United States v. Pueblo of San Ildefonso

These cases are before the court on an interlocutory appeal by the Government from a decision of the Indian Claims Commission, rendered on May 9, 1973, and reported in 30 Ind. Cl. Comm. 234 (1973). The three Indian pueblos of San Ildefonso, Santo Domingo and Santa Clara filed claims with the Commission, pursuant to clause 4 of section 2 of the Indian Claims Commission Act,1 to recover compensation *654for the extinguishment of aboriginal title to their lands in northern New Mexico. Each pueblo’s claim is separate and distinct; the claims are not consolidated, but have proceeded together for…