Legal Opinion
Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe v. Collier
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1994No. 93-6042PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL KELLY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Citizen Band Potawato-mi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma appeals from dismissal of its suit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs for failure to join an indispensable party. Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(7), 19. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we reverse.
Background
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 465, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has the power to grant trusts of land to proper Indian applicants. An 1872 Act of Congress specifically grants power to the Secretary of the Interior to allot land within the Potawatomi reservation in Oklahoma to an…
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