hagen utah argued november decided february petitioner indian charged utah state distribution controlled substance town myton lies within original boundaries uintah indian reservation land opened settlement trial rejected petitioner claim lacked jurisdiction indian crime committed indian country see federal jurisdiction exclusive state appellate relying ute indian tribe state utah cert denied agreed petitioner contentions vacated conviction utah reversed reinstated conviction ruling congress diminished reservation opening myton outside boundaries thus petitioner offense subject state criminal jurisdiction see solem bartlett jurisdiction opened lands applicable surplus land act freed land reservation status thereby diminished reservation boundaries held uintah reservation diminished congress town myton indian country utah courts properly exercised criminal jurisdiction petitioner pp declines consider whether state utah party tenth circuit proceedings ute indian tribe collaterally estopped relitigating reservation boundaries argument properly presented petition writ certiorari expressly disavowed petitioner response amicus brief pp page ii traditional approach set forth solem bartlett supra cases whether given surplus land act diminished reservation depends circumstances including statutory language used open indian lands contemporaneous understanding particular act identity persons actually moved onto opened lands first probative factors statutory language must establish express congressional purpose diminish particular form words prerequisite finding diminishment moreover although provision sum certain payment indians coupled statutory expression intent certainly provide additional evidence diminishment lack provision lead contrary conclusion throughout diminishment inquiry ambiguities resolved favor indians diminishment lightly found pp operative language act may ch stat provided allotments uintah reservation land indians unallotted lands within said reservation shall restored public domain emphasis added evidences congressional purpose terminate reservation status see seymour superintendent solem supra distinguished contrary petitioner argument baseline intent diminish changed act march ch stat language statute demonstrates congress clearly viewed act basic legislation upon act intervening statutes built furthermore structure statutes contain complementary nonduplicative essential provisions requires acts read together finally general rule repeals implication disfavored especially strong act expressly repealed provision intervening statute passed congress meant repeal part previous statute easily done pp historical evidence including letters statements interior department officials congressional bills statements members congress text presidential proclamation actually opened uintah reservation settlement clearly indicates contemporaneous understanding reservation diminished opening unallotted lands conclusion altered inconsistent references reservation past present tenses legislative record must viewed page iii merely passing references text deliberate conclusions congressional intent pp practical acknowledgment reservation diminished demonstrated current population situation uintah valley approximately percent opened lands percent area largest city fact seat local tribal government indian trust lands opened lands state utah assumption jurisdiction opened lands tenth circuit decided ute indian tribe contrary conclusion seriously disrupt justifiable expectations people living area pp delivered opinion rehnquist stevens scalia kennedy thomas ginsburg joined blackmun filed dissenting opinion souter joined hagen utah justice delivered opinion case decide whether uintah indian reservation diminished congress opened settlers turn century reservation diminished town myton utah lies opened lands within historical boundaries reservation indian country see utah state courts properly exercised criminal jurisdiction petitioner indian committed crime myton october president lincoln reserved million acres land territory utah indian settlement executive order reprinted kappler indian affairs laws treaties congress confirmed president action creating uintah valley reservation act may ch stat according act lands set apart permanent settlement exclusive occupation different tribes indians said territory may induced inhabit ibid ute indian tribe includes descendants indians settled uintah reservation latter part century federal indian hagen utah policy changed see cohen handbook federal indian law indians longer inhabit communally owned reservations instead given individual parcels land remaining lands opened settlement general allotment act act ch stat granted president authority allot portions reservation land tribal members tribal consent sell surplus lands settlers proceeds sales dedicated indians benefit decoteau district county pursuant general allotment act congress directed president appoint commission negotiate indians allotment uintah reservation lands relinquishment unallotted lands act ch stat effort succeed congress directed president appoint another commission negotiate agreement allotment uintah reservation lands cession unallotted lands act june ch stat indians resisted efforts well series bills opened reservation unilaterally without consent indians subsequently introduced senate enacted law see leasing indian lands hearings senate committee indian affairs doc congress passed act provided majority adult male members uintah white river indians consented secretary interior make allotments october uintah reservation act may ch hagen utah stat allotments act acres head family acres member tribes act also provided deadline allotments passed unallotted lands within said reservation shall restored public domain subject homesteading per acre ibid proceeds sale lands restored public domain used benefit indians month passage act congress directed secretary interior set apart sufficient land serve grazing needs indians remaining reservation hagen utah sess stat resolution clarified appropriated act paid indians without awaiting action upon proposed allotment severalty lands reservation restoration surplus lands public domain january held congress unilaterally alter reservation boundaries lone wolf hitchcock march congress directed secretary allot uintah lands unilaterally indians give consent june year deferred opening unallotted lands provided act october act march ch stat act also specified grazing hagen utah lands specified joint resolution limited acres south strawberry river congress passed another statute