Prairie Band of the Pottawatomie Tribe of Indians v. Udall

HILL, Circuit Judge.

This action represents a second effort of the appellants to interject the Federal courts into a tribal dispute over what Indians are eligible to receive part of a $3,209,217.00 award payable by Congress to the Prairie Band of the Pottawatomie Tribe of Indians. The money awarded was based on an earlier Indian Claims Commission judgment granting the tribe in question further compensation for land taken by the government in the nineteenth century. In addition to a dec-, laration of their rights, the appellants seek injunctive relief against the appel-lees to prevent them from…