Joseph A. Russ, James Whipple, and the Covelo Indian Community of the Round Valley Indian Reservation, in Intervention and v. Richard E. Wilkins, And
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Hoffman, District Judge, sitting by designation, filed a dissenting opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
This action concerns the boundaries of the Round Valley Indian Reservation in Mendocino County, California, where the members of the Covelo Indian Community reside. The appellants contend that the Round Valley Indian Reservation, as established by- a Congressional Act of 1873, was reduced in size by a Congressional Act of 1890. The appellees maintain that the Act of 1890 merely authorized the sale to non-Indians of a portion of the reservation land outside certain boundaries, without altering the boundaries of the reservation.
Appellees Russ and Whipple, enrolled members of…
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