Indian Land Claims in the Town of Gay Head, MA: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, on S. 1452 ... April 9, 1986, Washington, DC.U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986 - 238 pages |
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Page 131 - That no purchase, grant, lease, or other conveyance of lands, or of any title or claim thereto, from any Indian nation or tribe of Indians, shall be of any validity in law or equity, unless the same be made by treaty or convention entered into pursuant to the constitution.
Page 171 - No restraining order or preliminary injunction shall issue except upon the giving of security by the applicant, in such sum as the court deems proper, for the payment of such costs and damages as may be incurred or suffered by any party who is found to have been wrongfully enjoined or restrained.
Page 229 - That no sale of lands made by any Indians, or any nation or tribe of Indians within the United States, shall be valid to any person or persons, or to any state, whether having the right of pre-emption to such lands or not, unless the same shall be made and duly executed at some public treaty, held under the authority of the United States.
Page 142 - A court of the United States may not grant an injunction to stay proceedings in a State court except as expressly authorized by Act of Congress, or where necessary in aid of its jurisdiction, or to protect or effectuate its judgments.
Page 132 - That regulation is designed for the entire result, applying to those parts which remain as they were, as well as to those which are altered. It produces a uniform whole, which is as much disturbed and deranged by changing what the regulating power designs to leave untouched, as that on which it has...
Page 142 - While this language is admittedly broad, we conclude that it implies something similar to the concept of injunctions to "protect or effectuate" judgments. Both exceptions to the general prohibition of § 2283 imply that some federal injunctive relief may be necessary to prevent a state court from so interfering with a federal court's consideration or disposition of a case as to seriously impair the federal court's flexibility and authority to decide that case.
Page 65 - If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, in my heart he put other and different desires. Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
Page 190 - The overriding duty of our Federal Government to deal fairly with Indians wherever located has been recognized by this Court on many occasions.
Page 25 - I would like to thank you for providing me with this opportunity to voice my support of the Voluntary Military Manpower Procurement Act which I and many others have cosponsored.
Page 40 - ... the many optional crops available to us. In conclusion, we wish to express our appreciation for your taking the time to come to Oregon to help us out on this problem so important for the survival of the industry. STATEMENT OF LARRY KELLY, STRAWBERRY GROWER, SALEM, OREG. Senator HATHAWAY. We will make that a part of the record at the conclusion of your testimony. If you could summarize it, we would appreciate it, as we are running a little short on time. Mr. KELLY. I am Larry Kelly, Mr. Hathaway...