Tlingit & Haida Indians of Alaska v. United States

This is a suit against the United States by the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska.1 The jurisdictional act2 under which this suit is brought is set forth in full in finding 1. The act authorizes the court to “hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment upon any and all claims which said Indians may have, or claim to have, against the United States.” Section 1 of the act defines the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska as “all those Indians of the whole or mixed blood of the Tlingit and Haida Tribes who are residing in Russian America, now called the Territory of *318Alaska, in the region known…