University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections. Paul M. Niebell Collection

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1 University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections Paul M. Niebell Collection Niebell, Paul M. Papers, feet. Attorney. Case files ( ) of attorney Paul M. Niebell. Files are arranged by type and docket number. Cases involve lawsuits filed by Indian tribes and were tried before the Indian Claims Commission, the U.S. Court of Claims, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Niebell represented the Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Osage, Seminole, Wichita, Caddo, Cheyenne-Arapaho, and other Indian tribes. The case files include briefs, petitions, exhibits, motions, opinions, and proceedings, as well as minutes ( ) of the Creek Tribal Council. Biographical Note: Paul Milton Niebell, Sr., June 26, 1901 March 18, Obituary published in the Washington Post on Paul Milton Niebell, Sr., 93, a prominent American Indian Claims attorney, died March 18th at Suburban Hospital following a heart attack. Mr. Niebell was born June 26, 1901 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and was a 1919 graduate of Dunmore High School. He attended the Chicago Conservatory of Music. His study of the violin led him to become nationally known as a maker of fine violins, a hobby he enjoyed up until his death. Moving to Washington, D.C., he enrolled at George Washington University Law School, receiving his Bachelor of Law Degree in 1925 followed by his Juris Doctor Degree. Admitted to the D.C. Bar in 1926; the U.S. Supreme Court Bar in 1929; U.S. Court of Claims Bar in He was a member of the American, Federal, and D.C. Bar Associations. He opened his Washington law office in 1930, becoming one of the Nation's outstanding experts in handling American Indian Claims against the United States. Most noted of many claims was that of the Yakimas in the State of Washington. When the map of the tribe's boundaries was lost of 75 years, the Yakimas suffered the loss of their sacred snow-capped Mt. Adams. When an impasse developed between the Departments of Interior and Agriculture it was referred to the Executive Office, which proclaimed it a legal matter. Mr. Niebell took the stand that it was a moral one; that the United States was the trustee of the Yakima Tribe and as such could not morally hold land belonging to its Indian ward, including Mt. Adams, to the tribe. On May 20, 1972, President Nixon signed an Executive Order restoring Mt. Adams and other vacant lands to the Yakima tribe. Nixon stated, "It is with particular pleasure that I sign this Executive Order which places 21,000 acres of land in the State of Washington under the trust

2 jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for the Yakima Indian Tribe. This action rights a wrong going back sixty-five years." In 1980, the Paul M. Niebell, J.D. Classroom was dedicated at Stockton Hall in the National Law Center at George Washington University in his honor. Interested in the education of young American Indians, he funded the chair of silversmithing at Bacone College, Muskogee, Oklahoma, and gave the college funds for its printing shop, which it named after him. He was active in numerous Masonic and civic bodies, including: Scottish Rite 33, Board of Trustees Scottish Rite Foundation; Past Sovereign of Red Cross of Constantine, St. Simeon Stylites Conclave; Masonic Consistory, Southern Jurisdiction, Valley of Washington; Past Chairman, Board of Trustees, Almas Shrine Temple; Member of Knights Templar, Washington Commandery #1; Past High Priest and for 30 years Treasurer of Mt. Vernon Chapter #3 Royal Arch Masons; Member Adoniram Council #2; Royal Order of Jesters Count #50; Washington Daylight Lodge #14 R.A.A.M.; Past President of Bethesda-Chevy Chase Shrine Club; Honorary member Legion of Honor, D.C. Order to DeMolay. Past President D.C. Society Sons of the American Revolution and served as a National Trustee for the National Society SAR; Past President Seabrook, Md. Civic Association; Vice President Washington Chapter #3 national Sojourners, Inc.; Former President and Director of the Optimist Club of Washington, D.C.; Member D.C. Society of Colonial Wars; Associate member The Order of the Blue & Gray; Honorary member of the continental Society Sons of Indian Wars, and George Washington University Luther Rice Society 1821 Associates. Survivors include his wife of 39 years, the former Eleanor Warrene Smallwood Beasley; father of Paula N. Tidwell of Crofton; Nancy N. Ashton of Annapolis; Barbara B. Sweeney of Gambrills; and Dorothy B. Burkholder of Laurel; two sisters Arlene N. Coon and Evelyn I. Niebell, both of Florida; a niece, Joyce O'Briant of Connecticut; a nephew, Dr. Richard Harmstone of Dunmore, Pennsylvania; and four grandchildren. A son, Paul Milton Niebell, Jr., died in 1991.

3 University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections Paul M. Niebell Collection Note: All cases before the Indian Claims Commission, unless stated otherwise. Box 1 1. Docket No The Cherokee Nation of Indians in OK for and on behalf of The Western (Old Settler) Cherokee Indians, and the Eastern (Emigrant) Cherokee Indians v. the United States of America, Docket No The Western (Old Settler) Cherokee Indians, on the relation of Dorothea Owen, Thomas Roach, Ellis Crowell Duncan, Elizabeth Schrimsher- Lewis, Alice Flournoy-Smith, and Maxine Woodall v. The U.S.A., Docket Nos. 18A, 113, red Lake, et al v. The U.S. -- Gratuities, Docket No The Cherokee Nation, et al. v. the U.S., Docket No The Texas Cherokees, and Associate Bands, on the relation of W.W. Keeler, Homer L. Smith, Frank M. Carr, Paul Johnson and Joe Rogers, Members of its Executive Committee v. the U.S.A., , , 1921, & Docket No. 26 (See Description Above) -- General, and "Texas Cherokees " by George W. Fields, 1921, Docket No. 26 (See Description Above) -- Texas, Docket No The Western (Old Settler) Cherokee Indians, on relation of Dorothea Owen, John B. Sixkiller, Alice Flournoy-Smith, William B. Keeler, Charles C. Victory, and O.H.P Brewer v. U.S.A., Docket No the Cherokee Nation v. The U.S. -- Briefs & Petitions, Docket No. 190 (See Description Above) -- Appeals Docket No and Supreme Court No , Docket No. 190 (See Above) -- Cherokee Freedman case, Docket No. 190 (See Above) -- Cherokee Freedmen case, 1883, Docket No Re. Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma for and on behalf of the Texas Cherokee Band (the Caddo Tribe of OK, et al. v. U.S. -- Cherokee Nation

