Opinion ID: 210370
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Heading: Network Asserted by the Nation

Text: The Nation presents an array of authorities that, it asserts, cumulatively establish a money-mandating source for its claim. The Nation's asserted network includes: (i) the Treaty with the Navajo (Treaty of 1849), Sept. 9, 1849, 9 Stat. 974; (ii) the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians (Treaty of 1868), Aug. 12, 1868, 15 Stat. 667; (iii) Exec. Order of May 17, 1884 (Executive Order of 1884); (iv) the Act of June 14, 1934 (Act of 1934), ch. 521, 48 Stat. 960; (v) the Act of April 17, 1950 (Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Act of 1950), ch. 92, 64 Stat. 44, 25 U.S.C. §§ 631-40; (vi) the Indian lands section, 30 U.S.C. § 1300, of the Act of August 3, 1977 (Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977), Pub.L. No. 95-87, 91 Stat. 445 (codified as amended in scattered sections of 30 U.S.C.); (vii) the regulations, 25 C.F.R. Part 216 Subpart B (1987) and 30 C.F.R. Part 750 (1987), promulgated pursuant to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977; [2] and (viii) the Act of January 12, 1983 (Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1983), 30 U.S.C. §§ 1701-57, and its implementing regulations, 30 C.F.R. Parts 212, 216, and 218 (1987), and 30 C.F.R. Part 206 Subpart F (1989). The Nation also asserts that the following may contribute to its asserted network: (ix) the policies of the Department of the Interior; (x) the provisions of Lease 8580; (xi) the Act of February 5, 1948 (Indian Lands Rights-of-Way Act of 1948), 25 U.S.C. §§ 323-28, and its implementing regulations, 25 C.F.R. Part 169 (1987); and (xii) the IMLA of 1938 and its implementing regulations.