p1 An act Authorizing the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska to bring suit in the United States Court of Claims, and conferring jurisdiction upon said court to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment upon any and all claims which said Indians may have, or claim to have, against the United States, and for other purposes. |
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Collection Name | Alaska State Library. Documents. ASL. |
Identifier | ASL-KF50.U58v.48-p388 |
Title | An act authorizing the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska to bring suit in the United States Court of Claims |
Description |
Remainder of title: , and conferring jurisdiction upon said court to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgement upon any and all claims which said Indians may have, or claim to have, against the United States, and for other purposes. Tlingit-Haida Jurisdictional Act, 1935 Physical description 3 pages Source: 49 Stat. 388 |
Creator | United States. Congress |
Subject.LCSH | Legislation |
Subject.Local |
Alaska Natives--Southeast Alaska--Haida Alaska Natives--Southeast Alaska--Tlingit |
Corporate Name | United States. Congress. Senate. |
Location | Washington (D.C.) |
Region | Outside Alaska |
Time Period | 1913 to 1939 |
Date.original | June 19, 1935 |
Type | Text |
Related Materials | Alaska State Library Catalog: http://jlc-web.uaa.alaska.edu/client/asl/search/results?qu=%2203176465%22 |
Ordering & Use | http://library.alaska.gov/vilda_rights.html |
Holding Institution |
Alaska State Library - Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571 mailto:asl.historical@alaska.gov |
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Description
Collection Name | Alaska State Library. Documents. ASL. |
Identifier | ASL-KF50.U58v.48-p388 |
Title | p1 An act Authorizing the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska to bring suit in the United States Court of Claims, and conferring jurisdiction upon said court to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment upon any and all claims which said Indians may have, or claim to have, against the United States, and for other purposes. |
Description |
Tlingit-Haida Jurisdictional Act, 1935 Physical description page 1 of 3 Source: 49 Stat. 388 |
Creator | United States. Congress |
Subject.LCSH | Legislation |
Subject.Local |
Alaska Natives--Southeast Alaska--Haida Alaska Natives--Southeast Alaska--Tlingit |
Corporate Name | United States. Congress. Senate. |
Location | Washington (D.C.) |
Region | Outside Alaska |
Time Period | 1913 to 1939 |
Date.original | June 19, 1935 |
Type | Text |
Related Materials | Alaska State Library Catalog: http://jlc-web.uaa.alaska.edu/client/asl/search/results?qu=%2203176465%22 |
Ordering & Use | http://library.alaska.gov/vilda_rights.html |
Holding Institution |
Alaska State Library - Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571 mailto:asl.historical@alaska.gov |
Transcript |
388 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 275. JUNE 19, 1935. [CHAPTER 275.] AN ACT (in margin) June 19,1935. [H. R. 2756.] [Public, No. 152.] Authorizing the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska to bring suit in the United States Court of Claims, and conferring jurisdiction upon said court to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment upon any and all claims which said Indians may have, or claim to have, against the United States, and for other purposes. (in margin) Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska. Be it enacted &y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled^ That for the pur- poses of this Act the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska shall be defined to be all those Indians of the whole or mixed blood of the Tlingit and Haida Tribes who are residing in Russian America, now called the Territory of Alaska, in the region known and described as southeastern Alaska, lying east of the one hundred and forty-first meridian. (in margin) Claims of, may be submitted to Court of , Claims. Settlement and de- carnation of amounts due. Jurisdiction con- ferred. SEC. 2. All claims of whatever nature, legal or equitable, which the said Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska may have, or claim to have, against the United States, for lands or other tribal or com- munity property rights, taken from them by the United States without compensation therefor, or for the failure or refusal of the United States to compensate them for said lands or other tribal or community property rights, claimed to be owned by said Indians, and which the United States appropriated to its own uses and pur- poses without the consent of said Indians, or for the failure or refusal of the United States to protect their interests in lands or other tribal or community property in Alaska, and for loss of use of the same, at the time of the purchase of the said Russian America, now Alaska, from Russia, or at any time since that date and prior to the passage and approval of this Act, shall be submitted to the said Court of Claims by said Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska for the settlement and determination of the equitable and just value amount equitably and justly due to said Indians from the United States therefor; and the loss to said Indians of their right, title, or interest, arising from occupancy and use, in lands or other tribal or community property, without just compen- sation therefor, shall be held sufficient ground for relief hereunder; and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon said Court to hear such claims and to render judgment and decree thereon for such sum as said court shall find to be equitable and just for the reasonable value of their said property, if any was so taken by the United States without the consent of the said Indians and without compen- sation therefor; that from the decision of the Court of Claims in any suit or suits prosecuted under the authority of this Act an appeal may be taken by either party, as in other cases, to the Supreme Court of the United States. (in margin) Presentation of claims. Time for filing suit. Final judgment; ef- fect. Authority of court. SEC. 3. That the claim or claims of said Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska may be presented and prosecuted separately or jointly in one or more suits, by petition or petitions setting out the facts upon which they base their demands for relief and judgment or decree; the petition or petitions may be amended when necessary more fully or specifically to set forth their said claim or claims, and said suit or suits shall be filed in said Court of Claims within seven years after the date of the passage of this Act; such suit or suits shall make the said Indians parties plaintiff and the United States party defendant, and the final judgment or decree shall conclude and for- ever settle the claim or claims so presented; the Court of Claims shall have full authority by proper orders and process to bring in and make parties to such suit or suits any and all parties deemed by it necessary or proper to the final determination of the matters in controversy; such petition or petitions may be verified by any |
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