4 of Ok Third Applicants for Intervention) (includes some on Tonkawa Tribe of OK), Docket No. 226 (See Description Above) -- manuscripts: "A Comprehensive Documentary of the Texas Cherokee, " and "History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore," 1921, Docket No. 271 (includes some information on Docket No. 297) -- Cherokee Nation v. U.S.A., Cherokee Railroad Station Grounds, Box 2 Cherokee: Docket No. 173-A & the Cherokee Nation v. U.S., and Docket No Cherokee Freedmen, and Cherokee Freedmen's Association, ex rel Edward Curls, Ruth Claggett, Jackson Smith, Gladys Lannagan, and Wilbert Rogers v. U.S. Folder 1. Docket Nos. 173-A & Petitioner's Statement, Request for Findings of Fact and Brief, Docket No. 173-A & Petitioner's Reply to Defendant's Statement, Objections to Defendant's Objections to Petitioner's Requested Findings of Fact, and Reply Brief, Docket Nos. 173-A & Brief & Motions (n.d.) 4. Docket Nos. 173-A & Defendant's Requested Findings of Fact, Objections to Petitioner's Requested Findings of Fact, and Brief, Docket Nos. 173-A & Proceedings, Docket No. 173-A -- Application for Attorney Fee, Docket No U.S. General Accounting Office Report, re. Petition of the Cherokee Nation or Tribe of Indians, Docket Nos. 173-A & Freedmen Issue, Proceedings, Docket Nos. 173-A -- Appraisal of the Cherokee Outlet in Oklahoma, 1893 by Elbridge A. Tucker, 1893, Docket No. 173-A -- Appraisal Tracts of 2,121, Acres of Cherokee Outlet Lands Deeded by the Cherokee Nation to the United States in Trust on June 14, 1883 by Elbridge A. Tucker, Ca

5 11. Docket No. 173-A -- Appraisal of Land in the Cherokee Nation Indian Reservations in the Indian Territory State of Oklahoma, Osage, and Kaw Reservations, Pawnee Reservations, Ponca Reservation, Nez Perce Reservation, Otoe and Missouria Reservation, and the Combined Area of the Above Reservations by Roscoe H. Sears, Docket Nos. 173 & 173-A -- U.S. Court of Claims Appeal No Cherokee Fee Appeal -- Briefs (Decision 174 Ct. Cl.), Docket Nos. 173-A, 123, Correspondence and Miscellaneous, , Docket Nos. 173-A, 123, 173: Docket Nos. 173-A, 123, 173: Docket Nos. 173-A, 123, Briefs, Box 3 Cherokee: Docket Nos. 173-A & The Cherokee Nation v the U.S., Docket No Cherokee Freedmen, and Cherokee Freedmen's Association, ex re., Edward Curls, Ruth Claggett, Jackson Smith, Gladys Lannagan, and Wilbert Rogers v U.S.A. 1. Docket Nos. 173-A, 123, Petitions, Briefs, and Appeals, Docket Nos. 173-A, 123, includes: Ponca Tribe, Docket No. 323, Docket Nos. 173-A, 123, 173: Docket Nos. 173-A, 123, Miscellaneous, Docket Nos. 173-A, 123, Correspondence, Docket Nos. 173-A, 123, Correspondence, Docket Nos. 173-A, 123, Correspondence, Docket Nos. 173-A, Appeal No. 5-70: Docket no. 173-A -- Appeal No : Docket No. 173-A -- Application for Attorney Fee,

6 11. Docket No. 282-A through 282-L -- The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. the U.S. -- Settlement of Eastern Cherokee Claims Cases, Docket Nos. 282-A through 282-L (See Description Above) -- Settlement of Eastern Cherokee Claims Cases, 1834, 1830, 1933, 1936, 1968, Same as Folder #12: Same a Folder #12: 1951, Box 4: Cherokee 1. Docket Nos. 282-A through 282-L -- The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v the U.S. -- General Services Administration Report, re. Petitions of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Volume I, Docket Nos. 282-A through 282-L (See Description Above) -- General Services Administration Report, re. Petitions of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Volume II, Docket Nos. 282-A through 282-L (See Description Above), Docket No Cherokee Nation v U.S -- Sequoyah School Case (See Docket No. 271), Cases Against the Cherokee Nation (includes Docket Nos. 41, 59, 71, and Court of Appeals & Supreme Court Dockets), County Court of Cherokee County, State of Oklahoma Docket No In the Matter of the Estate of Houston B. Teehee, Deceased, Court of Claims of the United States Nos. L-46 and L the Cherokee Nation v the U.S., U.S. Claims Court Docket No L -- the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v the U.S. -- Settlement Papers, Court of Claims Docket No. 17, Moses Whitmire, Trustee for the Freedmen of the Cherokee Nation v. the Cherokee Nation and the U.S., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma No C -- Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v Muskogee City -- County Port Authority, et al., 1970,

7 11. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma No C (See Description Above) and Appeal No Pleadings & Briefs, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of OK, no C (See Description Above) and Appeal No Briefs, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of OK -- R.H. Nero, et al. v the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, et al., Cherokee Nation v Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of OK No. 84-C R. Perry Wheeler, et al v Ross O. Swimmer, et al, Mayo Lock & Dam, Cherokee Cases -- General & Misc., Cherokee Cases -- General & Misc., (includes clippings & articles), Legal Status of Cherokee-Delawares, Articles & Misc. Box 5: Cherokee-Arkansas Riverbed Case 1. Cases involving ownership of the Arkansas Riverbed (involves: Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and State of Oklahoma), Same as Folder #1, Arkansas Riverbed Case -- U.S. District Court, OK, 1930, Arkansas Riverbed Case -- U.S. District Court, OK, cont., Civil Action No Dispute over the Arkansas Riverbed, Arkansas Riverbed Case -- Narration of Events by Earl Boyd Pierce, Cherokee Riverbed -- Correspondence (Arkansas Riverbed), Cherokee Riverbed -- Correspondence (Arkansas Riverbed), Cherokee Riverbed -- Correspondence (Arkansas Riverbed), 1973.