appropriated additional funds carry purposes act deferred opening date provided acts march act april ch stat congress deferred opening date time september unless president establish earlier date act march hagen utah ch stat act repealed provision act limiting grazing lands areas south strawberry river act provided manner opening reservation lands hagen utah settlement entry disposing shall follows said unallotted lands shall disposed general provisions homestead laws shall opened settlement entry proclamation president proclamation shall prescribe manner lands may settled upon occupied entered persons entitled make entry thereof stat government failed obtain consent indians july president roosevelt issued following proclamation whereas provided act among things october first unallotted lands uintah indian reservation state utah shall restored public domain provided persons entering said lands homestead laws shall pay therefor rate per acre whereas time opening said unallotted lands extended october act extended march act extended later september act last named act provided among things said unallotted lands shall disposed general provisions homestead laws therefore theodore roosevelt president hagen utah america virtue power vested said acts congress hereby declare make known unallotted lands said reservation day august manner hereinafter prescribed otherwise opened entry settlement disposition general provisions homestead laws stat ii petitioner charged utah state distribution controlled substance offense occurred town myton established within original boundaries uintah indian reservation reservation opened settlement petitioner initially pleaded guilty subsequently filed motion withdraw guilty plea basis motion utah state courts lacked jurisdiction petitioner indian crime committed indian country trial denied motion finding petitioner indian state appellate reversed concluded petitioner indian determination issue also held myton indian country relying ute indian tribe state utah en banc cert denied tenth circuit held uintah indian reservation diminished opened settlement congress granted criminal jurisdiction state utah try crimes committed indians indian country cf negonsott samuels hagen utah washington confederated bands tribes yakima nation appellate held state courts lacked jurisdiction petitioner accordingly vacated petitioner conviction utah reversed authority state perank held day decision petitioner case reservation diminished myton outside boundaries thus petitioner offense subject state criminal jurisdiction see solem bartlett doctrinal matter jurisdiction unallotted opened lands applicable surplus land act freed land reservation status thereby diminished reservation boundaries accordingly reinstated petitioner conviction granted certiorari resolve direct conflict decisions tenth circuit utah question whether uintah reservation diminished iii first address threshold question whether state utah party tenth circuit proceedings collaterally estopped relitigating reservation boundaries perank utah noted neither perank department justice tribe suggests tenth circuit en banc decision ute indian tribe res judicata effect case es judicata affirmative defense criminal civil cases therefore waivable went consider merits state claim petitioner recourse attack hagen utah judgment perank ground utah failed give effect sua sponte prior determination ute indian tribe reservation diminished although issue one federal law see restatement second judgments presented petition writ certiorari therefore properly us yee escondido see izumi seimitsu kogyo kabushiki kaisha philips per curiam moreover petitioner disavowed collateral estoppel argument petition stage response brief filed ute indian tribe question presented petition whether reservation diminished acts congress rule appear allow different issues raised ute indian tribe argues state utah reached different decision perank based doctrine collateral estoppel regardless opinion held ute indian tribe perank decision decision made controlling petitioner case supplemental brief petitioner filed emphasis added iv solem bartlett recognized settled law surplus land acts diminished reservations see rosebud sioux tribe kneip decoteau district county hagen utah surplus land acts see mattz arnett seymour superintendent effect given surplus land act depends language act circumstances underlying passage solicitor general appearing amicus support petitioner argues cases establish clear statement rule pursuant finding diminishment require explicit language cession language evidencing surrender tribal interests unconditional commitment congress compensate indians see brief hagen utah amicus curiae disagree first although statutory language must establis express congressional purpose diminish solem never required particular form words finding diminishment see rosebud sioux tribe kneip second noted solem statutory expression congressional intent diminish coupled provision sum certain payment establish nearly conclusive presumption reservation diminished provision definite payment certainly provide additional evidence diminishment lack provision lead contrary conclusion fact statute issue rosebud held effected diminishment provide payment sum certain indians see thus decline abandon traditional approach diminishment cases requires us examine circumstances surrounding opening reservation operative language act provided allocations reservation land indians unallotted lands within said reservation shall restored public domain stat emphasis added public domain land owned government mostly west available sale entry settlement homestead laws disposition general body land laws peffer closing public domain rom early period history government practice president order time time parcels land belonging reserved sale set apart public uses grisar mcdowell wall hagen utah power reservation exercised various purposes including indian settlement bird preservation military installations appeared public interest served withdrawing reserving parts public domain midwest oil follows lands reserved restored public domain opened sale settlement previous public use extinguished see sioux tribe president ordered lands previously reserved indian use restored public domain longer needed purpose withdrawn sale settlement pelican statutes period indicate congress considered indian reservations separate public domain see act june stat criminalizing forest fires started upon public domain upon indian reservation quoted alford likewise decoteau emphasized distinction reservation public domain lands lands