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The Zuni Claims Cases: Lost and Eroded Semi-Arid Land

Richard will talk about what lead to passage of the Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946 and how tribes reacted under that act. There was a five year statute of limitations on the act and Zuni did not file a claim by 1951. In 1968 he was hired by the Tribe to determine if they had a claim and if they did why did they not file. His initial report was submitted to Congress in 1970 and finally in 1978 a jurisdictional act was passed allowing their claim. He worked on the subsequent two court cases until 1990 when Congress settled the cases with payment of $50 million.

About Richard Hart
E. Richard Hart provides historical, ethnohistorical, and environmental historical services and expert testimony for North American tribes. The former Executive Director of the Institute of the North American West, he has organized a number of influential conferences, authored/edited eleven books, published more than fifty articles and essays, and presented more than fifty professional papers here and abroad. He has testified before Congress on numerous occasions and served as an expert witness for Native American Tribes, the United States Department of Justice, and for states. He has received a number of distinctions and awards, and his papers form a Special Collection at the University of Utah’s Marriott Library.
Richard went to the University of Utah and has a BA and MA in English literature.

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Thursday, October 15, 2020, 2:00 PM until 3:00 PM

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