8 10. Cherokee Riverbed -- Correspondence (Arkansas Riverbed), Cherokee Riverbed -- Correspondence (Arkansas Riverbed), Cherokee Riverbed -- Correspondence (Arkansas Riverbed), Box 6 Cherokee Folder 1. Cherokee Riverbed -- Correspondence (Arkansas Riverbed), Cherokee Riverbed -- Correspondence (Arkansas Riverbed), Cherokee Riverbed -- Correspondence (Arkansas Riverbed), Cherokee Riverbed -- Correspondence (Arkansas Riverbed), Cherokee Riverbed -- Correspondence (Arkansas Riverbed), Cherokee Riverbed -- Correspondence (Arkansas Riverbed), and Miscellaneous Correspondence, Chickasaw: 7. Chickasaw -- Docket No. 23 & U.S. Court of Claims, Appeal No the Chickasaw Nation v the U.S. (See also, Box 7, Folder 3), Docket No The Chickasaw Nation v the U.S. -- New Leased District, 1900, Docket No The Chickasaw Nation v the U.S. -- Eastern, Docket No The Chickasaw Nation v the U.S., Docket No. 269 (See Description Above), Docket No. 269 (See Description Above) -- Appeal of Choctaw Nation of Chickasaw Freedmen Case, Appeal Dismissed, Docket No the Chickasaw Nation v the U.S., Chickasaw Cases - General (Largely Correspondence), Chickasaw & Choctaw -- Docket No L -- the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Oklahoma v the U.S.A. -- Proceedings Leading to Final Judgment,

9 16. Docket No L (See Description Above), Box 7: Chickasaw & Choctaw, Choctaw, and Creek Chickasaw & Choctaw 1. U.S. Court of Claims Docket No. F-81 and Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations v the U.S.A. and the Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation v the U.S. and the Wichita and Affiliated Bands of Indians -- Briefs & Opinions -- Miscellaneous, U.S. Court of Appeals No and Darias Cravatt, et al., and Noel Morris, et al., v Cecil D. Andrus, Choctaw 3. Choctaw -- Docket No the Choctaw Nation v the U.S.A. -- Brief and Argument of Petitioner (See Also, Box 6, Folder 7), Docket No the Choctaw Nation v the U.S.A, Docket No the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v the U.S.A., Docket No the Choctaw Nation v the U.S.A, Docket No the Choctaw Nation v the U.S.A, Court of Claims No. 29, the Estate of Charles F. Winton, Deceased, and Others v Jack Amos and Others, Known as the "Mississippi Choctaws," Supreme Court of the U.S. Nos. 924 through Cases against Jack Amos and Others, known as the Mississippi Choctaws, Creek 10. Minutes of the Creek Tribal Council, Minutes of the Creek Tribal Council, Minutes of the Creek Tribal Council, Minutes of the Creek Tribal Council, Minutes of the Creek Tribal Council,

10 15. Docket No.1 -- The Loyal Creek Band or Group of Creek Indians, and the Loyal Creek Claimants committee, on the relation of Joseph Bruner, S.W. Brown, Jesse McDermott, Lasley Haynes, Ben Johnson, Robert Severs, Hosa Holley, Noley Buck, John H. Jones, Elmer Hill, Thompson Kind, and Seborn Smith v the U.S.A -- General and Creek Roll, 1857, Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S. -- (includes Yuchi Tribe -- Docket No. 172) -- Briefs, Petitions, and Appeals, c Docket No. 21 (See Description Above), Docket No. 21 (See Description Above), Docket No. 21 (See Description Above) -- Appraisal -- Creek Nation East of the Mississippi, Lands in George and Alabama, Valued as of August 9, 1814 by M.J. Williamson, Same as Folder 19: Box 8: Creek 1. Docket No the Creek Nation v the U.S.A. -- Proceedings, October 17, Docket No. 21 (See Details Above) -- Proceedings, October 18, Docket No. 21 (See Details Above) -- Proceedings, October 19, Docket No. 21 (See Details Above) -- Proceedings, November 16, Docket No. 21 (See Details Above) -- Proceedings, 1950 & Docket No. 21 (See Details Above) -- and Yuchi (Euchee) Tribe of Indians v U.S.A. (Docket No. 172) -- Proceedings, January 18, Docket No. 21 & 172 (See Details Above) -- Proceedings, April 13 & 14, Docket No the Creek Nation, et al v the U.S.A. -- Proceedings, October 14, Docket No. 21 (See Details Above) -- Proceedings, October 15, Docket No. 21 (See Details Above) -- Proceedings, October 16, Docket No. 21 (See Details Above) -- Proceedings, October 17, 1957.