ceded agreements returned public domain stripped reservation status hardly questioned sponsors legislation stated repeatedly ratified agreements return ceded lands public domain emphasis added solem held act authorized secretary interior sell dispose unallotted reservation lands merely opened reservation settlement diminish elsewhere statute congress granted indians permission harvest timber opened lands long lands hagen utah remain part public domain recognized reference public domain support ed view reservation diminished hardly dispositive noted even without diminishment unallotted opened lands conceived public domain inasmuch available settlement act solem however restore lands public domain importantly reference public domain appear operative language statute opening reservation lands settlement relevant point reference diminishment inquiry cases considering operative language restoration uniformly equated congressional purpose terminate reservation status seymour superintendent example question whether colville reservation state washington diminished noted act vacated restored public domain reservation lands diminished reservation half half congress provided allotments indians followed sale mineral lands entry onto surplus lands homestead laws held act result diminishment nowhere act found language similar act expressly vacating south half reservation restoring land public domain subsequently characterized act issue seymour example congress using clear language express termination result desired mattz rosebud nine justices agreed statute restored public domain portions reservation hagen utah result diminishment marshall dissenting light precedents hold restoration unallotted reservation lands public domain evidences congressional intent respect lands inconsistent continuation reservation status thus existence language operative section surplus land act indicates act diminished reservation indeed found one case federal appeals decided statutory restoration language terminate reservation ute indian tribe conclusion tenth circuit since disavowed unexamined unsupported pittsburgh midway coal mining yazzie cert denied ute indian tribe litigation tenth circuit every decided unallotted lands restored public domain pursuant terms act act simply extending time opening providing details hanson boss utah uintah white river bands ute indians sowards meagher utah petitioner argues however act changed manner lands opened act specified homestead laws apply superseded restore public domain language act language repeated act disagree baseline intent diminish reservation expressed act survived passage act every congressional action subsequent act referred statute joint resolution hagen utah provided appropriation prior restoration surplus reservation lands public domain stat acts simply extended deadline opening reservations order allow time surveying lands purposes act carried stat stat act recognized tied together provided proceeds sale unallotted lands shall applied provided act acts amendatory thereof supplementary thereto stat congress passed act clearly viewed statute basic legislation upon subsequent acts built furthermore structure statutes requires act act read together whereas act provided disposition unallotted lands act provided allotments indians act also established price unallotted lands sold done proceeds sales act repeat essential features opening already spelled act two statutes well came must therefore read together finally general rule repeals implication disfavored especially strong case act expressly repealed provision act concerning siting grazing lands congress meant repeal part previous statute easily done furthermore predicate finding implied repeal present case opening provisions two statutes inconsistent act also provided unallotted lands restored public domain sold pursuant homestead laws hagen utah surplus land acts held effected diminishment similarly provided initial entry homestead laws see rosebud decoteau contemporary historical evidence supports conclusion congress intended diminish uintah reservation noted plain language act demonstrated congressional purpose diminish uintah reservation act however consent indians required reservation diminished consent withheld indians living reservation lone wolf decision congress authorized secretary interior proceed unilaterally acting commissioner indian affairs department interior directed indian inspector james mclaughlin travel uintah reservation endeavor obtain indians consent allotment lands provided law restoration surplus lands letter tonner james mclaughlin april reprinted doc acting commissioner noted however effect act indians consent allotments first june next allotments made notwithstanding unallotted lands opened entry according terms act inspector mclaughlin explained effect recent developments indians living reservation decision congress legal right legislate regard indian lands congress enacted law hagen utah requires take allotments say reservation boundary line heavy reservation nailed upon border true applying past many years congress provided legislation pull nails hold line next year outside boundary line reservation minutes councils held james mclaughlin indian inspector uintah white river ute indians uintah agency utah may may excerpted app brief respondent emphasis added secretary interior informed congress february necessary surveying completed date set opening requested opening delayed letter hitchcock chairman senate committee indian affairs reprinted supra act congress accordingly extended time opening march appropriated additional funds enable secretary interior necessary surveying reservation lands stat secretary interior subsequently informed congress extension necessary surveying allotments completed winter letter hitchcock chairman house committee indian affairs reprinted supra house representatives took matter hagen utah january bill debate held provided much said lands provisions said acts restored public domain shall open settlement entry proclamation president proclamation shall prescribe manner lands may settled upon occupied entered quoted representative howell utah offered amendment hat one year immediately following restoration said lands public domain said lands shall subject entry homestead mining laws ibid significantly representative howell offered amendment addition replacement language bill explicitly referred lands restoration public domain explained pending bill lands restored public domain subject entry general land laws coupled rules regulations president may prescribe humble judgment provision