Legal Opinion
Albert Shields, Jr., Heir of Albert Shields, Sr. v. United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1983No. 81-3120PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:
Appellant class, approximately 200 applicants for allotments under the 1906 Alaska Native Allotment Act, appeal a district court decision holding that the Allotment Act requires the applicant to establish personal, rather than ancestral, use and occupancy of the land prior to its withdrawal for national forests. We affirm.
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In 1906 Congress passed the Alaska Native Allotment Act, Pub.L. No. 171, 34 Stat. 197 (amended 1956, repealed 1971), which authorized the Secretary of the Interior to grant Alaska Natives allotments of up to 160 acres. In 1956 Congress amended the…
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