SEKAQUAPTEWA v. MacDONALD

591 F.2d 1289 Abbott SEKAQUAPTEWA, Chairman of the Hopi Tribal Council of the Hopi Indian Tribe, For and on Behalf of the Hopi Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter MacDONALD, Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council of the Navajo Indian Tribe, For and on Behalf of the Navajo Indian Tribe, Defendant, Emmett Tso and Faye Tso, Applicants Intervenors-Appellants. No. 76-3223. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Feb. 26, 1979. Robert L. Miller (argued), Tuba City, Ariz., for applicants intervenors-appellants. John S. Boyden (argued), of Boyden, Kennedy, Romney & Howard, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before DUNIWAY and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and EAST, * District Judge. CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 Emmett and Faye Tso, members of the Navajo Tribe, appeal from the district court's denial without prejudice of their motion to intervene in the instant case. 1 We affirm. I. Statement of the Case 2 This suit is one brought by the Hopi Tribe against the Navajo Tribe and is intended to settle a long-standing dispute over certain lands declared an Indian Reservation by Congress. Act of June 14,…