embodied amendment limiting lands reservation entry homestead mining laws alone one year date opening congress see time lands easy access reclamation irrigation settled actual home makers provisions homestead law alone shall prevail policy accord dominant sentiment time public lands shall reserved actual homes people hagen utah proclamation whereby president roosevelt actually opened reservation settlement makes clear act repeal restoration language act document president stated act provided unallotted lands restored public domain acts extended time opening lands opened settlement homestead laws virtue power vested said acts congress stat emphasis added president roosevelt thus clearly understood act incorporate act specifically restoration language unambiguous contemporaneous statement nation chief executive rosebud clear evidence understanding time uintah reservation diminished opening unallotted lands settlement subsequent history less illuminating contemporaneous evidence since congress hagen utah repeatedly referred uintah reservation past present tenses reinforcing longstanding observation views subsequent congress form hazardous basis inferring intent earlier one philadelphia national bank internal quotation marks omitted district ute indian tribe case extensively cataloged congressional references agree conclusion references grossly inconsistent considered together merely passing references text deliberate expressions informal conclusions congressional intent utah textual contemporaneous evidence diminishment clear however confusion subsequent legislative record nothing alter conclusion uintah reservation diminished finally conclusion statutory language history indicate congressional intent diminish controverted subsequent demographics uintah valley area recognized hen area predominantly populated surviving pockets indian allotments finding land remains indian country seriously burdens administration state local governments solem original million acres reserved indian occupation approximately opened settlement almost live opened lands current population area approximately percent census population housing summary population housing characteristics utah table population largest city hagen utah area roosevelt city named president opened reservation settlement percent id table seat ute tribal government fort duchesne situated indian trust lands contrast found significant solem seat tribal government located opened lands state utah exercised jurisdiction opened lands time reservation opened tenth circuit ute indian tribe decision assumption authority stands sharp contrast situation solem tribal authorities bureau indian affairs personnel took primary responsibility policing opened lands years following opening jurisdictional history well current population situation uintah valley demonstrates practical acknowledgment reservation diminished contrary conclusion seriously disrupt justifiable expectations people living area cf rosebud conclude uintah indian reservation diminished congress accordingly town myton petitioner committed crime indian country utah courts properly exercised criminal jurisdiction therefore affirm judgment utah ordered footnotes secretary interior consent thereto majority adult male indians uintah white river tribes ute indians ascertained soon practicable inspector shall cause allotted head family eighty acres agricultural land irrigated forty acres land member said tribes said allotments made prior october first nineteen hundred three date unallotted lands within said reservation shall restored public domain provided persons entering said land homestead law shall pay therefor rate one dollar cents per acre provided proceeds sale lands restored public domain shall applied first reimbursement moneys advanced said indians carry effect foregoing provisions remainder direction secretary interior shall used benefit said indians sum seventy thousand dollars cents hereby appropriated moneys treasury otherwise appropriated paid uintah white river tribes ute indians direction secretary interior whenever majority adult male indians said tribes shall consented allotment lands restoration unallotted lands within said reservation herein provided stat joint resolution provided relevant part addition allotments severalty uintah white river utes uintah indian reservation state utah secretary interior shall said lands opened disposition public land law select set apart use common indians reservation amount nonirrigable grazing lands therein one places subserve reasonable requirements said indians grazing live stock item seventy thousand dollars cents appropriated act hereby supplemented modified paid uintah white river tribes ute indians satisfaction certain claims named said act shall paid indians entitled thereto without awaiting action upon proposed allotment severalty lands reservation restoration surplus lands public domain stat act provided relevant part money hereby appropriated enable secretary interior necessary surveying otherwise carry purposes much act may nineteen hundred two provides allotment uintah white river utes utah provided however hagen utah secretary interior shall forthwith send inspector obtain consent uintah white river ute indians allotment lands directed act may nineteen hundred two consent therein provided obtained june first nineteen hundred three secretary interior shall cause allotted said uintah white river ute indians quantity character land named described said act provided grazing lands set apart use uintah white river utes indians provided public resolution numbered june nineteenth nineteen hundred two confined lands south strawberry river said uintah reservation shall exceed two hundred fifty thousand acres provided time opening unallotted lands public entry said uintah reservation provided act may nineteen hundred two hereby extended october first nineteen hundred four stat act provided relevant part time opening unallotted lands public entry uintah reservation utah provided acts may nineteen hundred two march third nineteen hundred three hereby extended march tenth nineteen hundred five five thousand dollars hereby appropriated enable secretary interior necessary surveying otherwise carry purposes much act may nineteen hundred two provides allotment indians uintah white river utes utah stat act provided relevant part much act march third nineteen hundred three provides grazing lands set apart use uintah white river utes indians uintah reservation provided public resolution numbered june nineteenth nineteen hundred two shall confined lands south