11 12. Docket No. 21 (See Details Above) -- Proceedings, October 18, Docket No. 21 (See Details Above) -- Proceedings, April 20, Docket No. 21 (See Details Above) -- Proceedings, April 21, Docket No. 21 (See Details Above) -- Proceedings, April 22, Docket No. 21 (See Details Above) -- Proceedings, December 13, Docket No. 21 (See Details Above) -- Requested Findings of Fact of Plaintiff and Intervention in Proceedings Under Interlocutory Decree of December 29, 1955, Relating to Value of Lands in Georgia and Alabama, and Brief, Same as Folder Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S., the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi, Intervenor -- Plaintiff's and Intervenor's Reply Brief, Docket No. 21 (See Description Above) -- Plaintiff's and Intervenor's Reply Brief, Docket No. 21 (See Description Above) -- Plaintiff's and Intervenor's Requested Findings of Fact and Brief on Rehearing on Value, Docket No. 21 (See Description Above) -- General Accounting Office Report - re. Petition of the Creek Nation, Docket No. 21 (See Description Above) -- General Accounting Office Report -- re. Petition of the Creek Nation -- includes loose correspondence, & Docket No. 21 (See Description Above) -- Appraisal -- The Creek Nation, Lands in Southern Georgia and Southeastern Alabama -- Valued as of August 9, 1814, Prepared by Paul Starrett, Box 9: Creek Folder 1. Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S., Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S., Docket No. 167 (See Description Above) -- Briefs, Proceedings, Opinion, Findings of Fact, etc.,

12 4. Docket No. 167 (See Description Above), Docket No. 167 (See Description Above) -- Appeal No 7-69: Docket No. 167 (See Description Above) -- Draft Bill for Disposition of Funds, Docket No. 167 (See Description Above) -- Creek-Seminole Boundary Case (includes Docket Nos. 168 & 273), Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S. -- Riverbeds, Docket No the Creek Nation v the U.S. -- Erroneous Enrollment Case, 1906 & Docket No. 169 (See Description Above), Docket No. 169 (See Description Above) -- Findings of Fact and Correspondence with Faust & Hassler, Docket No. 169 (See Description Above) -- Findings & Opinion on Value -- Index to Record on Appeal-Notice of Appeal, 1970 & Docket No, 169 (See Description Above) -- Petitions, Briefs, Answers, & Exhibits to Petition, Docket No. 169 (See Description Above) -- Supreme Court of the U.S., No : Box 10: Creek 1. Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S. -- Erroneous Enrollments Allotment Case -- Appeal No. 4-77: Docket No. 169 (See Description Above) -- General & Miscellaneous, 1913 & Docket No. 169 (See Description Above), Docket No. 169 (See Description Above) -- Surface Appraisal Erroneous Enrollments Allotment Case, 1907 & Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S. -- Creek Alabama Reservation Case -- Briefs, Findings of Facts, etc.,

13 6. Docket No. 272 (See Description Above) -- Briefs on Liability and decision of the Commission, Docket No. 272 (See Description Above), Docket No. 272 (See Description Above) -- Appeal No Briefs, Docket No. 272 (See Description Above) -- U.S. General Accounting Office -- Report re. Petitions of the Creek Nation, Docket No. 272 (See Description Above) -- Appraisal for Creek Nation of Oklahoma by M.J. Williamson, 1832 & Docket No. 272 (See Description Above) -- Appraisal Report -- Supplement "A", by M.J. Williamson, n.d. Box 11: Creek 1. Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S. -- Townlot Frauds, Docket No. 273 (See Description Above) -- Motions & Orders, Docket No. 273 (See Description Above), Docket No. 273 (See Description Above) -- Proceedings Leading to Comprise Settlement, Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S. -- Creek Townsite Case -- Appeal No Briefs, Petition for Certiorari denied, Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S., 1956 & Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S., Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S., Docket No. 275 (See Description Above), Docket No. 275 (See Description Above) -- Appraisal for Creek Nation of Oklahoma -- Land in Alabama and Georgia Valued as of April 8, 1816, by M.J. Williamson, Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S Treaty Claim,

14 12. Docket No. 276 (See Description Above) -- Briefs & Decision of Comm., Docket No. 276 (See Description Above) -- Appraisal of the Creek Lands Ceded for the Seminole Indians, August 7, 1856, by Elbridge A. Tucker, Same as Folder Docket No. 276 (See Description Above) -- Appraisal of the Creek Cession -- General, 1856, 1958, Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S. -- Railroad Reservations -- Settlement of Creek Case, by Compromise Settlement, Docket No. 277 (See Description) -- Pre-trail Memoranda of plaintiff and Defendant -- (Court of Claims), Docket No. 277 (See Description Above), Docket No. 277 (See Description Above) -- also includes Docket No. 247: Box 12 Court Documents from the U.S. Court of Claims and the Supreme Court of the U.S. Includes: petitions, briefs, motions, opinions, etc. For Creek Cases, including Court of Claims Cases: No. L-137, the Creek Nation v the U.S.; No F-168, the Creek Nation v the U.S.; No. L-168, the Creek Nation v the U.S.; No. F-205, the Creek Nation v the U.S.; No. H-510, the Creek Nation v the U.S.; NO. F-369, the Creek Nation v the U.S., etc. Also for Supreme Court Cases: No. 321, the Creek Nation v the U.S.; No. 572, the Creek Nation v the U.S.; No. 711, the Creek Nation v the U.S., etc. The Box also includes Senate and House of Representative Reports, and Miscellaneous. 1. Docket No C.W. McGhee, Ruby Z. Weatherford, John V. Phillips and John Williams, as Members of and on the Relation of the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi v the U.S.A., Docket No C.W. McGhee, Ruby z. Weatherford, John V. Phillips, and John Williams, as Members of and on the Relation of the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi v the U.S.A., Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S., Docket No The Creek Nation v the U.S. -- U.S. Supreme Court Docket No. 124, 1961.

15 5. Creek Alabama Reservation Case, and Sketch of the Creek County, in 1978 and 99 by Col. Benjamin Hawkins, 1848 & Miscellaneous Docket, n.d. 7. Appraisal Report -- Creek Nation East of the Mississippi, Lands in Georgia and Alabama, Valued as of August 9, Vol. II, Exhibits, c Same as Folder U.S. Court of Claims Docket No. F The Creek Nation v the U.S. -- Railroad Reservation Case, U.S. Court Claims Docket No. F-369 (See Description Above), Box 13: Creek 1. Lete Kolvin Case, , U.S. District Court Civil No Harjo Case, Creek Litigation -- Docket Nos. 21 & 276 (Congressional Bills dealing with these dockets), Creek Litigation Oklahoma, Treaty Grievances, 1815, 1861, 1866, 1926, Creek Loan, Tribal Attorneys: Contracts & Departmental Regulations, Creek Claims Attorney Contracts, Attorney's Contracts -- General Council, Final Report to Creek Nation of Services Rendered as Attorney, 1954, 1974, Four Mother's Society (includes Correspondence with Ernest and Albert Gouge), and Muskogee Creek Indian Rights Association, Riverbed Case -- Attorney Contract, James E. Ryan & Paul Niebell, 1976.

