Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. United States

OPINION

HARKINS, Judge.

This claim for compensation for taking the tribal lands of the Gila River Pima-Mar-icopa Indian Community was filed on August 8, 1951, under Section 2 of the Indian Claims Commission Act.1 The Indian Claims Commission, after trial in July and August, 1962, determined on December 17, 1970, that plaintiffs, an identifiable group of American Indians, held Indian title based on use and occupancy to a defined area of 3,751,000 acres in south-central Arizona. On January 20,1972, the Commission decided that aboriginal title was extinguished on November 15,1883, for lands not…