strawberry river hereby repealed time opening public entry unallotted lands uintah reservation utah fixed law tenth day march nineteen hundred five hereby provided time opening said reservation shall extended first september nineteen hundred five unless president shall determine may opened earlier date manner opening lands settlement entry disposing shall follows said unallotted lands shall disposed general provisions homestead laws shall opened settlement entry proclamation president proclamation shall prescribe manner lands may settled upon occupied entered persons entitled make entry thereof person shall permitted settle upon occupy enter said lands except prescribed said proclamation expiration sixty days time thereby opened settlement entry provided lands opened settlement entry act remaining undisposed expiration five years taking effect act shall sold disposed cash rules regulations prescribed secretary interior six hundred forty acres one person proceeds sale lands shall applied provided act congress may nineteen hundred two acts amendatory thereof supplemental thereto stat hagen utah great nations like great men keep word fpc tuscarora indian nation black dissenting lightly find congress broken solemn promises indian tribes relies single ambiguous phrase act never became effective deleted controlling statute conclude congress must intended diminish uintah valley reservation unable find clear expression intent either operative statute surrounding circumstances compelled conclude original uintah valley reservation boundaries remain intact two rules construction govern interpretation indian surplus land statutes must find clear unequivocal evidence congressional intent reduce reservation boundaries ambiguities must construed broadly favor indians congress alone hagen utah authority divest indians land see celestine congress must clearly evince intent change boundaries diminishment found solem bartlett quoting rosebud sioux tribe kneip see also decoteau district county mattz arnett absent plain unambiguous statement congressional intent santa fe pacific find diminishment hen events surrounding act passage unequivocally reveal widely held contemporaneous understanding congress purpose solem emphasis added diminishment cases rule legal ambiguities resolved benefit indians also must given broadest possible scope decoteau see also carpenter shaw doubtful expressions resolved favor indians nice hagen utah celestine years applied canon areas indian law construe congressional ambiguity silence treaties statutes executive orders agreements indians benefit although majority purports apply canons principle see ante ignores practice resolving every ambiguity statutory language legislative history surrounding circumstances favor state imputing congress clear evidence congressional intent exists intent diminish uintah valley reservation hagen utah special canons construction particularly relevant diminishment context allotment statutes often ambiguous regarding effect tribal jurisdiction reservation boundaries century land considered indian country thus subject tribal jurisdiction whenever indian title extinguished bates clark passing general allotment act stat related statutes congress doubt assumed tribal jurisdiction terminate sale indian lands reservations eventually abolished see solem general allotment act terminate reservation system however intended assimilate indians transforming agrarians opening lands see mattz goal allotment policies proved disastrous failure congress reversed course passage indian reorganization act stat amended et hagen utah allowed surplus opened indian lands restored tribal ownership finally congress resolved ensuing jurisdictional conflicts extending tribal jurisdiction encompass lands owned within reservation boundaries see act june stat codified defining indian country including land within limits indian reservation jurisdiction government reservation boundaries rather indian title thus became measure tribal jurisdiction result patina history placed allotment acts presented questions architects foreseen resolves resulting statutory ambiguities requiring clear evidence specific congressional intent diminish reservation based language circumstances individual land act see solem accordingly statutory language alone sale settlement insufficient establish diminishment mere fact reservation opened settlement necessarily mean opened area lost reservation status rosebud see also decoteau eservation status may survive mere opening reservation settlement ome hagen utah surplus land acts diminished reservations surplus land acts solem refused find diminishment based language opening sale absent additional unequivocal evidence congressional intent reduce reservation boundaries divest indian interests thus seymour found diminishment statute providing settlement entry surplus lands homestead laws mattz concluded statute opening reservation subject settlement entry purchase laws granting homestead rights alone recite even suggest congress intended thereby terminate reservation recently solem unanimously agreed statute authorizing secretary interior sell dispose surplus indian lands diminish reservation contrast two cases previously found diminishment involved statutes underlying tribal agreements cede sell relinquish convey indians claim right title interest unallotted lands decoteau cede surrender grant convey indians claim right title interest defined portion reservation rosebud held presence statutory language precisely suited diminishment supported express consent tribes intent parties effect clear conveyance unallotted lands evident decoteau need hardly add language hagen utah underlying indian consent accompanies statute issue case ii majority opinion relies almost exclusively fact act may ch stat restored unallotted lands public domain conclude uintah valley reservation diminished agree ambiguous phrase carry weight evincing clear congressional purpose never authoritatively defined public domain phrase official definition general application public domain meant include land owned government government anywhere omitted peffer closing public domain commonly public domain public lands defined lands subject sale disposal general land laws utah div state lands quoting baynard public land law procedure see also kindred union pacific term hagen utah public lands ordinarily used designate lands subject sale disposal general laws union pacific harris newhall sanger words public lands habitually used describe subject sale disposal general laws nothing precedents stating lands reserved public domain