Legal Opinion
Big Spring v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 31, 1985No. Nos. 84-4141, 84-4170PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
Big Spring and Woodhouse, Blackfeet Indians (plaintiffs), appeal the dismissal of their claims that the mineral rights to their federal land allotments were wrongfully reserved for the Blackfeet Tribe by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Because the district court did not have jurisdiction over the defendants, the United States and the Tribe, we affirm the dismissal.
FACTS
The General Allotment Act of 1887, 25 U.S.C. §§ 331-358 (1982), established procedures for selection of allotments of reservation land to individual Indians. Section 332 provides that Indians shall make…
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