96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6613, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,824 Franklin Silas v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior United States of America, State of Alaska, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee

96 F.3d 355 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6613 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,824 Franklin SILAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bruce BABBITT, Secretary of the Interior; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees, State of Alaska, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee. No. 95-36015. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 6, 1996. Decided Sept. 4, 1996. William E. Caldwell, Alaska Legal Services Corporation, Fairbanks, AK, for plaintiff-appellant. Ellen J. Durkee, Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees. Paul R. Lyle, Assistant Attorney General, Fairbanks, AK, for defendant-intervenor-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, James K. Singleton, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-93-00035-JKS. Before: GOODWIN, BRUNETTI and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge: I. INTRODUCTION 1 Franklin Silas applied in 1971 for an allotment of two 40-acre parcels, (herein Parcel A and Parcel B), under the Alaska Native Allotment Act of 1906 (the ANAA), 34 Stat. 197 , amended by 70 Stat. 954 (1956) (repealed 85 Stat. 710 (1971))(former 43…