reserved sale grisar mcdowell wall withdrawn sale settlement sioux tribe however demonstrates restoration lands public domain inconsistent continued reservation status ante indian land policies purchase generally enter lands reserved exclusive use indian tribes indian reservations obviously part public domain extent reserved purchase opening lands allotment acts hand necessarily restored lands public domain sense lands made available entry sale restoration lands public domain thus establishes lands opened access settlement purchase condition completely consistent continued reservation status mattz recent diminishment case unanimously rejected argument adopted majority congress refer opened lands part public domain lands lost vestiges reservation status solem instead observed even without diminishment unallotted opened lands conceived public domain inasmuch available settlement hagen utah see also whether surplus lands uintah ouray reservation indian lands ii restored public domain method indicating lands subject disposition public land laws solem concerned allotment statute referred opened lands part public domain within respective reservations thus diminished refused infer diminishment language however finding considerable doubt congress meant using phrases concluded balanced applicable statute stated goal opening reservation sale two phrases carry burden establishing express congressional purpose diminish majority focus fact public domain language solem operative portion statute see ante ignores solem additional conclusion public domain ambiguous concept incompatible reservation status furthermore fact public domain language solem operative use word restored irrelevant majority analysis since character lands part public domain inconsistent continued reservation status ante majority present interpretation opened lands part public domain part reservation solem however concluded precisely opposite hagen utah light unanimous reasoning solem common interpretation public domain lands subject sale general laws kindred therefore conclude isolated phrase restored public domain xplicit reference cession language evidencing present total surrender tribal interests solem language bears relation plain unambiguous language precedents require found controlling decoteau rosebud restoration public domain simply allowed indian lands sold something repeatedly said never sufficient establish intent diminish although relies negotiation history act act mar ch stat support conclusion nothing negotiations ute indian tribe unequivocally reveal widely held contemporaneous understanding uintah reservation boundaries diminished solem inspector james mclaughlin negotiated rosebud decoteau agreements found contain express language disestablishment used comparable language instead mclaughlin hagen utah spoke largely terms opening reservation use indians similarly responded primarily terms opening opposed proposed sale isolates single comment mclaughlin six days negotiations argue diminishment understood mclaughlin picturesque statement outside boundary line reservation ante understood statement reservation abolished since uintah valley reservation unquestionably survived opening mclaughlin discussion hagen utah went explain indian boundary individual holdings minutes readily understood reference change title reservation lands clearly occurred acts fact lands within reservation boundary open entry mclaughlin statements immediately following passage strongly suggest indian interests survived opening response indian concerns regarding lifting reservation line mclaughlin stated fear going confined tract land allotted explain little clearly agency continued agent full jurisdiction protect interests although discussions regarding allotments concededly subject varying interpretations none provides type unequivocal evidence intent diminish boundaries abolish indian interests require statutory intent diminish reservation express face negotiations establish act done open way settlers land reservation seymour moreover record contains evidence whatsoever indians contemporaneous understanding regarding act march ch stat operative act case negotiations show indians hagen utah overwhelmingly opposed allotments six days meetings mclaughlin ute tribe adult male utes agreed sign allotment agreement see consent form uintah white river utes may doc mclaughlin reported ute indians unanimously opposed opening reservation letter may mclaughlin secretary interior reprinted although lone wolf hitchcock congress unquestionably authority terminate reservations unilaterally relied heavily presence tribal consent rosebud decoteau find contemporaneous intent diminish solem contrast held surrounding circumstances fail ed establish clear congressional purpose diminish reservation act begin agreement indian tribes solem extent absence formal tribal consent counseled finding diminishment solem therefore ute indians persistent withholding consent requires similar conclusion iii even act public domain language express language diminishment conclude uintah valley reservation diminished provision remain operative act latter act actually opened uintah valley reservation sale settlement act language face support finding diminishment act provided relevant part hagen utah time opening public entry unallotted lands uintah reservation utah fixed law hereby provided time opening said reservation shall extended manner opening lands settlement entry disposing shall follows said unallotted lands shall disposed general provisions homestead laws shall opened settlement entry provided proceeds sale lands shall applied provided act congress may nineteen hundred two acts amendatory thereof supplemental thereto ibid emphasis added part act preserve act public domain provision contrast act april ch stat act open lands provided act ibid passed expressly carry purposes act acts see stat stat face act preserved one portion earlier statute portion regarding payment proceeds unallotted land sales provisions act unquestionably superseded since act restricted settlement opened lands general provisions homestead hagen utah laws stat rather general laws provided act thus plain language act actually opened reservation restore unallotted lands public domain simply opened lands settlement nothing case suggests act established baseline intent diminish reservation like confronted rosebud case original statute agreement indians cede surrender grant convey interests designated lands unequivocally demonstrated collective intent diminish great sioux reservation see legislative history two subsequent