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Advocate for Indians declaring the Navajo had a joint interest in part of the 1882 reservation. Jurisdictional statements were prepared directed to the Supreme Court and the Hopi through John directed a Motion to the Supreme Court seeking a f f i a n c e of the portion of the Judgment awarding to the Hopi District 6 (an established grazing district of which the boundaries had been established and recognized by stipulation of the parties). On June 3, 1963 the Supreme Court granted the Hupi Motion to affirm and affirmed the judgment of the lower court as to both appeals without further proceedings, briefing or argument before that court. This brought to a sudden close the litigation. The Hopi, who throughout had been without funds, were now in a position to exploit some of the rich mineral deposits believed to underlie part of District 6, of which the Hopi now were declared the sole owners. Ultimately John assisted the Hopi in perfecting the sale of oil and gas leases in District 6 which netted to the Tribe $3,119,000.00. of these funds, after proof and justification had Out been made to the Tribe and to the Secretary of the Interior Mr. Boyden was awarded for his efforts covering more than sixteen years, and on behalf of the other counsel who had from time to time worked with him, a fee of $1,000,000.00. It would be a happy conclusion of this episode of John's life if it could be reported that the Hopi troubles were solved as a result of the cast of Healing v. ]ones, but such was not the case. The Navajo refused to vacate the land declared exclusively Hopi, and as had been characteristic of the Government since earliest times, the Govemment refused to, or perhaps more accurately simply did not enforce the decree of the court awarding District 6 exclusively to the Hopi. John continued the battle to achieve a just rcsult for his client to the day of his death. He was joined in his action by his son, Steve and other associate counsel in the newly formed firm of Boyden and Kennedy. But as of this report twenty or more years after the termination of the case of Healing v , Jones, a total resolution of the problem between the Navajo and Hopi has not been accomplished. The situation was clearly improved, but not resolved. The two tribes and the Bureau were lcft with the administrative problems arising from the joint ownership of an area occupied mainly by Navajo
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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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