Legal Opinion
Sunrise Quoyavema v. Hopi Tribal Court
Hopi Appellate Court
Decided April 15, 2002No. Nos. 02AP000001, 00CV000182PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
BRIEF STATEMENT OF FACTS
Petitioner Riley Sunrise Quoyameva is a member of the Hopi Tribe. He claims that he is legally entitled to use land within the holdings of the Village of Sipaulovi pursuant to a land assignment from the village in 1959. Petitioner buried his wife, a non-Indian, and his son, a member of the Hopi Tribe, on the subject land.
On July 27, 2000, the Village of Sipaulovi (Respondent/Real Party in Interest) filed a complaint in the Hopi Tribal Court against Petitioner, alleging that Petitioner was unlawfully occupying certain lands within the Village and that…
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