allotment statutes presence majority tribal consent land allotments established original intent diminish preserved parties agreed later statutes must diminished reservation previous act see solem contrast act contains equivalent language diminishment none acts issue supported indian consent prior congressional attempts open uintah valley reservation demonstrate requirement consent thereto majority adult male indians uintah white river tribes central act stat congress enacted statutes requiring indian consent open uintah valley reservation none acts became effective consent forthcoming passage act hagen utah decision lone wolf congress dispatched inspector mclaughlin negotiate allotments tribe throughout period ute tribe resisted allotments twice sending delegations washington voice opposition see ute indian tribe utah congress finally opened uintah reservation settlement removed public domain language opening statute severely restricted access opened lands even act contained hagen utah express language termination facts case much closely mirror mattz congress ultimately abandoned prior attempts abolish reservation favor simply opening lands entry settlement concededly nothing act expressly repealed act public domain language act construed either preserving provision replacing ordinarily circumstances canon repeals implication disfavored might require us construe later act silence consistent earlier statute see ante invocation canon however fails appreciate standard principles statutory construction usual force cases involving indian law montana blackfeet tribe blackfeet tribe refused rely rule repeals implication circumstances analogous presented case involved question whether provision authorizing tax tribal mineral royalties remained force statute silent taxation question repealed prior inconsistent provisions state argued statute neither expressly repealed earlier taxation provision inconsistent rule repeals implication required finding state taxation power remained intact rejected argument among things inconsistent two fundamental canons indian law state may tax indians congress clearly expressed intent statutes construed liberally favor indians ambiguous provisions interpreted benefit ibid cf carpenter shaw choate trapp hagen utah similar construction required act purport fulfill purposes act preserve public domain language act instead simply opens lands settlement homestead laws circumstances requirements congressional intent must explicit ambiguous provisions must construed favor indians compel resolution favor petitioner hagen although canon construction license disregard clear expressions tribal congressional intent decoteau clear expression evident legislative history act supports conclusion congress materially altered operative language act deleting public domain provision like act house version bill provided hat much said lands provisions said acts restored public domain shall open settlement entry general land laws emphasis added representative howell utah proposed amendment ultimately adopted sought limit entry bill entry homestead mining laws ibid howell proposal however referred public domain two places much said lands provisions said acts restored public domain shall open settlement entry proclamation president provided one year immediately following restoration said lands public domain said lands shall hagen utah subject entry homestead mining laws ibid emphasis added part hat time opening public entry unallotted lands fixed law hereby provided manner opening lands settlement entry disposing shall follows said unallotted lands shall disposed general provisions homestead laws emphasis added legislative history thus demonstrates congress removed public domain language act restricted entry homestead laws although attempts dismiss altered language act evidence congress wanted limit land speculation ante reasoning explains presence homestead limitation explain congress simultaneous deletion public domain language know latter change made possibly congress thought language hagen utah substantive meaning possibly deletion response indians continued withholding consent possible opening lands homestead laws incompatible restoration public domain thus sale general laws see newhall sanger know however must construe doubt regarding congress intent indians benefit left without clear statement congressional intent alter reservation boundaries necessary finding diminishment solem president theodore roosevelt proclamation sheds competing light congress intent simply summarized language allotment statutes operative portion proclamation declared unallotted lands manner hereinafter prescribed otherwise opened entry settlement disposition general provisions homestead laws stat thus crucial portion proclamation lands actually opened restricted opening terms act furthermore contemporaneous presidential proclamations regarding reservation universally referred act rather act opening authority see presidential proclamation july stat uintah forest reserve proclamation august stat uintah reservoir agricultural lands proclamation august stat proclamation august stat reservoir lands although contemporary demographics historical exercise jurisdiction may provide one additional clue congress expected opening reservation hagen utah lands solem case unanimously agreed course limits far go decipher congress intention particular surplus land act act legislative history fail provide substantial compelling evidence congressional intention diminish indian lands bound traditional solicitude indian tribes rule diminishment take place old reservation boundaries survived opening mattz arnett seymour superintendent emphasis added aside tangential relation historical congressional intent practical reasons unwilling rely heavily criteria history western characterized part state attempts exert jurisdiction indian lands cf kagama indians owe allegiance receive protection local ill feeling people found often deadliest enemies exercise state jurisdiction uncontested constitution ute indian tribe approved secretary interior defines tribe jurisdiction extending hagen utah territory within original confines uintah ouray reservations quoted ute indian tribe see also ute law order code set forth ute indian tribe two decades ago amicus roosevelt city agreed limited exercise tribal jurisdiction within city limits see memorandum agreement roosevelt city ute tribe cited ute indian tribe federal agencies also provided services indians residing disputed areas many years fact reviewing substantial jurisdictional contradictions confusion record