...extending the mining laws to Alaska, section 8 (p. 26) which provides that indians or other persons shall not be disturbed in the possession of any lands "actually in use or occupation or now claimed by them," refers only to possession held at the time of its passage,...

...missions; general land laws. The Indians or persons conducting schools or missions in the district shall not be disturbed in the possession of any lands actually in their use or occupation on June 6, 1900, and the land, at any station not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, occupied on...

...(23 Stat. ! which declared: That the Indians or other persons in said district shall not be distil in the possession of any lands actually in their use or occupation or claimed by them * * *. Congress, by sections 11 and 12 of the act of March 3, 1891, &ut gave a double...

...other persons in Land« owned by said district shall not be disturbed in the possession of r """• any lands actually in their use or occupation or now...lands is reserved for future legislation by Congress: And provided further, That parties who nave located mines or mineral privi- Mines and minleges therein...

...to the State notwithstanding the Act of May 17, 1884, sec. which says in part that "the Indians .... shall not be disturbed in the possession of any lands...in their use or occupation or now claimed by them . . . ." IV. The basic question is, Who owns the land ? By agreement of the European powers, it was...

...6, 1900, § l et seq., 31 Stat. 321, which protected the Indians and others in Alaska against being "disturbed in the possession of any lands actually in their use or occupation or now claimed by them . . .", the court noted that these laws did not protect Indian hunting and fishing areas. This was...

...territorial government and acknowledged the natives' rights to the land, stating: "The Indians * * * shall not be disturbed in the possession of any lands actually in their use or occupancy or now claimed by them." Congress, however, postponed the matter of conveying title to the...

...Alaska have been problems since 1884. when an Act establishing a civil government provided that "Natives shall not be disturbed in the possession of any lands actually in their use and occupation or now claimed by them," but with the Congress to decide upon terms and conditions under...

...Stat. 24, 26, the first statute applying federal land law to Alaska, provided : "Thnt the Indians . . . shall not be disturbed in the possession of any lands actually in their nse or occupation or now claimed by them but the terms under which such persons may acquire title to...

...In the Organic Act of 1884 (23 Stat. 24), Congress provided that "the Indians or other persons * * * shall not be disturbed in the possession of any lands...in their use or occupation or now claimed by them." It reserved for future legislation by Congress the terms under which such persons might acquire title...