Klamath and Modoc Tribes and Yahooskin Band of Indians v. The United States. Elva G. Anderson v. The United States

OPINION

DAVIS, Judge *

These cases present challenges to the Federal Government’s disposition of Indian lands in Oregon. The Klamath Indian Reservation, in that state, was created by the Treaty of October 14, 1864 (16 Stat. 707) for the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and the Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians. As of November 1953, the reservation consisted of approximately 860,000 acres, the bulk of which was forest, but also included open range, marshland, bush, and farm property. During the 1930’s and 1940’s continual pressures were exerted both from within and outside of the tribe for termination of…