16 13. Turner Bear -- Creek Chief (Largely Corres.), Roley Buck -- Creek Chief (Corres.), W.E. "Dode" McIntosh -- Creek Chief (Mainly Corres.), W.E. "Dode" McIntosh -- Creek Chief (Mainly Corres.), Correspondence Regarding Claims, Correspondence Regarding Claims, Correspondence Regarding Claims, Correspondence Regarding Claims, Creek Correspondence & Miscellaneous, , Creek Correspondence & Miscellaneous, Articles & Miscellaneous, Box 14: Osage 1. Docket No The Osage Nation of Indians v the U.S.A. -- Opinion of the Commission and "Valuation Study of Osage Ceded Lands," September 29, 1865: 1866, Docket No. 9 (See Description Above), Docket No The Osage Nation v the U.S. -- Requests for Findings of Fact and Brief, n.d. 4. Docket No. 105 (See Description Above) -- Petitioner's Brief on Value and Acreage, c Docket No. 105 (See Description Above) -- Petitioner's Reply Brief on Value and Acreage, Docket No. 105 (See Description Above) -- Opinion, Docket No. 105 (See Description Above) -- Appraisal for Osage Tribal Council -- Lands in Missouri and Arkansas, Valued as of April 28, 1810 by M.J. Williamson, 1966.

17 8. Docket No Lovely's Purchase Treaty: 1818, Docket Nos. 106 & 107 (Consolidated) -- The Osage Nation v the U.S. Petitioner's Request for Findings of Fact and Brief, n.d. 10. Same as Folder Docket Nos. 106 & 107 (Consolidated) -- The Osage Nation v the U.S. -- Petitioner's Reply and Brief, Same as Folder Docket Nos. 106 & 107 (Consolidated) -- Appraisal Report for the Osage nation - - Supplement "A," n.d. 14. Docket No The Osage Nation v the U.S. -- Petitioner's Request for Findings of Fact and Brief, c Docket No. 108 (See Description Above) -- Defendant's Requested Findings of Fact, Objections to Petitioner's Requested Findings of Fact, and Brief, Docket No. 108 (See Description Above) -- Petitioner's Objections to Defendant's Requested Findings of Fact, Answer to Defendant's Objections to Petitioner's Request Findings of Fact, and Reply Brief, n.d. 17. Docket Nos. 105, 106, 107, & The Osage Nation v the U.S.A., Docket No The Osage nation of Indians v the U.S., Docket No. 126 (See Description Above), Docket No Contains Renumbered Exhibits, Various Osage Cases, Various Osage Cases, Contracts, Box 15 Seminole -- Docket Nos. 73 & The Seminole Indians, et al v the U.S.A. Also includes Docket No C.W. McGhee, et al. v the U.S.A. Folder

18 1. Docket Nos. 73 & 151, and Brief of Plaintiffs -- Volume I -- Evidential Findings of Fact, Docket Nos. 73 & 151, and Brief of Plaintiffs -- Volume II -- Ultimate Findings of Fact and Argument, Docket Nos. 73 & 151, and 280 (Consolidated) - (See Above) -- Records -- Part I, 1961, Docket Nos. 73 & 151, and 280 (Consolidated) - (See Above) -- Records -- Part II, Docket Nos. 73 & 151, and 280 (Consolidated) - (See Above) -- Records -- Part III, Docket Nos. 73 & Proceedings, Docket Nos. 73 & Appraisal Report of Florida Lands by William S. Edgemon, Docket Nos. 73 & 151: Docket Nos. 73 & 151: Docket Nos. 73 & Petitions, Motions to Dismiss Doc. 73, Ingraham Bill Motion & Decision, Motion for Summary Judgment, and Appendix, Docket Nos. 73 & 151 (Consolidated) -- Briefs on Issues of Value & Offsets, Docket Nos. 73 & Offsets, Docket Nos. 73 & Government Brief on Liability, and Plaintiff's Reply Brief on Liability, Docket Nos. 73 & Second Appeal on Value of Lands to U.S. Court of Claims, Docket Nos. 73 & 151 (Consolidated) -- The Hearing on Compromise Settlement -- Proceedings, Docket Nos. 73 & Exhibits & Miscellaneous, , Also See Box 19, Folder 9

19 Box 16 Seminole -- Docket Nos. 73 & Seminole Indians of the State of Florida and Seminole Nation of Oklahoma v the U.S.A. 1. Docket Nos. 73 & Petitions, Plaintiff's Motion of Summary Judgment, Plaintiff's Request for Findings of Fact and Brief, & Appendix, Docket Nos. 73 & Plaintiff's & Defendant's Requested Findings on Value, Plaintiff's Reply Brief on Value, and Report of George S. Kephart Forrester on Timber Value, Docket Nos. 73 & Briefs and Original Decision, Docket Nos. 73 & Record re. Compromise Settlement & Findings & Final Award, Docket Nos. 73 & Appeal No Reply Brief of the Appellants, Docket Nos. 73 & Appeal No Brief of the Appellants, Same as Folder Docket Nos. 73 & Appeal No Briefs, Docket Nos. 73 & Appeal No : Docket Nos. 73 & Petitions, Briefs, and Findings of Fact, Docket No Index to Exhibits Referred to in Petition for Attorney's Fees to be Awarded to Effie Knowles, Docket Nos. 73 & Seminole Lands in Florida, and Seminole Roll 1857: , Docket Nos. 73 & 151: Docket Nos. 73 & 151: Docket Nos. 73 & Settlement Papers -- Correspondence & General Miscellaneous, Docket Nos. 73 & Public Land Statistics , and Principle Soil Areas of Florida,

