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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
There was no basis available on which the matter could be presented to an existing tribunal. John, therefore, conceived that it would be necessary to have Congress pass special enabling legislation creating a special tribunal to hear and determine the dispute. This legislation was accomplished under John's leadership and the Act of July 22, 1958, Public Law 85-547 was enacted by Congress. The Act authorized the chairmen of the tribal councils of the respective tribes, and the Attorney General on behalf of the United States, to commence or defend an action against each other and any other tribe of Indians claiming any interest in the 1882 Reservation. The purpose of such an action as defined by the act would be to determine the rights and interests of these parties in and to the lands and to quiet title thereto in the tribes or Indians "establishing such claims pursuant to such Executive order as may be just and fair in law and equity." Having anticipated this day John had personally and with the aid of associates Bryant H. Croft and Allen H. Tibbals and some other personnel researched the history of the Hopi land use diligently in all available sources, such as the Library of Congress, federal document depositories, federal and state archives, libraries, such as the Huntington Library, even college libraries, amassing a tremendous quantity of documentation which established the Hopi claim to the land and which dealt with the troublesome problem created by the language of the Executive Order creating the 1882 Reservation, "and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to settle thereon." The Navajo claimed to have been settled by the secretary. Tremendous effort was to be expended by John and associates in exhausting all sources of available material to prove the truth or lack of truth of that contention. This material had been analyzed and organized in anticipation of the need and when the President of the United States signed into law the 1958 act of Congress creating the tribunal, John immediately was prepared and filed the complaint which became the initial pleading and set out the claim of the Hopi in the case officially entitled, DEWEY HEALING, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL OF THE HOPI INDIAN TRIBE, FOR AND O N BEHALF OF THE HOPI INDIAN TRIBE. INCLUDING ALL VILLAGES
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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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