SMITH v. United States

In the United States Court of Federal Claims THOMAS EUGENE SMITH, et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 25-1718 (Filed: July 10, 2026) THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. Erick Gregg Kaardal, Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs. Sara E. Costello, Environment & Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendant. OPINION AND ORDER LERNER, Judge. This case is one of many arising from this country’s “tragic history” of the treatment of Native Americans during its westward expansion. United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians,

448 U.S. 371, 374

(1980)…