20 17. Docket Nos. 73 & Appraisal of Seminole Lands in Florida in 1823 & 1832: Same as Folder Docket Nos. 73 & Appraisal for Seminole Nation -- Lands in Florida Valued as of September 18, 1823 and May 9, 1832 by M.J. Williamson, Same as Folder Docket Nos. 73 & Treaties, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous, 1866, Box 17: Seminole 1. Docket No The Seminole Nation v the U.S. -- Seminole Townsite Case -- includes Appeal No Petitions, Briefs, Findings of Fact, etc., Docket No Lincoln Burden, Willie Haney, and Buddig Little, for Themselves and as Members and Representatives of the Loyal Seminole Group of American Indians v the U.S.A., Docket No The Seminole Nation v the U.S. -- Emahaka Mission School Case, Docket No. 150 (See Description Above), Docket No. 150 (See Description Above), Docket No. 150 (See Description Above) -- Defendant's Exhibits 1-43 incl., , Docket No. 150 (See Description Above) -- Transcript of Proceedings, Docket No The Seminole Nation v the U.S. -- Freedmen Claims, Docket No. 152 (See Description Above), Docket No. 152 (See Description Above) -- Petitions, Findings, Briefs, & Exhibits, Docket No. 204 and Supreme Court Docket No Seminole Nation v the U.S.A.,

21 12. Docket No Seminole Nation v the U.S. -- Plaintiff's Exhibits, Nos. 3-28: , Docket No. 205 (See Above) -- Plaintiff's Exhibits, Nos : , Docket No. 205 (See Above) -- Plaintiff's Exhibits, No. 38: 1920, Docket No. 205 (See Above) -- Defendant's Exhibits, , Box 18: Seminole 1. Docket No the Seminole Nation v the U.S., Docket No. 205 (See Above) -- Refugee Money Claims, Docket No. 205 (See Above) -- includes Appeal No Petitions, Briefs, etc., Docket No. 205 (See Above) -- Briefs, Opinions, etc., Docket No the Seminole Nation v the U.S. -- Seminole Railroad Case -- Early Proceedings before the commission, Docket No. 247 (See Description Above) -- Record of Original Proceedings -- Railroad Reservation Case -- (See Box 11, Folder 19), Docket No. 247 (See Description Above) -- Proceedings before Ind. Cl. Comm. After Ct. Cl. Decision, Docket No. 247 (See Description Above) -- Pretrial Memoranda of Plaintiff & Defendant, Docket No. 247 (See Description Above) -- Papers: re. Compromise Settlement of Seminole Nation of OK, Docket No Seminole Nation v the U.S. -- Seminole Railroad Case, Docket No. 247 (See Description Above), Docket No. 247 (See Description Above) -- Court of Claims Appeal No Also See Box 19, Folder 9:

22 13. Docket No The Seminole Nation v the U.S. -- Mekusukey School Lease, Docket No. 248 (See Description Above) -- Briefs, Same as Folder 14. Box 19: Seminole 1. Court of Claims of the U.S. Docket No. L Seminole Nation v the U.S. -- includes Supreme Court Docket No See Folder 3: , Court of claims of the U.S. Docket No. L Seminole Nation v the U.S. -- includes Supreme Court Docket No. 815: U.S. Court of Claims Docket No. L Seminole Nation v the U.S. -- includes No. L-51: Supreme Court of the U.S. Docket No Seminole Nation v the U.S., U.S. Court of Claims Docket Nos. L-87, L-89, L-132, L-209, and L Seminole Nation v the U.S., U.S. District Court, Civil Nos and (Consolidated) -- Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida and Guy Osceola, et al v Cecil D. Andrus, Supreme Court of the U.S. Docket No The Seminole Nation v the U.S. -- Brief of Petitioner, U.S. Court of Claims Appeals Nos & 1-64: All Seminole Cases -- Includes Docket Nos. 73 & 151, 204, 247, 280, and Appeals, Miscellaneous Petitions and Miscellaneous (includes clippings), U.S. District Court Civil Action No Charles E. Grounds, James W. Rodgers, Jr. v. Roy St. Lewis, et al -- Deposition of James W. Rodgers, Jr., U.S. District Civil Action No (See Above) -- Plaintiff's Exhibits, U.S. District Court Civil Action No (See Description Above) -- Defendant's Exhibits 28-46: 1971.

23 14. U.S. District Court Civil Action No (See Description Above) -- Defendant's Exhibits 28-46: U.S. District Court Civil Action No (See Description Above) -- Grounds v St. Lewis, Roy St. Lewis -- Contracts, Forms, Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD O.C., No. 19, Estate of Roy St. Lewis, Attorney's Contracts, , Claims (Attorney) Contracts, Assignment (Attorney Contracts), 1963, Misc. (includes Appeals), 1898, 1930, Constitution & By-Laws of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Constitution & By-Laws of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma (cont), Box 20 Wichita -- Docket Nos Wichita Indian Tribe and its Affiliated Bands and Grounds, Namely, the Keechi, Tawakonie, and Waco v the U.S.A. 1. Docket No. 371: Docket No Lists: Correspondence, Legislation, Orders, etc; Petitioner's and Defendant's Exhibits, Docket No The History of the Wichita Indian Confederacy to 1968 by E. Elam, Docket Nos. 371 & 372 (consolidated) -- Plaintiff's Request for Findings of Fact and Brief, Docket Nos. 371 & 372 (consolidated) -- Defendant's Requested Findings of Fact, Objections to Plaintiff's Findings of Fact, and Brief on Aboriginal Title, Docket Nos. 371 & 372 (consolidated) -- Plaintiff's Brief Persuant to Rule 143 and Exceptions, 1981.

