Hoopa appendix supporting summary judgment - Schlosser Law Files

the funds. While the balance ofthe Fund, intended for the Yurok Tribe has gro~i
to $70 million through accumulated interest/investment, no new post HYSA timber
revenues or federal appropriations have been added to the Account Since the
HYSA, the more than $80 million in timber revenues from the Square h~s
belonged to the Hoopa Valley Tribe. The Department believes there is no further
legal or equitable basis for allocating these funds between the two Tribes and that
the balance of the fund should be transferred to the Yurok Tribe. The waiver
executed by the Hoopa Valley Tribe in 1988, should preclude any claims it may
assert on the balance ofthe funds
b. Clarii5’ that the other benefits provided for in section 2 (c) of the HYSA be
transferred to the Yurok Tribe.
c. Congress, should, in cooperation with the Administration and the Yurok Tribe,
develop legislation authori.~ng equitable relief for the Yurok Tribe. Such
legislation should be modeled upon the Settlement Negotiations efforts made in
1996 and should include: a land acquisition fund and authori to reacquire the
lands j~a.e Reservation boundary acquisition oL lacent federal lands (not
Hoopa lands) to provide ar~adequate timber resource; the establishment ofcultural
district adjacent to the Reservation to preserve in a pristine manner the- high
country used for religious observances; dedicated federal programs to address
in~..frur~ed~fe.g.,roads, electrification, telephone service, bridges, etc.); a
financial settlement, and enhancement ofthe Kiamath River system (restoration of
the vitality~h~h~ry):
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