Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. The United States

*1195ON APPEAL FROM THE INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION

DURFEE, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Indian Claims Commission dismissing appellant’s petitions in Docket Nos. 236-K, 236-L and 236-M.

Appellant, the Gila River Indian Community, sued for itself and for and on behalf of members of the Pima and Maricopa Tribes of Indians.

The petitions, which were dealt with jointly by the Commission, asserted claims based on damages to the Tribe resulting from the Government’s breach of its alleged general obligation as guardian of the Indians and from the breach of an obligation created by affirmative…