24 7. Same as Folder 6: Docket Nos. 371 & 372 (consolidated) -- Plaintiffs' Reply to Defendant's "Statement of the Case," Objections to Defendant's Objections to Plaintiffs' Requested Findings of Fact, and Reply Brief on Aboriginal Title, Docket Nos. 371 & 372 (consolidated) -- Decisions of the U.S. Court of Claims, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the Wichita Aboriginal Indian Title Case; April 7, 1981 and June 10, Docket Nos. 371 & 372 (consolidated), Docket Nos. 371 & 372 (consolidated) -- Reply Brief, c Docket Nos. 371 & 372 (consolidated) -- "A Preliminary Report: The Wichita Confederacy Homelands in Oklahoma and Texas, " by Michael F. Foley, Georgetown University, Docket Nos. 371 & 372 (consolidated) -- Exhibits, submitted by Michael F. Foley, Docket Nos. 371 & 372 (consolidated) -- "The Habitat and Range of the Comanche, Kiowa, and Kiowa-Apache Indians South of the North Canadian River, North of the 31st Latitude, and East of the 100th Longitude, " by Ernest Wallace, Ph.D., Docket Nos. 371 & 372 (consolidated), Docket Nos. 371 & Settlement Papers, Docket Nos and Caddo Docket No Settlement Papers, Docket Nos Petitions & Answers, Docket Nos : Same as Folder Same as Folder 19. Note: Caddo -- Docket No. 226 is related to these cases -- for more information see Docket No. 226, Located in Box 21. Box 21: Wichita, Caddo, and Misc.

25 Wichita: 1. Docket No The Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes of Indians (Petitioners); the Wichita Indian Tribe of Oklahoma and Bands and Groups of Indians which have been or which are affiliated with the Wichita Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, including, but not limited to, the Wichita, Wacos, Keechis, and Towaconies (Applicants for Intervention); v the U.S.A. (Defendant), Docket No. 257 (See Description Above) -- Appeals No Briefs of Appellant, Docket No. 257 (See Description Above) -- Appeal No Brief of the Wichita Indian Tribe of Oklahoma and Affiliated Bands, et al, Intervenors and Appellees, Docket No. 257 (See Description Above) -- Appeal No Brief of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes of Indians, Appellees, Docket No. 257 (See Description Above) -- "The Habitat of the Wichita Indians, " by Earl H. Elam, Ph.D., 1972, Supreme Court of the U.S. Docket No the Wichita Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, et al, v the U.S.A., and the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes of Indians -- Petitions & Briefs, Court of Claims of the U.S. Docket No. E the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Indians in Oklahoma, the Towaconies Otherwise Tah-Wah-Carros, Wacos, Keechies, Ionies, and the Delaware Band of the Wichita Tribe, and the Individual Members of Said Wichita and Affiliated Bands of Indians v the U.S.A., Wichita Contract Assignment, Misc., Docket No the Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma et al (Plaintiffs); Alabama- Coushatta Indians, et al, the Wichita Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, et al, and Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma (Intervenors) v the U.S.A. (Defendant) -- Reply Brief or Objection of the Wichita Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, etc, Docket No. 226 (See Description Above) -- Findings of Fact, etc., Docket No. 226 (See Description above), Miscellaneous

26 13. Delaware -- Misc., Misc. Indian Cases, Misc. Magazines, 1926, Box 22: Cases involving Various Indian Tribes 1. Apache -- Docket No. 22-C -- "Ethnohistorical Analysis of Documents Relating to the Apache Indians of Texas," by Verne F. Ray, Fort Sill Apache -- Docket Nos. 30-A & 48-A -- Fort Sill Apache Tribe et al v the U.S.A., Fort Sill Apache -- Docket No the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, et al v the U.S.A., Kiowa, Comanche, & Apache -- Docket No the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes of Indians v the U.S.A., Kiowa, Comanche, & Apache -- Docket Nos. 258 & 259, and other Cases -- the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes of Indians v the U.S.A., Cheyenne-Arapaho -- Various Cases -- Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Indians of Oklahoma, et al v the U.S.A., Delaware & Absentee Delaware -- Docket Nos. 27-A & the Delaware Tribe of Indians v the U.S.A.; and Absentee Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma, Delaware nation Ex Rel., W.E. Exendine and Myrtle Holder v the U.S.A, Delaware & Absentee Delaware -- Docket Nos. 72 & Absentee Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma, et al, and the Delaware Tribe of Indians v the U.S.A., Delaware, Absentee Delaware, and Peoria -- Docket No the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and Mable Staton Parker on behalf if the Piankeshaw Nation, and the Absentee Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma and the Delaware nation et al v the U.S.A., Kickapoo -- the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas, the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, et al v the U.S.A., Miami -- Docket Nos. 67, 124, 314, and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, also known as the Miami Tribe, and Harley T. Palmer, Frank C. Pooler and David

27 Leonard, as Representatives of the Miami Tribe and All the Members Thereof v the U.S.A., Miami -- Docket Nos. 131 and and 124-A -- the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, also known as the Miami Tribe, et al, Ira Sylvester Godfroy et al on relation of the Miami Tribe, et al v the U.S.A., Fort Mojave -- Docket Nos. 87 & Eagle River Adjudication & Water Division No. 5 Adjudication, Mojave -- Docket Nos. 282 & the Mojave Indians Who Are Members of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, et al; Mojave Tribe of Indians of Arizona, California, and Nevada, et al v the U.S.A., Navajo -- Docket Nos. 69 & the Navajo Tribe of Indians v the U.S., Ottawa -- Docket Nos the Ottawa Tribe and Guy Jennison, Bronson Edwards, and Gene Jennison, as Representatives of the Otta Tribe v the U.S.A, Pawnee -- Docket No Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, consisting of the Four Confederated Bands of Pawnee Indians, Namely: Chaui or Grand Pawnee Kitkehahki or Republican Pawnee, Pitahauerat or Tappage Pawnee, and Skidi, Loup or Wolf Pawnee v the U.S., Peoria -- Docket Nos. 99 & the Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma, on behalf of the Piankeshaw Nation, et al v the U.S.A, and the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and Amos Robinson Skye on behalf of the Wea nation v the U.S.A., Ponca -- Docket Nos the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, and William Overland, Metha Collins, and John Williams, as Representatives of the Ponca Tribe and All the Members Thereof v the U.S.A., Potawatomi & Hannahville -- Cases, Quapaw -- Docket No the Quapaw Tribe of Indians and Paul Goodeagle, et al v the U.S.A., Sac & Fox -- Various Cases, Sac & Fox, and Iowa -- Docket No the Iowa Tribe of the Iowa Reservation in Kansas and Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of the Iowa Reservation in Oklahoma, et al, the Sac and Fox Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, the Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri, and Sac and Fox Tribe of Mississippi in Iowa, et al v the U.S.A.,

