The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. The United States

OPINION

COLLINS, Judge.

This is an appeal from an interlocutory order, findings of fact, and opinion of the Indian Claims Commission (hereinafter the “Commission”). Appellant claims that the United States, under the Act of June 1, 1910, 36 Stat. 455, deprived it of part of its reservation lands without the payment of just compensation and, in some instances, without the payment of any compensation. Under that act, to be discussed in more detail infra, the United States (1) sold part of the reservation to homesteaders and credited the proceeds of the sales to appellant; (2) purchased certain…