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CASES AND MATERIALS

ON

PROBLEMS IN LANDS

ALLOTTED TO AMERICAN INDIANS


Revised First Permanent Edition





BY
Joseph F. Rarick, J.S.D.
David Ross Boyd Professor of Law
College of Law
University of Oklahoma


Reproduced with permission of Louise S. Rarick



Copyright 1980 and 1982 by Joseph F. Rarick

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DEDICATION


To Tootsie La Tour who for many years has heard from me much more about Indian land titles than she really wanted to know.




NOTE OF APPRECIATION

During the summers of 1978 and 1980 I recieved financial support which made it possible for me to devote that time to work on this book. Those who thus helped me, in temporal order, are Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation; Mr. and Mrs. William G. Kerr; Phillips Petroleum Co.; Kerr-McGee Foundation, Inc.; Law Center, University of Oklahoma; University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc.; and Tenneco Oil Co. Without their support this work would not have been possible.

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Summary of Contents

Part I - The Legal Background
Cases

• Johnson V. McIntosh     
• Worcester V. Georgia     
• McClanahan V. Arizona     
• United States V. Creek Nation     
• United States V. Tillamooks     
• Tee-Hit-Ton Indians V. United States     
• Cherokee Nation V. Hitchcock     
• Lonewolf V. Hitchcock     
• Choate V. Trapp     
• Heckman V. United States     
• Brader V. James     

Part II - Lands Allotted To The Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma     
Fitzpatrick's Indian Title Chart with a Digest of the Laws on Alienation of the Lands of the Five Civilized Tribes
Fitzpatrick Notes     
General Principals

• Seminole Law     
• Cherokee Law     
• Choctaw and Chickasaw Law     
• Creek Law     

Cases

• Mullen V. U.S.     
• Mullen V. Pickens.     
• U.S. V. Hellard     
• In Re Lands of Five Civilized Tribes     
• Lula V. Powell     
• Tiger V. Western Inv. Co.     
• Rentie V. McCoy     
  

Fitzpatrick's Indian Title Chart Extended
Notes to Gholston - Rarick Extension     
Cases

• Taylor V. Parker     
• Scott V. Dawson     
• Parker V. Riley     
• Take V. Miller     
• Davis V. Jones     
• Pitman V. Commissioner     
• Silmon V. Rahhal     
• Ward V. U.S.     
• Grisso V. U.S.     
• U.S. V. Williams     
• Murray V. Ned     

Statutes at Large Five Civilized Tribes 1906 - 1955

• Act of April 26, 1906 - 34 Stat. 137     
• Act of May 27, 1908 - 35 Stat. 312     
• Act of April 12, 1926 - 44 Stat. 239     
• Act of May 10, 1928 0 45 Stat. 495     
• Act of January 27, 1933 - 47 Stat. 777     
• Act of July 2, 1945 - 59 Stat. 313     
• Act of August 4, 1947 - 61 Stat. 731     
• Act of August 11, 1955 - 69 Stat. 666     

Miscellany     


Part III - Lands Allotted Under The General Allotment Act
Key to General Allotment Charts     
Indian Title Chart: Lands Allotted Under the General Allotment Act
Notes to Accompany Table of Alienability Among General Allotment Indians     
Withington, W.R., Land Titles in Oklahoma Under the General Allotment Act, 30 Oklahoma Bar Association Journal 2320 (1960).     
Withington, W.R., Kickapoo Titles in Oklahoma, 23 Oklahoma Bar Association Journal 1751 (1952).     
Cases

• Egan V. McDonald     
• Hallowell V. Commons     
• Chemah V. Fodder     
• Tooahnippah V. Hickel     
• Bacher V. Patencio     
• Dillon V. Antler Land Company of Wyola     

Part IV - Lands Allotted Among The Osage Indians     
Table of Alienability of Land Allotted Among the Osage Indians
Notes to Accompany Osage Table of Alienability     
Cases

• Neilson V. Alberty     
• Lamotte V. U.S.     
• Kenny V. Miles     
• Aaron V. U.S.     
• Levindale Lead Co. V. Coleman     
• Osage County Motor Co. V. U.S.     

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