28 24. Sac & Fox, and Iowa -- Docket No the Sac and Fox Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, the Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri, Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, et al v the U.S.A., Sac & Fox, and Iowa -- Docket No the Iowa Tribe of the Iowa Reservation in Kansas and Nebraska, et al, the Sac and Fox Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, et al v the U.S.A, Sac & Fox, and Iowa -- Docket Nos. 158, 209, & the Sac and Fox Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, et al; the Iowa Tribe of the Iowa Reservation in Kansas and Nebraska, et al v the U.S., Iowa -- Docket No. 79-A -- the Iowa Tribe of the Iowa Reservation in Kansas and Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of the Iowa Reservation in Oklahoma, et al v the U.S.A., Absentee Shawnee -- Docket No. 334A & B -- the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians et al, on behalf of the Shawnee Nation v the U.S.A., Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska, Uintah Ute -- Docket Nos. 44 & the Uintah Ute Indians of Utah v the U.S.A., n.d. 31. Yakima -- Docket Nos. 47 & 161, and Court of Appeals Docket No the Yakima Tribe v the U.S., and U.S.A. v Ahtanum Irrigation District, a Corporation, et al -- includes Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation -- Docket Nos. 222 & 224: Yakima -- Hearing of Yakima Tribal Enrollments, and Stmt. of Services Rendered by Paul M. Niebell, Yakima -- Interest Claims Settlement Cherokee, Creek, & Yakima, Yuchi (Euchee) -- Docket No The Yuki Tribe of Indians, et al, against the U.S.A., Box 23: Miscellaneous 1. The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, et al v the U.S.A -- Docket Nos. 198 & 264: March 21, Same as Folder 1.

29 3. A Combination of Dockets and Misc. (Various Indian Cases), Various Indian Cases, The Chapter and District Officers Handbook, Volume I -- Federal Bar Association, The Council and Committee Chairmen's Handbook, Volume II -- Federal Bar Association, Railroads in Oklahoma, edited by Donovan L. Hofsommer, History of Indian Claims Commission Act before Congress, Indian Claims Commission & Indian Claims Commission Act, "Legislative History of Indian Claims Commission Act Demonstrates that Congress Intended to include and did include within the scope of the Jurisdiction of the Indian Claims Commission claims based upon or arising out of Original Indian Title," n.d. 11. Indian Claims Commission -- Annual Reports, Indian Claims Commission -- General Rules of Procedure, Letters (Documents) from the Secretary of the Interior, Documents & Reports from the House of Representatives and the Senate and Misc. (dealing with Indians), Oklahoma Historical Chart and Historical Maps of Oklahoma, Soil Surveys of Cowley & Montgomery Counties, Kansas, "Oil! Titan of the Southwest" by Carl Coke Rister, Federal Bar News & Journal, 1974, Magazine & other articles, mainly involving Indians, The Gruy Companies, c Riggs Nation Corporation Annual Reports, Interesting Facts about Florida, n.d.

30 23. Misc., 1884, Box 24: Cherokee 1. Docket No The Cherokee Nation, et al v the U.S., Docket No The Western (Old Settler) Cherokee Indians, on the relation of Dorothea Owen, Thomas Roach, Ellis Crowell Duncan, Elizabeth Schrimsher- Lewis, Alice Flournoy-Smith, and Maxine Woodall v the U.S., Docket No The Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands, on the relation of W.W. Keeler, Homer L. Smith, Frank M. Carr, Paul Johnson and Joe Rogers, Members of its Executive Committee v the United States, Docket No The Cherokee Nation v the United States, Docket No. 173-A & No the Cherokee Nation v the U.S.; & Cherokee Freedmen, and Cherokee Freedmen's Association, ex rel. Edward Curls, Ruth Claggett, Jackson Smith, Gladys Lannagan, and Wilbert Rogers v the United States, Docket No The Cherokee Nation v the U.S., Docket No. 271 (See Description Above) -- Defendant's Exhibits, No Docket No. 271 (See Description Above) -- Claimant's Exhibits No Docket No the Creek Townsite Case -- A Letter, Loose Items: Court Documents from the U.S. Court of Claims. Includes: briefs, findings of facts, petitions, demurrers, etc. For Cherokee Cases: No , Eastern or Emigrant Cherokees and Western or Old Settler Cherokees v the U.S.; Appeal Docket No. 2-52, the Cherokee Nation of the Indians in Oklahoma for and on behalf of the Western (Old Settler) Cherokee Indians, and the Eastern (Emigrant) Cherokee Indians v the U.S.; Appeal Dockets No. 3-52, the Cherokee Nation of Indians in Oklahoma for and on the behalf of the Western (Old Settler) Cherokee Indians v the U.S.; Appeal No. 5-66, the Cherokee Nation, et al v the U.S.; Appeal No the Cherokee Nation and its Attorneys, Paul M. Niebell, Earl Boyd Pierce, George E. Norvell, and Dennis W. Bushyhead v the U.S.; No. J-8, Cherokee Nation v the U.S.; No. K-17, Cherokee Nation v the U.S.; No. L- 46, Cherokee Nation v the U.S.; No. L-268, Cherokee Nation v the United States. 10. Correspondence -- File 1: 1933,