Chilkat Indian Village v. Johnson

870 F.2d 1469 CHILKAT INDIAN VILLAGE, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael R. JOHNSON, an individual, Michael R. Johnson, Inc., a Washington Corporation, The Whale House Group, Defendants-Appellees, and State of Alaska, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee. No. 86-4312. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 3, 1987. Decided March 23, 1989. Donald S. Cooper, Carol H. Daniel, Alaska Legal Services Corp., Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellant. Donna C. Willard, Willoughby & Willard, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellees. Douglas K. Mertz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Juneau, Alaska, for defendant-intervenor-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before POOLE, FERGUSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 Chilkat Indian Village is an Indian group organized under section 16 of the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA), 25 U.S.C. Sec. 476 . It owns fee lands located in and around Klukwan, Alaska. The Village sued Michael Johnson and sixteen other defendants in federal district court, alleging that defendants violated a Village ordinance and federal law by removing Tlingit…