a seven and a half month's job. The battle goes on with new problems. Only eighteen days ago (19iT)we learned that Grand County is still attempting to force a road through this area when the State Attorney General ruled that the State Land Board had no authority to grant such a right-of-way. During the first part of December 1946, I went to Washington, D.C. to confer with the Solicitor's office of the department. There our case was presented and we awaited advice. It was learned that W.H. Flannery, Assistant Solicitor, had drafted a memorandum to the Secretary reviewing the history of the problem and outlining a procedure for the adjudication of the respective rights of parties claiming an interest in Unit G of District 8. By the 30th of January, 1947, the Flannery memorandum remained somewhere in the department, and I decided to call to the attention of the solicitor a defiant provocation on the part of a certain non-Indian stockman who had brazenly grazed the
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| Title | John S. Boyden: three score and ten in retrospect |
| Creator | Boyden, Orpha Amanda Sweeten |
| Subject | Boyden, John Sterling, 1906-1980; Democratic Party -- Utah; Coalville (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Life story of John S. Boyden, including his experiences in Coalville, Utah, law practice, participation in the Utah Democratic Party, family life, church involvement, and advocacy for Indians. |
| Source | Boyden |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | text |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College Press |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/boyden.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1144.cpd |
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