question district ute indian tribe concluded one thing certain jurisdictional history uintah ouray reservation one unquestioned exercise state authority iv one hundred thirty years ago congress designated uintah valley reservation permanent settlement exclusive occupation ute indians act may ch stat opening reservation constituted substantial breach congress original promise opening alone insufficient extinguish ute tribe jurisdiction nothing face act surrounding circumstances legislative history establishes clear congressional purpose diminish uintah reservation decoteau appreciate jurisdiction often may neatly parsed among indian tribes inevitable burden path nation chosen precedents lands petitioner offense occurred indian country state utah lacked jurisdiction try crime see respectfully dissent canons construction applicable indian law rooted unique trust relationship indians hagen utah county oneida oneida indian nation new york indians unequal bargaining power agreements negotiated see choctaw nation jones meehan reaties imposed upon indians choice consent consequence often held treaties indians must interpreted understood doubtful expressions resolved indians favor choctaw nation oklahoma congress authority legislate unilaterally behalf indians derives presumption congress act benevolence courts developed canons construction treaties federal action possible read protecting indian rights manner favorable indians cohen handbook federal indian law ed hereinafter cohen principle applied particular issue reservation termination require intent congress terminate clearly expressed maxim ambiguous provisions construed favor indians first articulated justice mclean worcester georgia pet concurring opinion language used treaties indians never construed prejudice see also choate trapp rule construction recognized without exception hundred years canon applied treaties statutes preserve broad tribal water rights see choctaw nation oklahoma winters hunting fishing rights see washington washington commercial passenger fishing vessel antoine washington menominee tribe tulee washington alaska pacific fisheries land rights see county oneida oneida indian nation new york santa fe pacific minnesota hitchcock protect tribes state taxation authority see bryan itasca county mcclanahan arizona state tax squire capoeman carpenter shaw choate trapp kansas indians wall theory assimilation used justify allotment legislation beneficial indians proponents assimilation policies maintained indians adopted habits civilized life need less land surplus available white settlers taking lands justified necessary progress civilization whole cohen million acres held exclusively indians general allotment act passed reduced million acres see prucha great father john collier testified congress nearly half lands remaining indian hands desert indians totally landless result allotment hearings house committee indian affairs see also otis dawes act allotment indian lands prucha ed discussing results allotments congress extension tribal jurisdiction reservation lands owned served pragmatic ends existence nonexistence indian reservation therefore existence nonexistence federal jurisdiction depends upon ownership particular parcels land law enforcement officers operating area find necessary search tract books order determine whether criminal jurisdiction particular offense state federal government impractical pattern checkerboard jurisdiction avoided plain language seymour superintendent statutes used express language geographical hagen utah termination see stat smith river reservation hereby discontinued stat reservation lines hereby although phrase public domain appears infrequently precedents used interchangeably references public lands see midwest oil black law dictionary ed defines public domain water possession owned individually see also public lands see amoco production gambell reject ing assertion phrase public lands precise meaning without reference definitional section context statute never held isolated reference public domain sufficient support finding diminishment every case relied upon majority contention relevant public domain language accompanied express additional language demonstrating intent see decoteau hagen utah returned public domain stripped reservation status emphasis added three cases cited majority fact discuss statute stat see seymour vacated restored public domain emphasis added mattz pelican negotiating agreement example mclaughlin explained rosebud sioux indians cession gregory county ratification agreement leave hagen utah reservation compact almost square tract size area pine ridge reservation rosebud see minutes council meetings inspector james mclaughlin ute indians may app brief duschesne county utah amicus curiae hereinafter minutes taken allotments remaining land opened settlement surplus lands opened settlement certainly sun rises tomorrow reservation opened say whether reservation opened lose sight fact reservation opened reservation certainly opened see put us reservation open president made reservation indians opened want talk us opening reservation want reservation opened want white people coming among us want reservation thrown open ibid hey told us land always never opened going talk opening reservation ibid want reservation thrown open reservation want land thrown open indians want reservation opened indian appropriations act ch stat authorized commission allot uncompahgre reservation unilaterally required commission negotiate treat uintah valley reservation indians hagen utah relinquishment lands possible procure consent allotments see stat house report explained contrast uncompahgre indians title lands occupy occupied temporarily uintah indians owners lands within reservation enabling act provided lands within uintah reservation set apart permanent settlement exclusive occupation indians sess quoting act may ch stat order allot uintah reservation lands therefore first necessary obtain consent indians residing thereon act june ch stat act june ch stat also conditioned opening reservation indian consent see ute indian tribe utah utah discussing efforts open uintah reservation congress rebuffed subsequent attempts allot reservation unilaterally see sess proposal sutherland utah sever large portions reservation see sess reproduced sess proposal rawlins utah hearings regarding reservation indian affairs commissioner jones testified sort feeling among ignorant indians want lose land think get agree got use arbitrary means open land congress heed advice however required ute tribe consent act hagen utah