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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
by the United States, and for which, if the evidence substantiated the Hopi claim, the Indians were entitled under the Claims Act to compensation for the wrongful deprivation of their lands. The deadline for submission of the Findings, Conclusions and Judgment was met and then came the long wait for a judgment of the Court. The decision, written by Judge Hamley and unanimously adopted by the other judges, came down September 28, 1962. The Court said: The applicable facts and law of this case do not permit of a declaration that one tribe or the other has the exclusive interest in all of the 1882 Reservation; or that all of the 1882 resenration is divisible into areas of exclusive interest for one tribe or the other. The only part of the reservation which may be, and herein is, so classified is the District 6 area, as defined by on April 24,1943, the Hopi Indian Tribe having the exclusive interest therein. As to the remainder of the reservation, the Hopi and Navajo Indian Tribes have joint, undivided, and equal interests as to the surface and sub-surface including all resources appertaining thereto, subject to the trust title of the United States. Healing v. Jones, 210 F. Supp. 125, 191-92 (1962). In September, 1962, a release was prepared for the newspaper outlining the way Healing vs. Jones had proceeded until that time: Today, three Utah attorneys saw years of effort culminate in success in a decision handed down in the United States District Court in the State of Arizona. A special three judge Federal Court, created by an act of Congress, July 22, 1958, filed a unanimous decision settling many of the problems involved in eighty years of controversy between the Hopi and Navajo Indian Tribes. The effect of the decision was to reverse a 1946 ruling by the Department of Interior solicitor with respect to Navajo interest in the equivalent of approximately one million additional acres. The Court, consisting of Judge Frederick G. Hamley of 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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