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BOE v. FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY OF FORT BELKNAP RESERVATION

No. 78-3367.

642 F.2d 276 (1981)

Tennyson BOE, William Bradley, Edward Filesteel, Vera Garmann, Warren Matte, Pete Tucker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY OF FORT BELKNAP RESERVATION, Charles D. Plumage, John Allen, Donovan Archambault, Frank Cuts the Rope, Randy Perez, in their official capacities as members of the Community Council of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, Michael V. Campbell, Loretta Bell, Delmar J. Bigby, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Zion, Helena, Mont., on brief; James W. Spangelo, Havre, Mont., argued, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Francis X. Lamebull, Harlem, Mont., for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and PECKHAM, District Judge.

J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we must decide whether federal courts are empowered to grant relief in civil cases for the alleged violation of various tribal laws. The district court below answered this question in the negative. Boe v. Fort Belknap Indian Community, 455 F.Supp. 462 (D.Mont.1978). We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1935, the Gros...

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